Number Enrolled Non-Hispanic Whites (%) Asians (%)
Dentistry 19,342 60.6 22.7 Allopathic medicine 74,518 62.4 21.5 Osteopathic medicine 15,634 70.5 17.4 Optometry 5,556 60.3 25.1 Pharmacy 50,691 59.5 21.6 Podiatry 2,095 62.2 11.8 Public health 22,604 59.3 12.5
Source: National Center for Health Statistics. Health, United States, 2010: With Special Feature on Death and Dying. Hyattsville, MD. 2011: Author, pp. 352–353. Retrieved from www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus10.pdf, November 15, 2011.
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Keeping Up
It goes without saying that much of the data presented in this chapter may be out of date when you read this text. However, at this final stage of writing, it is the most recent information available. The following resources will be most helpful in keep- ing you abreast of the frequent changes in health care events, costs, and policies:
1. The National Center for Health Statistics publishes Health, United States an annual report on trends in health statistics. It can be retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm. Health United States 11 is not avail- able, and Health United States 12 will be published in May, 2012.
2. Health related data and other statistics are available from http:// www.cdc.gov/DataStatistics/.