Table 14_3_1-1

2010 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_1.1
Pharmacist distribution and rate per 100,000 population, United States, 2006-2008
		2008			2007			2006
		Population	Pharmacist		Population	Pharmacist		Population	Pharmacist
Population group		Percent ^a	Percent ^b	Rate ^c	Percent ^a	Percent ^b	Rate ^c	Percent ^a	Percent ^b	Rate ^c
Total		100.0	100.0	89.3	100.0	100.0	88.4	100.0	100.0	87.6
Race	Single race
	White	75.1	77.2	91.8	73.9	77.6	92.8	73.9	76.8	91.0
	Black	12.4	6.2	44.5	12.4	4.4	31.2	12.4	5.1	36.1
	Asian	4.4	14.4	292.5	4.4	15.4	309.1	4.4	16.2	323.7
	AI/AN	0.8	0.3	28.8	0.8	0.2	21.8	0.8	0.2	21.4
	NHOPI	0.1	0.1	55.7	0.1	0.1	69.0	0.1	0.0	15.6
	Other	4.9	1.0	18.0	6.2	1.4	19.7	6.3	0.9	12.3
	Multiple races	2.3	0.8	31.9	2.2	1.0	39.7	2.0	0.8	36.0
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic
	All races	84.6	96.3	101.6	85.0	96.4	100.3	85.2	96.6	99.3
	White	65.4	74.3	101.4	65.8	75.1	100.9	66.2	74.4	98.5
	Black	12.1	6.2	45.6	12.1	4.4	31.8	12.2	5.0	36.0
	Hispanic, all races	15.4	3.7	21.6	15.0	3.6	21.2	14.8	3.4	20.1
Region	Northeast	18.1	18.3	90.3	18.1	20.8	101.4	18.3	19.7	94.6
	Midwest	21.9	23.7	96.7	22.0	24.0	96.2	22.1	23.5	93.2
	South	36.7	37.8	91.9	36.6	35.4	85.4	36.4	36.7	88.2
	West	23.3	20.2	77.3	23.2	19.9	75.6	23.2	20.0	75.8

^a Percent distribution of population in the United States.

^b Percent distribution of pharmacists in the United States.

^c Rate of pharmacists per 100,000 population.

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

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

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 14_3_1-1: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/14_patientcenteredness/T14_3_1-1.html