Age Distribution for Health Professionals, Metro and Rural, North Carolina

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4240Metro (N = 1,401)Rural (N = 408)25303540455055606570758085Age05101520253035405060708090100Notes: Data include active, licensed providers in practice in North Carolina as of October 31, 2018. Data are derived fromlicensure files provided by each profession's licensing board. Metropolitan or rural (non-metropolitan) county status wasdefined using US Office of Management and Budget Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs). Non-metropolitan counties includemicropolitan counties and non-CBSAs. The August 2017 version of the delineation file was used for this analysis. Source:North Carolina Health Professions Data System, Program on Health Workforce Research and Policy, The Cecil G. Sheps Center forHealth Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Created May 29, 2025 athttps://nchealthworkforce.unc.edu/interactive/age_rural_by_profession/.Group mean indicated by dotted line.Number of Occupational Therapy AssistantsAge Distribution of Occupational Therapy Assistants, Metropolitan vs Rural Counties, North Carolina, 2018Age Distribution of Occupational Therapy Assistants, Metropolitan vs Rural Counties, North Carolina, 2018
Funding & Acknowledgements
The HPDS is maintained by the Program on Health Workforce Research and Policy at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in collaboration with the North Carolina Area Health Education Centers Program (AHEC), and the state’s independent health professional licensing boards. Ongoing financial support is provided by the NC AHEC Program Office. Although the NC HPDS maintains the data system, the data remain the property of their respective licensing board. This information or content and conclusions are those of the authors and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by NC AHEC. To learn more about NC AHEC please visit: https://www.ncahec.net.

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