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Demographic CharacteristicsHealth StatusAccess and UtilizationSocial DeterminantsHealth Care Payments and WorkforcePhysician Diversity Ratio, by State, 2005
| Physician Diversity Ratio | |
|---|---|
| United States | NA |
| Alabama | 4.27 |
| Alaska | 6.93 |
| Arizona | 5.70 |
| Arkansas | 4.29 |
| California | 5.60 |
| Colorado | 6.49 |
| Connecticut | 3.47 |
| Delaware | 2.47 |
| District of Columbia | NA |
| Florida | 1.34 |
| Georgia | 2.96 |
| Hawaii | 6.51 |
| Idaho | 6.38 |
| Illinois | 11.53 |
| Indiana | 2.25 |
| Iowa | 1.61 |
| Kansas | 2.34 |
| Kentucky | 2.30 |
| Louisiana | 3.69 |
| Maine | 0.94 |
| Maryland | 2.64 |
| Massachusetts | 2.34 |
| Michigan | 2.04 |
| Minnesota | 1.91 |
| Mississippi | 6.71 |
| Missouri | 2.36 |
| Montana | 4.00 |
| Nebraska | 2.80 |
| Nevada | 3.93 |
| New Hampshire | 1.09 |
| New Jersey | 5.63 |
| New Mexico | 4.66 |
| New York | 3.28 |
| North Carolina | 4.56 |
| North Dakota | 1.44 |
| Ohio | 2.01 |
| Oklahoma | 4.49 |
| Oregon | 4.69 |
| Pennsylvania | 2.54 |
| Rhode Island | 2.70 |
| South Carolina | 6.87 |
| South Dakota | 6.43 |
| Tennessee | 2.73 |
| Texas | 3.15 |
| Utah | 6.47 |
| Vermont | 1.35 |
| Virginia | 3.21 |
| Washington | 3.94 |
| West Virginia | 0.91 |
| Wisconsin | 3.09 |
| Wyoming | 6.14 |
| Notes: | Data are derived from the Kaiser Family Foundation report, Putting Women’s Health Care Disparities on the Map, available at: http://www.kff.org/womensdisparities/. |
| Sources: | Trivedi AN et al. Creating a state minority health policy report card. Health Affairs, 24(2). 2005. |
| Definitions: | NA: Data not available. The physician diversity ratio for the District of Columbia was not calculated. |
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