| TABLE 505. ESTIMATED NUMBER OF ACTIVE VETERINARIANS AND VETERINARIAN-TO-POPULATION RATIOS, SELECTED YEARS: 1960-2000 |
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| YEAR | ACTIVE VETERINARIANS 1/ |
RESIDENT POPULATION (THOUSANDS) |
VETERINARIANS PER 100,000 POPULATION |
| 1960 | 19,700 | 179,979 | 10.9 |
| 1965 | 23,300 | 193,526 | 12.0 |
| 1970 | 25,900 | 203,984 | 12.7 |
| 1975 | 31,100 | 215,465 | 14.4 |
| 1980 | 36,500 | 227,225 | 16.1 |
| 1981 | 37,600 | 229,466 | 16.4 |
| 1982 | 38,800 | 231,664 | 16.7 |
| 1983 | 40,000 | 233,792 | 17.1 |
| 1984 | 41,300 | 235,825 | 17.5 |
| 1985 | 42,600 | 237,924 | 17.9 |
| 1986 | 43,900 | 240,133 | 18.3 |
| 1987 | 45,100 | 242,289 | 18.6 |
| 1988 | 46,300 | 244,499 | 18.9 |
| 1989 | 47,500 | 246,819 | 19.2 |
| 1990 | 48,700 | 249,464 | 19.5 |
| 1991 | 49,700 | 252,153 | 19.7 |
| 1992 | 50,700 | 255,030 | 19.9 |
| 1993 | 52,300 | 257,783 | 20.3 |
| 1994 | 53,900 | 260,327 | 20.7 |
| 1995 | 54,900 | 262,803 | 20.9 |
| 1996 | 55,900 | 265,229 | 21.1 |
| 1997 | 57,000 | 267,784 | 21.3 |
| 1998 | 58,000 | 270,248 | 21.5 |
| 1999 | 59,000 | 272,691 | 21.6 |
| 2000 | 60,100 | 275,130 | 21.8 |
1/ Includes veterinarians in Federal service.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service. Health Manpower Source Book, PHS Pub No. 263 (Sec 20), 1969; Bureau of Health Professions; American Veterinary Medical Association. Veterinary Demographic Annual Report, 1995. Also unpublished data; US Bureau of the Census. Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2001.