PC Physician Trends

Primary Care Physician Trends

**Primary Care Physicians, Trends 1981 to 2011**
Year	Total Physicians	% Male	% Female	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Other
2011	17,996	61.5	38.5	65.4	5.4	10.0	16.1
2010	17,526	62.5	37.5	65.8	6.1	16.1	12
2009**	16,830	64	36.1	58.2	6.1	14.4	3
2008	16,528	64.9	35.1	58.3	6.3	14.4	21.1
2007	16,120	66.1	33.9	58.5	6.1	13.9	21.5
2006	15,895	66.8	33.1	59.4	5.8	13.6	21.3
2005	15,718	67.8	32.2	60.2	5.7	13.5	20.6
2004	15,360	68.9	31.1	61.2	5.5	13.6	19.7
2003	15,278	70.0	30.0	62	5.1	13.4	19.4
2002	14,879	71.6	28.4	62.7	5	13.3	19
2001	14,437	72.7	27.3	64	5	13	18
2000	14,268	73.6	26.4	65.2	4.5	12.6	17.7
1999	13,586	74.9	25.1	*	*	*	*
1998	12,911	76.5	23.5	67.4	4.1	12.5	16
1997	12,160	77.7	22.3	70.4	3.8	11.7	14.2
1996	11,826	78.6	21.4	70.5	3.8	11.9	13.7
1995	11,141	80.3	19.7	72.4	3.7	11.3	12.6
1994	10,797	*	*	*	*	*	*
1993	10,257	82.8	17.2	74.5	3.4	10.8	11.3
1992	10,402	82.7	17.3	75.9	3.4	10.1	10.7
1991	11,571	82.2	17.8	75.5	3.4	9.8	11.3
1990	10,308	*	*	*	*	*	*
1989	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
1988	9,910	86.3	13.7	*	*	*	*
1987	10,287	86.5	13.5	*	*	*	*
1986	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
1985	9,597	*	*	*	*	*	*
1984	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
1983	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
1982	8,391	*	*	*	*	*	*
1981	7,883	*	*	*	*	*	*

Footnotes
* Data not available ** Due to the transition to the Minimum Data Set collection method, more than 18% of the race data were missing and the race percentages does not equal 100%. This had a disproportionate effect on the number of "Others". Data Source: Texas Medical Board Prepared by: Texas Department of State Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Health Professions Resource Center