Table 14_3_1-1a

2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 14_3_1.1a
Racial and ethnic compositions of dental professionals and total population, United States, 2007
		Population		Dentists		Dental hygienists		Dental assistants
Population group		Number (in millions)	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total		301.6	100.0	181,798	100.0	155,426	100.0	313,860	100.0
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	256.2	84.9	170,123	93.6	147,941	95.2	258,145	82.2
	Hispanic, all races	45.4	15.1	11,675	6.4	7,485	4.8	55,715	17.8
	Non-Hispanic, White Race	198.6	65.8	138,692	76.3	138,138	88.9	217,133	69.2
	Non-Hispanic, Black	36.6	12.1	6,292	3.5	3,432	2.2	20,332	6.5
	Non-Hispanic, Asian	13.1	4.3	23,412	12.9	4,286	2.8	14,607	4.7
	NHOPI	0.4	0.1	0	0.0	124	0.1	224	0.1
	AI/AN	2.0	0.7	45	0.0	383	0.2	2,204	0.7
	other	0.7	0.2	127	0.1	268	0.2	426	0.1
	multiple races	4.8	1.6	1,555	0.9	1,310	0.8	3,219	1.0

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 14_3_1-1a: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/14_patientcenteredness/T14_3_1-1a.html