Table 1.

The population as well as the number and Gini coefficient of practicing dentists in Taiwan from 2010 to 2018.

Years	Population at the end of the year	Number of practicing dentists	Number of practicing dentists per 100,000 persons	Number of new dentists issued	Gini coefficient of practicing dentists by cities and counties
2010	23,162,123	11,656	50.324	471	0.334
2011	23,224,912	11,992	51.634	461	0.330
2012	23,315,822	12,391	53.144	495	0.329
2013	23,373,517	12,794	54.737	477	0.325
2014	23,433,753	13,178	56.235	448	0.324
2015	23,492,074	13,502	57.475	434	0.319
2016	23,539,816	13,912	59.100	430	0.318
2017	23,571,227	14,379	61.002	403	0.316
2018	23,588,932	14,717	62.389	383	0.334 (0.453)a
Sen's slope of Mann–Kendall test	57,707.083	384.675	1.518	–	−0.002
Significance	P < 0.001	P < 0.001	P < 0.001	–	P < 0.05

^aThis value was the Gini coefficient of practicing dentists by districts and townships.