| TABLE 601. ESTIMATED NUMBERS OF ACTIVE ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL, SELECTED YEARS: 1970-2000 1/ |
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| OCCUPATION | 1970 |
1980 |
1990 |
2000 |
| Allied health personnel | 750,000 | 1,276,000 | 1,831,000 | 2,672,000 |
| Dental hygienists | 40,000 | 54,000 | 81,000 | 112,000 |
| Dental assistants | 112,000 | 156,000 | 201,000 | 224,000 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | 31,000 | 43,000 | 50,000 | 54,000 |
| Dietitians | 17,000 | 32,000 | 57,000 | 90,000 |
| Dietetic technicians | 20,000 | 38,000 | 36,000 | 41,000 |
|
Emergency Medical Technician EMT-Paramedic |
35,000 | 70,000 | 98,000 | 125,000 |
| Health information administrators | 10,000 | 13,000 | 18,000 | 24,000 |
| Health information technologists | 42,000 | 60,000 | 69,000 | 77,000 |
| Clinical laboratory workers | 135,000 | 249,000 | 297,000 | 337,000 |
| Occupational therapists | 6,000 | 25,000 | 42,000 | 72,000 |
| Orthotics and Prosthetics | 1,000 | 2,000 | 3,000 | 4,000 |
| Physical therapists | 30,000 | 50,000 | 92,000 | 130,000 |
| Radiologic service workers | 87,000 | 116,000 | 157,000 | 220,000 |
| Respiratory therapy workers | 30,000 | 56,000 | 75,000 | 125,000 |
| Speech pathologist/ audiologists | 19,000 | 50,000 | 65,000 | 121,000 |
| Other allied health 2/ | 135,000 | 262,000 | 490,000 | 916,000 |
1/ All numbers are rounded
to the nearest thousand. Due to revisions and independent estimations, some
numbers may differ from those that appear elsewhere.
2/ Includes dietetic assistants, genetic assistants, operating room technicians,
ophthalmic medical assistants, optometric assistants and technicians, pharmacy
assistants, occupational and physical therapy assistants, podiatric assistants,
medical transcriptionists, vocational rehabilitation counselors, other rehabilitation
service workers, and other social and mental health service workers.
SOURCE: Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, National Center for Health Workforce Analysis.