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Healthcare Occupations: Characteristics of the Employed

In 2022, 14.7 million people age 16 and older were employed in healthcare occupations, accounting for 9.3 percent of total employment. The largest of these ...

State of the U.S. Health Care Workforce, 2023

The nation's oral health workforce, comprised of dentists, dental hygienists, and dental assistants, totaled nearly 714,000 workers in 2021, up from 696,000 in ...

Who Are Our Health Care Workers? - U.S. Census Bureau

There were 22 million workers in the health care industry, one of the largest and fastest-growing sectors in the United States that accounts for 14% of all US ...

Global Health Workforce statistics database

Health workforce: Medical doctors · Health workforce: Nursing and midwifery personnel · Health workforce: Dentistry personnel · Health workforce: Pharmaceutical ...

What are the recent trends in health sector employment?

In 2023, 10.8% of people employed in the United States worked in the healthcare sector. This proportion has grown in past decades, from 7.5% in 1990 to 10.6% in ...

Total Health Care Employment - KFF

Estimates do not include self-employed workers. The Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program provides wage and employment estimates by state and ...

About Healthcare Workers - CDC

It employs over 22 million workers. Women represent nearly 80% of the healthcare work force. Healthcare workers face a wide range of hazards on ...

Healthcare Occupations - Bureau of Labor Statistics

About 1.9 million openings are projected each year, on average, in these occupations due to employment growth and the need to replace workers ...

Health workforce - World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO estimates a projected shortfall of 10 million health workers by 2030, mostly in low- and lower-middle income countries.

Fact Sheet: Strengthening the Health Care Workforce | AHA

These shortages are expected to persist, with an analysis of EMSI data showing there will be a shortage of up to 3.2 million health care workers ...

Healthcare personnel statistics - nursing and caring professionals

This article presents an overview of European Union (EU) statistics on nursing and caring professionals.

The global health workforce stock and distribution in 2020 and 2030

This reassessment presents a revised global health workforce shortage of 15 million health workers in 2020 decreasing to 10 million health ...

The Shortage of Healthcare Workers in the U.S. - Nursing

The American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) predicts a shortage of as many as 122,000 physicians by 2032. The report that made this dire prediction also ...

Nursing Workforce Fact Sheet

Considering racial backgrounds, the breakdown of RN population in 2022 was 80% White/Caucasian; 7.4% Asian; 6.3% Black/African American; 2.5% more than one race ...

Health Workforce Research

Health policymakers consider the supply, demand, distribution, and education of health workers when developing policy and programs. Workforce ...

The Shortage of US Healthcare Workers in 2023 - Oracle

The American Hospital Association estimates that the industry will face a shortage of up to 124,000 physicians by 2033. Meanwhile, it will need to hire at least ...

Physicians (per 1000 people) - Glossary | DataBank

The WHO estimates that at least 2.5 medical staff (physicians, nurses and midwives) per 1,000 people are needed to provide adequate coverage with primary care ...

53 Essential Healthcare Staff Statistics & Trends in 2024

1. There were 22 million workers in the healthcare sector in the USA, according to a 2019 report. 2. The healthcare sector accounts for 14 ...

The global health workforce stock and distribution in 2020 and 2030

Results: In 2020, the global workforce stock was 29.1 million nurses, 12.7 million medical doctors, 3.7 million pharmacists, 2.5 million dentists, 2.2 million ...

Data Brief: Health Care Workforce Challenges Threaten Hospitals ...

In addition to these billions of dollars in losses for hospitals, hospital and health care workers have been on the front lines battling COVID-19 for nearly two ...