The following is a chart noting the graduates of FP residency programs by year and the percentages of this graduation group that choose rural locations and urban poverty sites.
|
Description |
1975 |
1980 |
1985 |
1990 |
1995 |
2000 |
|
Population to 2500 not adjacent to metro areas |
9.5 |
8 |
9.6 |
5.4 |
4 |
3.6 |
|
2.5-25000 not adjacent |
25.4 |
23.2 |
20.5 |
17.6 |
18.2 |
18.5 |
|
Rural FP grads % |
34.9 |
31.2 |
30.1 |
23 |
22.2 |
22.1 |
|
Total new rural FP |
196 |
597 |
711 |
524 |
568 |
779 |
|
Urban poverty % |
2.0 |
3.7 |
3.1 |
2.0 |
6.1 |
5.9 |
|
Total new urban poverty |
11.2 |
70.8 |
73.2 |
45.5 |
156.0 |
208.0 |
|
Total FP Res Grads |
562 |
1913 |
2362 |
2277 |
2558 |
3526 |
|
From American Academy of Family Physicians Annual Surveys of Graduates |
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In the year 2000, 3526 graduated from allopathic family medicine residency programs and 18.5 % of these FP docs chose nonmetropolitan locations of less than 25000. This included 779 new rural docs. Also 208 chose inner city poverty locations.
Contribution of FP to Rural Areas calculations of economic impacts of rural FP docs over the years
Other underserved links at Underserved
Graduation Chart at The total FP graduates rises over the years click to see this chart
Also FP docs are called on to do more, with a lower percentage of physicians, see below:
