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Table
Index
Table
1. Registered nurse population, by employment status,
gender, racial/ethnic background, and age group: March
2004
| Total |
35,635 |
2,909,357 |
100.0 |
30,233 |
2,421,351 |
100.0 |
5,402 |
488,006 |
100.0 |
| |
| Gender |
| |
2,166 |
168,181 |
5.8 |
1,937 |
148,642 |
6.1 |
229 |
19,539 |
4.0 |
| |
33,454 |
2,740,144 |
94.2 |
28,283 |
2,271,717 |
93.8 |
5,171 |
468,427 |
96.0 |
| |
15 |
1,033 |
0.0 |
13 |
993 |
0.0 |
2 |
40 |
0.0 |
| |
| Racial/ethnic
background |
29,561 |
2,380,529 |
81.8 |
24,958 |
1,966,330 |
81.2 |
4,603 |
414,199 |
84.9 |
1,297 |
122,495 |
4.2 |
1,146 |
106,644 |
4.4 |
151 |
15,850 |
3.2 |
963 |
84,383 |
2.9 |
863 |
75,943 |
3.1 |
100 |
8,440 |
1.7 |
65 |
5,594 |
0.2 |
55 |
4,613 |
0.2 |
10 |
981 |
0.2 |
157 |
9,453 |
0.3 |
141 |
8,347 |
0.3 |
16 |
1,106 |
0.2 |
512 |
48,009 |
1.7 |
450 |
42,262 |
1.7 |
62 |
5,747 |
1.2 |
519 |
41,244 |
1.4 |
451 |
35,554 |
1.5 |
68 |
5,690 |
1.2 |
2,561 |
217,651 |
7.5 |
2,169 |
181,658 |
7.5 |
392 |
35,993 |
7.4 |
| |
| Age
group |
Less than 25
|
609 |
61,778 |
2.1 |
588 |
59,592 |
2.5 |
21 |
2,186 |
0.4 |
25-29
|
2,117 |
171,659 |
5.9 |
1,981 |
159,676 |
6.6 |
136 |
11,983 |
2.5 |
30-34
|
3,053 |
243,182 |
8.4 |
2,794 |
221,052 |
9.1 |
259 |
22,130 |
4.5 |
35-39
|
3,646 |
289,525 |
10.0 |
3,280 |
256,967 |
10.6 |
366 |
32,557 |
6.7 |
40-44
|
4,996 |
408,248 |
14.0 |
4,481 |
360,249 |
14.9 |
515 |
47,999 |
9.8 |
45-49
|
6,407 |
508,708 |
17.5 |
5,718 |
449,797 |
18.6 |
689 |
58,910 |
12.1 |
50-54
|
5,816 |
463,565 |
15.9 |
5,160 |
406,748 |
16.8 |
656 |
56,817 |
11.6 |
55-59
|
4,099 |
338,078 |
11.6 |
3,361 |
271,264 |
11.2 |
738 |
66,814 |
13.7 |
60-64
|
2,477 |
210,196 |
7.2 |
1,667 |
136,191 |
5.6 |
810 |
74,006 |
15.2 |
65 and over
|
2,085 |
185,254 |
6.4 |
928 |
75,305 |
3.1 |
1,157 |
109,949 |
22.5 |
Not known
|
330 |
29,165 |
1.0 |
275 |
24,511 |
1.0 |
55 |
4,655 |
1.0 |
| |
| |
46.8 |
|
|
45.4 |
|
|
54.1 |
|
| |
47.0 |
|
|
46.0 |
|
|
55.0 |
|
NOTE:
Estimated numbers may not equal totals, and percents
may not add to 100, because of rounding
Table
2. Year of graduation from initial nursing education
and the average age at graduation for the registered
nurse population, by type of initial nurse education:
March 2004
35,635 |
2,909,357 |
100.0 |
733,377 |
100.0 |
1,227,256 |
100.0 |
902,625 |
100.0 |
| |
| |
3,103 |
265,243 |
9.1 |
7,377 |
1.0 |
151,005 |
12.3 |
105,922 |
11.7 |
4,968 |
386,296 |
13.3 |
22,360 |
3.0 |
218,476 |
17.8 |
144,766 |
16.0 |
4,971 |
383,182 |
13.2 |
32,629 |
4.4 |
230,913 |
18.8 |
118,072 |
13.1 |
4,157 |
336,771 |
11.6 |
43,476 |
5.9 |
173,976 |
14.2 |
117,783 |
13.0 |
17,780 |
1,483,436 |
51.0 |
623,368 |
85.0 |
442,643 |
36.1 |
411,283 |
45.6 |
656 |
54,430 |
1.9 |
4,169 |
0.6 |
10,244 |
0.8 |
4,800 |
0.5 |
29.6 |
31.8 |
31.8 |
26.3 |
31.0 |
30.2 |
33.3 |
27.5 |
31.0 |
28.9 |
33.2 |
27.2 |
28.4 |
25.5 |
31.0 |
25.5 |
23.8 |
22.0 |
26.7 |
23.4 |
*
Includes 14,979 nurses whose initial nursing education
was in a master's degree program, 532 in a doctoral
degree program, and 46,098 for whose initial nursing
education was not known.
NOTE:
Estimated numbers may not equal totals, and percents
may not add to 100, because of rounding
Table
3. Health occupation prior to initial
nursing education, by type of initial nursing education:
March 2004
19,160 |
1,512,066 |
100.0 |
257,530 |
17.0 |
797,925 |
52.8 |
451,499 |
29.9 |
12,631 |
977,354 |
100.0 |
186,929 |
19.1 |
460,759 |
47.1 |
326,650 |
33.4 |
4,729 |
364,527 |
100.0 |
28,644 |
7.9 |
292,365 |
80.2 |
41,927 |
11.5 |
2,327 |
184,266 |
100.0 |
19,886 |
10.8 |
115,161 |
62.5 |
48,427 |
26.3 |
455 |
37,922 |
100.0 |
3,712 |
9.6 |
25,125 |
66.1 |
8,921 |
23.5 |
2,574 |
208,797 |
100.0 |
26,110 |
12.5 |
117,074 |
56.1 |
64,973 |
31.1 |
490 |
38,429 |
100.0 |
5,896 |
15.3 |
20,215 |
52.6 |
12,070 |
31.4 |
190 |
16,392 |
100.0 |
7,786 |
47.5 |
4,014 |
24.5 |
4,565 |
27.8 |
226 |
19,739 |
100.0 |
1,868 |
9.5 |
10,265 |
52.0 |
7,606 |
38.5 |
123 |
9,772 |
100.0 |
1,447 |
14.8 |
1,901 |
19.5 |
6,328 |
64.8 |
131 |
10,667 |
100.0 |
856 |
8.0 |
5,431 |
50.9 |
4,162 |
39.0 |
122 |
8,934 |
100.0 |
3,555 |
39.8 |
2,642 |
29.6 |
2,664 |
29.8 |
176 |
13,486 |
100.0 |
2,088 |
15.5 |
7,377 |
54.7 |
3,919 |
29.1 |
56 |
4,687 |
100.0 |
1,042 |
22.8 |
2,318 |
49.4 |
1,328 |
28.3 |
491 |
40,260 |
100.0 |
6,379 |
15.8 |
19,152 |
47.6 |
14,481 |
36.0 |
*Includes
5,304 nurses whose initial education was unknown
**Health occupation entries may add to more than the
total because more than one occupation may have been
named by an individual RN
NOTE: Estimated numbers may not equal totals, and percents
may not add to 100, because of rounding
Table
4. Registered nurses who were ever licensed as practical/vocational
nurse, by type of initial nursing education: March 2004
6,186 |
484,809 |
100.0 |
45,633 |
100.0 |
362,046 |
100.0 |
75,061 |
100.0 |
740 |
53,273 |
11.0 |
533 |
1.2 |
47,931 |
13.2 | |