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The District of Columbia has, by far, the largest number of physicians as a percentage of the population, with 1,639 per 100,000 people. [13] Additionally, Among active physicians, 56.2% identified as White, 17.1% identified as Asian, 5.8% identified as Hispanic, 5.0% identified as Black, and 0.3% identified as American Indian/Alaska Native.
List of countries by physicians per 10,000 people [1] Country Physicians per 10,000 people Year Afghanistan: 2.535 2020 Albania: 18.826 2020 Algeria: 9.868 2019 Andorra: 36.262 2015 Angola: 2.443 2022 Anguilla: 15.132 2018 Antigua and Barbuda: 28.979 2017 Argentina: 40.818 2022 Armenia: 31.174 2019 Australia: 39.812 2021 Austria: 55.083 2022
As of 2019, there were about 938,980 active physicians in the US; [6] Indian-origin physicians account for at least 8.5% of the total physician population. [7]It is noteworthy that India provides the largest number of International Medical Graduates to the US in absolute numbers. [8]
The doctor said he also encourages a "vigorous effort" to educate Americans on genuinely healthy food and lifestyle choices, along with a "renewed cultural appreciation for the idea that being ...
A look at the lives of Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Steward, the first Black female doctor in New York, and her sister Sarah J. S. Tompkins Garnet, the first Black female principal in NYC.
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In 2015, the total number of deaths by heart disease was 633,842, by cancer it was 595,930, and from chronic lower respiratory disease it was 155,041. [75] In 2015, 267.18 deaths per 100,000 people were caused by cardiovascular diseases, 204.63 by neoplasms and 100.66 by neurological disorders. [74]
Researchers found that people worldwide live 9.6 years longer than they are healthy — and in the U.S. the gap is more than 12 years.