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TABLE 223. ESTIMATED ACTIVE INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL GRADUATES AND PHYSICIAN-TO-POPULATION RATIOS BY SPECIALTY GROUP AND GEOGRAPHIC AREA, DECEMBER 31, 2000 1/

GEOGRAPHIC AREA
TOTAL
ACTIVE
PHYSICIANS
TOTAL
PER 100K
POPULATION
PRIMARY
CARE
PHYSICIANS
PRIMARY
CARE PER
100K POP
NON-PRIMARY
CARE
PHYSICIANS
NON-PRIMARY
CARE PER
100K POP
UNITED STATES 178,157 63.1 69,471 24.6 108,685 38.5
NORTHEAST 61,916 115.4 23,609 44.0 38,306 71.4
NEW ENGLAND 10,818 77.6 3,575 25.6 7,242 51.9
Connecticut 3,402 99.8 1,339 39.3 2,063 60.5
Maine 358 28.0 111 8.7 247 19.3
Massachusetts 5,600 88.1 1,622 25.5 3,978 62.6
New Hampshire 380 30.6 138 11.1 242 19.5
Rhode Island 912 86.9 325 31.0 587 55.9
Vermont 166 27.2 41 6.7 125 20.5
MIDDLE ATLANTIC 51,098 128.7 20,035 50.5 31,064 78.2
New Jersey 11,553 137.1 4,822 57.2 6,731 79.9
New York 30,809 162.2 12,181 64.1 18,628 98.1
Pennsylvania 8,736 71.1 3,031 24.7 5,705 46.4
SOUTH 51,650 51.4 20,058 19.9 31,591 31.4
SOUTH ATLANTIC 32,345 62.2 12,753 24.5 19,592 37.7
Delaware 545 69.3 196 24.9 349 44.4
District of Columbia 739 129.4 205 35.9 534 93.5
Florida 13,837 86.2 5,691 35.4 8,146 50.7
Georgia 3,050 37.1 1,315 16.0 1,735 21.1
Maryland 5,819 109.6 2,174 40.9 3,645 68.6
North Carolina 2,154 26.7 812 10.1 1,342 16.6
South Carolina 979 24.3 354 8.8 625 15.5
Virginia 3,771 53.1 1,451 20.4 2,320 32.7
West Virginia 1,451 80.3 556 30.8 895 49.5
EAST SOUTH CENTRAL 5,773 33.9 2,270 13.3 3,503 20.5
Alabama 1,354 30.4 576 12.9 778 17.5
Kentucky 1,737 42.9 639 15.8 1,098 27.1
Mississippi 578 20.3 248 8.7 330 11.6
Tennessee 2,104 36.9 808 14.2 1,296 22.7
WEST SOUTH CENTRAL 13,532 42.9 5,035 16.0 8,496 26.9
Arkansas 661 24.7 250 9.3 411 15.3
Louisiana 1,922 43.0 683 15.3 1,239 27.7
Oklahoma 1,066 30.9 407 11.8 659 19.1
Texas 9,883 47.2 3,695 17.6 6,188 29.5
NORTH CENTRAL 38,136 59.1 14,947 23.2 23,189 36.0
EAST NORTH CENTRAL 30,786 68.1 12,494 27.6 18,291 40.5
Illinois 11,377 91.5 4,940 39.7 6,437 51.8
Indiana 2,324 38.2 854 14.0 1,470 24.1
Michigan 7,556 75.9 3,185 32.0 4,371 43.9
Ohio 7,408 65.2 2,714 23.9 4,694 41.3
Wisconsin 2,121 39.5 801 14.9 1,320 24.6
WEST NORTH CENTRAL 7,350 38.2 2,453 12.7 4,898 25.4
Iowa 891 30.4 294 10.0 597 20.4
Kansas 1,038 38.6 348 12.9 690 25.6
Minnesota 1,714 34.8 523 10.6 1,191 24.2
Missouri 2,767 49.4 907 16.2 1,860 33.2
Nebraska 445 26.0 154 9.0 291 17.0
North Dakota 315 49.1 152 23.7 163 25.4
South Dakota 180 23.8 76 10.1 104 13.8
WEST 26,455 41.7 10,856 17.1 15,599 24.6
MOUNTAIN 4,308 23.6 1,775 9.7 2,533 13.9
Arizona 1,839 35.6 767 14.8 1,072 20.8
Colorado 625 14.5 228 5.3 397 9.2
Idaho 54 4.2 22 1.7 32 2.5
Montana 79 8.7 30 3.3 49 5.4
Nevada 829 41.1 419 20.8 410 20.3
New Mexico 541 29.7 190 10.4 351 19.3
Utah 288 12.8 95 4.2 193 8.6
Wyoming 53 10.7 24 4.9 29 5.9
PACIFIC 22,147 49.0 9,081 20.1 13,065 28.9
Alaska 80 12.7 37 5.9 43 6.8
California 19,554 57.5 8,130 23.9 11,424 33.6
Hawaii 524 43.2 207 17.1 317 26.2
Oregon 574 16.7 212 6.2 362 10.6
Washington 1,415 24.0 495 8.4 920 15.6

Note - Sums may not add to totals due to rounding.
1/ Includes physicians whose activity status is unclassified according to the American Medical Association.

SOURCE: American Medical Association. Physician Characteristics and Distribution in the U.S., 2002-2003 edition. Chicago, 2002.