Numbers of Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations in Mountain North Carolina nonmetropolitan area
Occupation group
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations
| Year |
Number |
| 2006 |
8,530 |
| 2007 |
8,890 |
| 2008 |
8,930 |
| 2009 |
9,300 |
| 2010 |
9,580 |
| 2011 |
9,650 |
| 2012 |
8,820 |
| 2013 |
9,090 |
| 2014 |
9,220 |
| 2015 |
5,760 |
| 2016 |
6,030 |
| 2017 |
5,930 |
| 2018 |
5,940 |
| 2019 |
6,060 |
Individual occupations
Dentists, General
| Year |
Number |
| 2006 |
120 |
| 2007 |
120 |
| 2008 |
140 |
| 2009 |
110 |
| 2010 |
100 |
| 2011 |
70 |
| 2012 |
90 |
| 2013 |
110 |
| 2014 |
120 |
| 2015 |
60 |
| 2016 |
80 |
| 2017 |
70 |
| 2018 |
80 |
| 2019 |
70 |
Dietitians and Nutritionists
| Year |
Number |
| 2006 |
70 |
| 2007 |
90 |
| 2008 |
80 |
| 2009 |
70 |
| 2010 |
70 |
| 2011 |
70 |
| 2012 |
50 |
| 2013 |
60 |
| 2014 |
50 |
| 2015 |
40 |
| 2016 |
50 |
| 2017 |
60 |
| 2018 |
50 |
| 2019 |
50 |
Optometrists
| Year |
Number |
| 2007 |
30 |
| 2008 |
30 |
| 2009 |
40 |
| 2010 |
0 |
| 2011 |
40 |
| 2012 |
30 |
| 2013 |
30 |
| 2014 |
30 |
| 2017 |
30 |
Pharmacists
| Year |
Number |
| 2006 |
350 |
| 2007 |
360 |
| 2008 |
410 |
| 2009 |
360 |
| 2010 |
460 |
| 2011 |
410 |
| 2012 |
440 |
| 2013 |
320 |
| 2014 |
360 |
| 2015 |
220 |
| 2016 |
240 |
| 2017 |
240 |
| 2018 |
230 |
| 2019 |
240 |
Physician Assistants
| Year |
Number |
| 2006 |
130 |
| 2007 |
120 |
| 2008 |
140 |
| 2009 |
340 |
| 2010 |
330 |
| 2011 |
320 |
| 2012 |
90 |
| 2013 |
90 |
| 2014 |
110 |
| 2015 |
60 |
| 2016 |
90 |
| 2017 |
120 |
| 2018 |
130 |
| 2019 |
120 |
Occupational Therapists
| Year |
Number |
| 2006 |
100 |
| 2007 |
120 |
| 2008 |
130 |
| 2009 |
160 |
| 2010 |
150 |
| 2011 |
160 |
| 2012 |
140 |
| 2013 |
150 |
| 2014 |
180 |
| 2015 |
100 |
| 2016 |
90 |
| 2017 |
90 |
| 2018 |
80 |
| 2019 |
40 |
Physical Therapists
| Year |
Number |
| 2006 |
280 |
| 2007 |
270 |
| 2008 |
210 |
| 2009 |
320 |
| 2010 |
300 |
| 2011 |
350 |
| 2012 |
250 |
| 2013 |
290 |
| 2014 |
280 |
| 2015 |
180 |
| 2016 |
160 |
| 2017 |
170 |
| 2018 |
160 |
| 2019 |
170 |
Respiratory Therapists
| Year |
Number |
| 2006 |
160 |
| 2007 |
160 |
| 2008 |
160 |
| 2009 |
160 |
| 2010 |
170 |
| 2011 |
160 |
| 2012 |
170 |
| 2013 |
160 |
| 2014 |
160 |
| 2015 |
100 |
| 2016 |
100 |
| 2017 |
100 |
| 2018 |
120 |
| 2019 |
110 |
Speech-Language Pathologists
| Year |
Number |
| 2006 |
140 |
| 2007 |
170 |
| 2008 |
180 |
| 2009 |
190 |
| 2010 |
170 |
| 2011 |
180 |
| 2012 |
170 |
| 2013 |
190 |
| 2014 |
210 |
| 2015 |
120 |
| 2016 |
120 |
| 2017 |
90 |
| 2018 |
80 |
| 2019 |
60 |
Veterinarians
| Year |
Number |
| 2008 |
30 |
| 2009 |
40 |
| 2010 |
80 |
| 2011 |
70 |
| 2012 |
120 |
| 2013 |
140 |
| 2014 |
130 |
| 2015 |
40 |
| 2016 |
50 |
| 2017 |
60 |
| 2018 |
90 |
| 2019 |
130 |
Registered Nurses
| Year |
Number |
| 2006 |
3,080 |
| 2007 |
3,280 |
| 2008 |
3,390 |
| 2009 |
3,470 |
| 2010 |
3,560 |
| 2012 |
3,170 |
| 2013 |
3,270 |
| 2014 |
3,160 |
| 2015 |
2,110 |
| 2016 |
2,130 |
| 2017 |
2,060 |
| 2018 |
2,020 |
| 2019 |
1,970 |
Nurse Practitioners
| Year |
Number |
| 2012 |
110 |
| 2013 |
120 |
| 2014 |
110 |
| 2015 |
80 |
| 2016 |
80 |
| 2017 |
100 |
| 2018 |
80 |
| 2019 |
90 |
Family Medicine Physicians
| Year |
Number |
| 2006 |
300 |
| 2007 |
330 |
| 2008 |
300 |
| 2009 |
260 |
| 2010 |
220 |
| 2011 |
230 |
| 2012 |
260 |
| 2013 |
330 |
| 2014 |
300 |
| 2015 |
160 |
| 2016 |
80 |
| 2017 |
80 |
| 2018 |
70 |
| 2019 |
80 |
Physicians, All Other
| Year |
Number |
| 2007 |
50 |
| 2008 |
60 |
| 2009 |
90 |
| 2010 |
100 |
| 2011 |
130 |
| 2012 |
100 |
| 2013 |
130 |
| 2014 |
180 |
| 2015 |
0 |
| 2016 |
210 |
| 2017 |
190 |
| 2018 |
160 |
Dental Hygienists
| Year |
Number |
| 2006 |
280 |
| 2007 |
280 |
| 2008 |
270 |
| 2009 |
270 |
| 2010 |
340 |
| 2011 |
360 |
| 2012 |
330 |
| 2013 |
300 |
| 2014 |
310 |
| 2015 |
190 |
| 2016 |
220 |
| 2017 |
210 |
| 2018 |
200 |
| 2019 |
190 |
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
| Year |
Number |
| 2006 |
70 |
| 2007 |
70 |
| 2008 |
60 |
| 2009 |
60 |
| 2010 |
70 |
| 2011 |
70 |
| 2012 |
50 |
| 2013 |
50 |
| 2014 |
50 |
| 2015 |
40 |
| 2016 |
30 |
| 2017 |
40 |
| 2018 |
30 |
| 2019 |
40 |
Paramedics
| Year |
Number |
| 2006 |
610 |
| 2007 |
680 |
| 2008 |
700 |
| 2009 |
710 |
| 2010 |
690 |
| 2011 |
710 |
| 2012 |
630 |
| 2013 |
780 |
| 2014 |
760 |
| 2015 |
580 |
| 2016 |
540 |
| 2017 |
540 |
| 2018 |
570 |
Pharmacy Technicians
| Year |
Number |
| 2006 |
470 |
| 2007 |
490 |
| 2008 |
410 |
| 2009 |
410 |
| 2010 |
530 |
| 2011 |
570 |
| 2012 |
580 |
| 2013 |
570 |
| 2014 |
590 |
| 2015 |
400 |
| 2016 |
420 |
| 2017 |
470 |
| 2018 |
450 |
| 2019 |
410 |
Surgical Technologists
| Year |
Number |
| 2006 |
70 |
| 2007 |
90 |
| 2008 |
100 |
| 2009 |
100 |
| 2010 |
100 |
| 2011 |
90 |
| 2012 |
90 |
| 2013 |
70 |
| 2014 |
70 |
| 2015 |
60 |
| 2016 |
60 |
| 2017 |
50 |
| 2018 |
40 |
| 2019 |
40 |
Opticians, Dispensing
| Year |
Number |
| 2006 |
40 |
| 2007 |
50 |
| 2008 |
70 |
| 2009 |
60 |
| 2010 |
60 |
| 2011 |
60 |
| 2012 |
70 |
| 2013 |
70 |
| 2014 |
70 |
| 2015 |
40 |
| 2016 |
40 |
| 2017 |
50 |
| 2018 |
50 |
| 2019 |
50 |