| TABLE 503. ESTIMATED NUMBER OF ACTIVE PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACIST-TO-POPULATION RATIOS, SELECTED YEARS: 1960-2000 |
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| YEAR |
ALL ACTIVE PHARMACISTS 1/ |
RESIDENT POPULATION (THOUSANDS) 2/ |
PHARMACISTS PER 100,000 POPULATION |
| 1960 | 101,000 | 179,979 | 56.1 |
| 1965 | 104,100 | 193,526 | 53.8 |
| 1970 | 112,600 | 203,984 | 55.2 |
| 1975 | 121,800 | 215,465 | 56.5 |
| 1980 | 142,400 | 227,225 | 62.7 |
| 1981 | 145,600 | 229,466 | 63.5 |
| 1982 | 148,300 | 231,664 | 64.0 |
| 1983 | 150,500 | 233,792 | 64.4 |
| 1984 | 152,100 | 235,825 | 64.5 |
| 1985 | 153,500 | 237,924 | 64.5 |
| 1986 | 156,000 | 240,133 | 65.0 |
| 1987 | 158,600 | 242,289 | 65.5 |
| 1988 | 161,400 | 244,499 | 66.0 |
| 1989 | 164,600 | 246,819 | 66.7 |
| 1990 | 168,000 | 249,464 | 67.3 |
| 1991 | 171,600 | 252,153 | 68.1 |
| 1992 | 173,700 | 255,030 | 68.1 |
| 1993 | 176,000 | 257,783 | 68.3 |
| 1994 | 178,400 | 260,327 | 68.5 |
| 1995 | 181,000 | 262,803 | 68.9 |
| 1996 | 184,600 | 265,229 | 69.6 |
| 1997 | 188,000 | 267,784 | 70.2 |
| 1998 | 190,900 | 270,248 | 70.6 |
| 1999 | 193,400 | 272,691 | 70.9 |
| 2000 | 196,100 | 275,130 | 71.3 |
1/ Includes pharmacists
in Federal service.
2/ Resident population estimates based on 1990 Census.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service. Health Manpower Source Book. PHS Publication 263 (Section 17), 1969; Bureau of Health Professions Pharmacy Supply Model; Vector Research, Inc. 1991 Census of Pharmacists Licensed in the United States(Draft report); U.S. Bureau of the Census. Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2001.