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Red is bad, green is good, blue is not statistically different/neutral.

Compared to Distribution

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an indicator guage with the arrow in the yellow the value is in the 2nd worst quarter of communities.

an indicator guage with the arrow in the red the value is in the worst quarter of communities.

Compared to Target

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Compared to a Single Value

green diamond with downward arrow inside it lower than the comparison value; red diamond with downward arrow inside it higher than the comparison value; blue diamond with downward arrow inside it not statistically different from comparison value.

Trend

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Compared to Prior Value

green triangle with upward trending arrow inside it higher than the previous measurement period; green triangle with downward trending arrow inside it lower than the previous measurement period; blue equals sign no statistically different change  from previous measurement period.

green chart bars Significantly better than the overall value

red chart bars Significantly worse than the overall value

light blue chart bars No significant difference with the overall value

gray chart bars No data on significance available

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Medical School Graduates Per 100,000 Population

Measurement Period: 2023
Rate of allopathic medical school graduates (MDs) per 100,000 population.

Why is this important?

Why is this indicator important? More access to medical doctors for clinical care, in turn, influences the health of our community. Allopathic MDs are trained to treat patients by means of conventional medicine with a focus on maintaining health through the application of acute and preventative care. According to KFF’s State Health Facts, Nevada ranked 43rd in the nation for allopathic medical school graduates in 2010, but improved to 35th by 2021 (lasted rankings).
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3.825
Graduates per 100,000 population
Source: State Health Facts, Kaiser Family Foundation
Measurement period: 2023
Maintained by: Truckee Meadows Tomorrow
Last update: August 2024
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Technical note: State Health Facts, https://www.kff.org/other/state-indicator/total-medical-school-graduates/?currentTimeframe=0&sortModel={"colId":"Location","sort":"asc"}
More details: Association of American Medical Colleges: https://www.aamc.org/data/facts/enrollmentgraduate/

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Filed under: Health / Health Care Access & Quality

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