Table 2.
Indicators | Minority counties, N = 1388.1 (10,000 persons) | Non-minority counties, N = 7775.5 (10,000 persons) | ||||
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2002 Mean(SD) |
2014 Mean(SD) |
Annual change rate(%) | 2002 Mean(SD) |
2014 Mean(SD) |
Annual change rate(%) | |
No of registered doctors (per 1000 pop) | 1.94(0.96) | 1.53(0.89) | −1.96 | 1.6(1.4) | 2.2(1.5) | 2.69 |
No of registered nurses (per 1000 pop) | 0.73(0.39) | 1.34(0.87) | 5.19 | 0.92(1.1) | 2.2(2.1) | 7.54 |
Density of registered doctors | 0.34(0.20) | 0.33(0.26) | −0.25 | 1.9(4.0) | 2.5(4.7) | 2.31 |
Density of registered nurses | 0.14(0.12) | 0.31(0.31) | 6.85 | 1.2(2.8) | 2.7(6.0) | 6.99 |
Area per doctor serve (km2) | 38.5(51.0) | 51.4(74.9) | 2.44 | 2.1(2.1) | 1.5(1.5) | −2.76 |
Area per nurse serve (km2) | 171.2(512.4) | 66.4(104.1) | −7.59 | 5.6(6.5) | 2.0(2.4) | −8.22 |