| TABLE 501. ESTIMATED NUMBER OF ACTIVE OPTOMETRISTS AND OPTOMETRIST-TO-POPULATION RATIOS, SELECTED YEARS: 1960-2000 |
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| YEAR |
ALL ACTIVE OPTOMETRISTS 1/ |
RESIDENT POPULATION 2/ (THOUSANDS) |
OPTOMETRISTS PER 100,000 TOTAL POP |
| 1960 | 16,100 | 179,979 | 8.9 |
| 1965 | 17,300 | 193,526 | 8.9 |
| 1970 | 18,400 | 203,984 | 9.0 |
| 1975 | 19,900 | 215,465 | 9.2 |
| 1980 | 21,900 | 227,225 | 9.6 |
| 1981 | 22,300 | 229,466 | 9.7 |
| 1982 | 22,700 | 231,664 | 9.8 |
| 1983 | 23,100 | 233,792 | 9.9 |
| 1984 | 23,600 | 235,825 | 10.0 |
| 1985 | 24,000 | 237,924 | 10.1 |
| 1986 | 24,300 | 240,133 | 10.1 |
| 1987 | 24,700 | 242,289 | 10.2 |
| 1988 | 25,100 | 244,499 | 10.3 |
| 1989 | 25,500 | 246,819 | 10.3 |
| 1990 | 26,000 | 249,464 | 10.4 |
| 1991 | 26,500 | 252,153 | 10.5 |
| 1991 | 27,000 | 255,030 | 10.6 |
| 1993 | 27,600 | 257,783 | 10.7 |
| 1994 | 28,300 | 260,327 | 10.9 |
| 1995 | 28,900 | 262,803 | 11.0 |
| 1996 | 29,500 | 265,229 | 11.1 |
| 1997 | 30,200 | 267,784 | 11.3 |
| 1998 | 30,800 | 270,248 | 11.4 |
| 1999 | 31,500 | 272,691 | 11.6 |
| 2000 | 32,200 | 275,130 | 11.7 |
1/ Includes optometrists
in Federal service.
2/ Resident population estimates based on 1990 Census.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, National Center for Health Statistics. Health Resources Statistics 1976-77, DHEW Pub No (PHS) 79-1509, 1979; Bureau of Health Professions, National Center for Health Workforce Analysis; American Optometric Association; U.S. Bureau of the Census. Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2001.