Rate per 10,000 Population Over Time, Metro and Rural, North Carolina

Health Professional Supply, Metro vs Rural (Non-Metro), North Carolina, 2013 - 2024 0510152025Rate per 10,000 Population20152020Year29.114.3Physician - All 012345678Rate per 10,000 Population20152020Year8.35.6Physician - Primary Care Classic 0.00.51.01.52.02.53.0Rate per 10,000 Population20152020Year3.12.6Physician - Family Medicine

Notes: Data include active, licensed providers in practice in North Carolina as of October 31 of each year. Data are derived from licensure files provided by each profession's licensing board. Population census data and estimates are downloaded from the North Carolina Office of State Budget and Management and are based on US Census data. Metropolitan or rural (non-metropolitan) county status was defined using US Office of Management and Budget Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs). Non-metropolitan counties include micropolitan counties and non-CBSAs. The vintage or year of the delineation file used to aggregate the counties corresponds with the delineations in place for each year of data. That is, the counties defined as non-metropolitan in 2000 are different than the non-metropolitan ones in 2017. Source: North Carolina Health Professions Data System, Program on Health Workforce Research and Policy, The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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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