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Dentists Per Nevadan

Posted by Webmaster on November 11, 2008 under Dental School

You have to go several places to put the data together… but Nevada now ranks 23rd of 51 states in the number of dentists per capita. Advocates of endlessly expanding our University system justify hemorrhagic spending of higher taxes on our dental school on the grounds that we rank “at the bottom of the list” of dentists per capita – a claim now proven false.

Here is data on the number of dentists…

Here is data on the number of people…

Here are the results…

Dentist Data – 2006
Per Capita Calculation
Against 7/1/06 Census Estimate
Dentists Per 1,000 People			Rank
District of Columbia	1.314	1
Massachusetts	0.971	2
Nebraska	0.917	3
New Jersey	0.867	4
Maryland	0.859	5
New York	0.854	6
Connecticut	0.821	7
California	0.819	8
Hawaii	0.800	9
Alaska	0.758	10
Pennsylvania	0.733	11
Washington	0.728	12
Colorado	0.709	13
Kentucky	0.689	14
Minnesota	0.686	15
Illinois	0.680	16
Michigan	0.677	17
Utah	0.658	18
Virginia	0.647	19
Iowa	0.635	20
New Hampshire	0.621	21
Wisconsin	0.620	22
Nevada	0.617	23
Idaho	0.607	24
Oregon	0.593	25
Ohio	0.583	26
Tennessee	0.582	27
West Virginia	0.571	28
Vermont	0.567	29
Montana	0.560	30
Florida	0.560	31
Arizona	0.546	32
Oklahoma	0.545	33
Louisiana	0.542	34
Indiana	0.537	35
Rhode Island	0.533	36
Missouri	0.529	37
Kansas	0.526	38
South Carolina	0.518	39
North Dakota	0.513	40
Wyoming	0.509	41
Texas	0.500	42
Maine	0.499	43
North Carolina	0.492	44
Alabama	0.488	45
Georgia	0.479	46
South Dakota	0.473	47
Delaware	0.470	48
Mississippi	0.449	49
New Mexico	0.441	50
Arkansas	0.421	51