An article from Becker's Clinical News caught my eye this morning and sparked a discussion with my husband about what the numbers meant.
The states with the most and the least number of nurses matched the populations/relative size of the state. California and Texas with the most and Wyoming and Vermont at the bottom.
When they calculate it per 100,000 people, however, the results are a bit unexpected. Washington DC tops the list with New York in second with the most per capita, but North Dakota, Alaska, and Montana also make the top 10 per capita.
Bringing up the bottom is Utah followed by California, which surprised me. Texas also was in the bottom 10 per 100,000.
Wisconsin wasn't on either list coming in at 2,188 per 100,000 (per my calculations).
My first inclination was this data wasn't telling us much of anything. My husband's takeaway was about the relative demand for nurses in various places like California. Thoughts?
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