NATIONAL CENTER Series 14 

For HEALTH STATISTICS I Number 2 

VITAL aad HEALTH STATISTICS 

DATA ON NATIONAL HEALTH RESOURCES 

Statistics on the geographic location, age, sex, education, place and type of principal activity, and 

source of remuneration of registered pharmacists in 

the United States. Based on data collected by the 

National Association of Boards of Pharmacy in cooperation with the National Center for Health Statistics 

through theState licensing boardsof pharmacy in the 

50 States and the District of Columbia during the 

period from October 1965 through March 1968. 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE 

Public Health Se rvi’ce 

Health Services and Mental Health Administration 

Washington, D.C. August 1969 
Public Health Service Publication No. lOOO-Series 14-No. 2 

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office 

Washington, D.C., 20402 - Price@cents 
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NATIONAL CENTER FOR. HEALTH STATISTICS 

THEODORE D. WOOLSEY, Director 

PHILIP S. LAWRENCE, Sc.D., Associate Director 

OSWALD K. SAGEN, PH.D.,, Assistant Director for Health Skistics Development 

‘WALT R. SIMMONS, M.A., Assistant Dir.ector for Research and Scientific Development 

ALICE M. WATERHOUSE, M.D., Medical Consultant 

JAMES E. KELLY, D.D.S., Den.taZ Advisor 

EDWARD E. MINTY, Executive Officer 

MARGERY K. CUNNINGHAM, fnformatian Officer 

DIVISION OF HEALTH RESOURCES STATISTICS 

S1EGFRIED.A. HOERMANN, Director 

PETER L. HURLEY, C&e/, Health Facilities Statistics Branch 

JACQUELINE GLEASON, M;A., Chic/, Health Manpower Statistics Bran.ch 

EDYTHE GRAY, M.A., Chiel, Hospifal~Dkxharge Survey Branch 

NOAH SI+ERMAN, Chief, Family Planning Statistics Branch 

Public Health Service Publication No, 1000~Series 1440. 2 

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 70-601419 
PREFACE 

This report is one of a series on health manpower and facilities 

published by the National Center for Health Statistics. The series is 

intended to provide information useful to persons and organizations 

concerned with the provision of health services. Statistics in this report are based on a survey of pharmacists conducted by the National 

Association of Boards of Pharmacy, in cooperation with the Health 

Manpower Statistics Branch, Division of Health Resources Statistics. 

Appreciation and thanks for their participation and assistance in 

conducting and processing this survey are extended to 

Mahaffey, Executive Director of the National Association 

Pharmacy, and to Mrs. Maryland Y. Pennell, former 

Health Manpower Statistics Branch, Division of Health 

Statistics. 

Mr. Fred T. 

of Boards of 

chief of the 

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CONTENTS 

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Introduction _________________________r______________------------------

Background andPurposeoftheSurvey--------------------------------

Schedule of Data Collection------------------ _-______________________ 

Survey Coverage---------------------------------------------------

Geographic Location and Ratio of Active Pharmacists to.Population---------

Age and Sex of Active Pharmacists--------------- _--_-_ - _______ - ________ 

Professional Education of Active Pharmacists----------------------------

Number of Years of Undergraduate Education in Pharmacy--------------

First professional Degree Earned---------------------- -_-___________ 

PIace and Type of Principal Activity of Active Pharmacists---------------­

place of Principal Activity- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ -_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _____ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ __ ___ 

Type of Pr~cipalActivity---- ______ -----L,---- _____-________________ 

Source ofRemuneration---------------------------------------------

Evaluation of Methodology _c__________ __ _ _-_--___- __ ___r__-__________ -__ 

Detailed Tables-------------------------------------------------------

Appendix 1. Questionna&e ________r-----_-_-______^_______________---

Appendix II. Definitions of Certain Terms Used in This Repo,rt-----------

Terms Relating to pharmacy ________ --------_- --__-__-______________ 

Demographic Terms------------------------------------------------

Appendix 111. Data Collection--,---------------------------------------

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IN THIS REPORT statistics aye presented on the location and chavacteristics of yegisteved pharmacists in the United States. The data 

were collected by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy in 

coopevation with the National Center fov Health St&is tics, Public Health 

Sevvice. 

The questionnaiv’es wwe mailed to pharmacists with the State board 

license renewal forms. Between October 1965 and MaYch 1968, about 

170,qOOquestionnuives were mailed by the State boards of phaWn.acyin ’

the 50 States and the District of Columbia. The completed questionnaives provided data on 115,583 phuvmacists of whom 103,287 weve 

active in pharmacy. Of the active pharmacists: 

The median age was 45 years- 46 years for males and 39 years 

fov females. 

Eight percent were females. 

The median num her of years of undergraduate education in @a~­

macy was 4.3 yeavs. 

Eighty-three percent worked in community pharmacies-69 pevcent in independent community phizrmacies, and 14 percent in 

chain pharmacies. Eight percent worked in hospital pharmacies. 

Eighty-nine percent listed dispensing of prescriptions and PYOviding of health care items as the& major activity. 

Forty percent owned OY were pavtnevs OY stockholders in the 

establishments in which they worked; 53 percent weye employees. 

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PHARMACY MANPOWER 

George R. Reinhart, Division of Health Resources Statistics 

INTRODUCTiON 

This report is based on a pharmacy manpower survey which was conducted bytheNationa1 

Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) in 

cooperation with the National Center for Health 

Statistics (NCHS) between October 1965 and 

March 1968. It provides information on the characteristics of registered pharmacists in the 

United States. 

The NABP acted as ‘the coordinating agent 

by distributing the questionnaires to the 51 boards 

of pharmacy. The boards of pharmacy in the 50 

States and the District of Columbia then distributed the questionnaires to all licensed pharmacists. In many States they were attached physically to the renewal notice; in most other cases 

they were sent with the license renewal forms. 

The completed questionnaires were returned with 

the license renewal forms and were then sent by 

the State boards to the NABP for processing. 

The questionnaire gathered data on geographic location, States of licensure, age, sex, 

professional education, place and type of activity, 

and source of remuneration. This reportpresents 

the findings of the survey in summary tables in 

the text and in detailed tables 1 through 9. A copy 

of the questionnaire appears in appendixI. Terms 

relating to pharmacy and the demographic terms 

used in this report appear in appendix II. 

Background .and Purpose of the Survey 

Statistics on pharmacists have been published 

annually by the NABP since 1942 and appear in 

the P~oceedin& of the National Association of 

Boards of Phamacy Licensuve Statistics and 

Census of Phmmacy. These statistics are based 

on data collected by the NABP from the State 

licensing boards. Inadequacies in the data reported 

by the boards have long been recognized by NABP. 

Methods of data collection, types of data collected, 

and terminology vary from State to State; these 

problems limit interstate comparisons and affect 

the accuracy of regional and national totals. 

The pharmacy manpower survey was developed to overcome these limitations and, thus, 

provide uniform data from. each State on the 

characteristics of pharmacists. The survey was 

also developed to determine. the feasibility of 

using license renewal as a mechanism for conducting a survey of pharmacists. 

Schedule of Data Collection 

The date for collection of data varied from 

State to State because the questionnaire mailout 

was linked to license renewal and the renewal 

dates varied from State to State. Twelve States 

were surveyed in 1965,‘133 States and the District 

of Columbia in 1966, and five States in 1967. The 

followup mailout to pharmacists who had not 

responded to the initial questionnaire was completed in March 1968. Table A shows the distribution of license renewal dates. Appendix III 

contains more detail on the schedule of data 

collection. 

Survey Coverage 

For this survey the total number of pharmacists was defined as all persons holding alicense 
Table A. State licensing boards of pharm-y, by month and freequency of license 

renewal: United States, 1966 

Month of 

license 

renewal 

TotalJanuary-----

February----

Mar&-------

April-------

May---------

June--------

July-------

August------

September---

October-----

November----

December----

VariableI---

Frequency of license 

renewal 

Annual Biennial Triennial 

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'Based on date of original license. 

in pharmacy. In order to insure complete coverage of the estimated 132,000 licensed pharmacists, both active and inactive, in the United 

States, NCHS and NABP agreed that the best 

method for conducting the survey would be to 

include the questionnaire withthelicenserenewal 

form used by each State board of pharmacy. 

Every pharmacist ivhose name appeared on a 

State list of registered pharmacists was sent a 

questionnaire. Since pharmacists may be licensed 

in several States, some pharmacists were sent 

several questionnaires. 

Of the 170,044 questionnaires sent in the 

initial mailout, 142,182 were returned, yielding 

an initial questionnaire response rate of 84 percent. Followup questionnaires were sent to, all 

nonrespondents in States in which the response 

rate was below 90 percent or in which there were 

more than 500 nonrespondents. Followup questionnaires were sent to nonrespondents in 27 licensing jurisdictions. 

The total number of questionnaires returned 

in both the initial and followup mailouts was 

155,758, yielding a total questionnaire response 

Table B. Number and percent of pharmacists, by geographic region: United States 

Pharmacists i;gEnpower survey, NABP estimates of number of 

pharmacists, January 1, 1967 

Geographic Total Active Total Active region pharmacists pharmacists pharmacists pharmacists '. 

Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent 

All 

regions-- 115,583 100.0 103,287 100.0 131,961 100.0 121,482 100 .o 

Northeast--- 33,577 29.1 29,939 29.0 38,270 29.0 35,964 29.6 

North 

Central---- 33,675 29.1 30,032 29.1 35,895 32,282 26.6 

South------- 26.5 27,609 26.7 35,563 z*; 33,221, 

West-------- 15.3 15,707 15.2: 22,233 16:8. 20,015 E . 7-

Source: National Associationof Boards of Pharmacy: 1967 Proceedings of the National 

Association of Boards,ofPharmacy Licensure Statistics and Census of Pharmacy. Chicago, 1967. 
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rate of 92 percent. The questionnaires were edited, 

coded, punched, atid put ‘on computer tape. As a 

result of the editing and coding procedures, 1,648 

illegible or incomplete questionnaires were deleted from the analysis. The remaining 154,110 

questionnaires were, then unduplicated SO. that 

each pharmacist was counted only once. That is, 

in the cases where a respondent returned two or 

more questionnaires, only the questionnaire from 

the State in which he was employed or residing 

was used in the survey. After unduplickion, the 

survey included 115,583 individual pharmacists, 

of whom 103,287 were active in pharmacy. Appendix III contains additional information on the 

survey coverage. 

GEOGRAPHIC LdCATlON AND 

RATIO OF ACTIVE PHARMACISTS 

TO POPULATION 

Table B shows the regional distribution of 

pharmacists who responded to the pharmacy 

manpower survey, and the corresponding NABP 

estimates of the number of pharmacists for 

January 1, 1967. In the survey the percentage 

distribution of pharmacists by geographic region 

is consistent with the distribution of pharmacists 

according to the NABP e&mates. However, ‘because there was some nonresponse in the pharmacy manpower survey, the survey totals cannot 

be used for presenting figures on the ratio of 

active pharmacists to population. The resulting 

ratios would understate the actual ratios. Therefore, the NABP estimates of the number of 

pharmacists were used to determine the following 

ratios of active pharmacists to population. 

According to NABP estimates the number of 

active pharmacists has increased during the last 

10 years from 110,688 in 1957 to 121,482 at the 

time of the survey. At the same tinie, the ratio 

of pharmacists to fiopulation has decreased. In 

1957 there were 66, active pharmacists per 

100,000 population; by 1967 thjs ratio haddropped 

to 62.for the‘Nation (table C),.ThB decrease in the 

ratio of active pharmacists to population is due 

to the more rapid growth of the population of the 

United States than to the number of pharmacists. 

While the number of pharmacists has increased 

10 percent since 1957, the Nation’s pbpulation 

has risen by 16 percent during the same period. 

Table C. Number of active pharmacists, population, and number of active phar­ macists per 100,000 population,by year: United States, January 1, 1957-72 

Civilian Phar- Number resident macists of 

Year active popula- per 

phar- tion2 1p0,000 in popula­ macistsl thousands tion 

1972 128,560 205,698 62.5 

1g71------- 126,590 202,756 ,62.4

1970 124,460 199,448 .62.4 

1969--m---- 122,590 198,791

196&------ 120,463 196,799 2-: 

p%;------- 121,482 194,729 62:4

120,162 192,956 62.3 

1965-----m- 117,432 190,772 61.6 

196/I+------- 120,445 188,145 64.0 

1963-----m- 120,196 185,428 _ 64.8 . 1962-----w- 117,377 182,482 64.3

116,974 179,780 65.1

116,954 176,850 66.1

113,757 173,831 65.4 

111,938 65.5

110,688 t67; ,>%o’ 66.0 

'Data for 1969-72 estimated by NCHS. 

2Data for 1970-72 interpolated to January 1 from Census Bureau estimates for 

July 1. 

3Excludes data for Hawaii and Alaska. 

Sources: National AssociationofBoards 

of Pharmacy: NABPProceedings Licensure Statistics andcen- . sus 

1967. 

of Pharmacy. Chicago, 

U.S. Bureau of the Census:

Population Estimates.Current 

Population Reports. Series

P-25 No. 381 December 1967, and ho. 417; February 1969. 

The NABP estimated that there were i20,463 

active pharmacists in the United States as of 

January 1, 1968. Relating this estimate to pondlation produces a ratio of 61 active pha--macists 

per 100,000 population for the Nation as a whole. 

NCHS estimates of future pharmacy manpower show an expected increase of about 8,000 

active pharmacists by 1972, if the relationship 

between total and active pharmacists remains at 

its 1968 level. This’ is an increase of 7 percent 

in the number of active pharmacists, raising the 

number of 'active pharmacists to an estimated 

128,560. By Jan. 1, 1972, the population of the 

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34,329 34,814 35,568 

Table D. Number of active pharmacists and number of active pharmacists per 100,000 population for selected years, by geographic region: United States, 1957-6,7 

Geographic region 1957 1959 1961 1963 1965l 1967 

Number of active pharmacists 

All regions--------------- 110,688 113,757 116,974 120,196 117,432 121,482 

Northeast----------------------- North Central-------------------

South---------------------------

West2---------------------------

31,441 

27,924 

32,150 32,454 37,438 ;$A;;

33,202 

27,974 29,683 29,461 31:514 

35,964

32,282 

33,221 

16,994 18,819 19,269 20,095 19,857 20,015 

West2------

Number of active pharmacists per 100,000 population3 

All regions--------------- 66.2 65.7 65.0 64.7 61.4 62.0 

Northeast----------------------- 81.3 79.4 81.5 73.5 75.0 

North Central------------------- 63.6 393 62.8 63.2 58.7 59.0 

South--------------------------- ______ -_- ----------,-- 54.1 52:2 53.8 I 51.3 1 53.2 54.6 

71.0 74.5 68.2 66.9 63.1 ,61.5 

IThe decrease in number of active pharmacists since 1963 may be attributed mainly to 

the use of more efficient record keeping and changes in methods of counting licenses 

where renewal is not required. 

2Excludes Hawaii and Alaska for 1957 and 1959. 

aCivilian resident population, July 1. 

Sources: National Association of Boards of Pharmacy: 1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 

and 1967 Proceedingsof the National Associationof.BoardsofPharmacy Licensure Statistics and Census of Pharmacy. Chicago. 

U.S. Bureau of the Census:Current Population Reports. Series P-25, No. 196, 

1956; No. 210, 1958; No. 380, 1960- 1966. 

United States will reach an estimated 205,698,000, 

an increase of 6 percent from 1967. The statistics 

in table C show that the ratio of pharmacists per 

100,000 population is expected to remain at nearly 

the 1967 level. 

Table D shows the regional distribution of 

pharmacists from 1957 to 1967. In 1967 the 

Northeast had the highest ratio of pharmacists to 

population with 75 active pharmacists per 100,000 

population. The South had the lowest ratio with55 

pharmacists per 100,000 population. Fifty-six 

percent of the active pharmacists were located 

in the Northeast and North Central States where 

slightly over half (53 percent) of the Nation’s 

population resided. 

There have been marked differences in the 

population growth among the four geographic 

regions. In addition, the methods of estimating 

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numbers of pharmacists have varied. This variation in methods of estimation may partially invalidate year-by-year comparisons. However, 

some long-term trends may be observed. The 

West, the region with the greatest decreaseinthe 

ratio of pharmacists to population, had the 

greatest population growth during the 1956 to 

1966 decade, 31 percent. The South was the only 

region in which the increase of pharmacists, i7 

percent, was greater thanthepopulationincrease,. 

15 percent, thus, it was also the only region in 

which the ratio of pharmacists to population increased. Both the Northeast and North Central 

States showed only modest increases in both 

‘number of pharmacists and population. 

Table E shows that the States with the largest 

populations seemed to have the largest number 

of a@ve pharmacists. However, these States did 
Table E. Number of active pharmacists, population, and number of active pharmacists 

per 100,000 population, by State: United States, January 1, 1967 

Active 

Popula- pharmaState of Pharma- tion cists 

in per registration cists thou- 100,000 sands1 population 

United 

States:- 121.482 195,936 62.0 

Alabama-------- Alaska---------

Ariz~a--------

Arkansas-------

Californiar----

Colorado-------

Connecticut----

Delaware-------

District of 

Columbia------ Florida--------

Georgia------~-

Hawaii---------

Idaho-- ________. 

Illinois------- Indiana--------

Iowa-----------

Kansas---------

Kentucky-------

Louisiana-----­ &ine----------

Maryland-------

Massachusetts-­ Michigan-------

Minnesota------

Mississippi---- Misso~i------­

1,613 3,511 45.9 - 265 32.5 

;g 1,603 61.9 

1,956 48.4 

10,720 18,802 57.0 

1,616 1,955 82.7 

2,498 2,878 86.8 

234 513 45.6 

862 806 106.9 

4,697 5,893 79.7 

2,405, 4,445 54.1 

200 727 27.5 

450 697 64.6 

5,889 10,786 54.6 

2,978 4,951 60.1 

1,621 2,760 58.7 

1,326 2,275 58.3 

1,560 3,181 49.0 

2,000 3,;;; 55.3 

434 44.4 

2,109 3,611 58.4 

5,616 5,403 103.9 

5,175 8,468 61.1 

2,126 59.5 

1,037 x;; 44.4 

2,609 4:564 57.2 

PopulaState of Pharma- tion 

in registration cists thousands1 

Montana-------- 397 702

Nebraska------- 1,007 1,439 Neva&-------7- 316 431 

New Hampshire-- 361 676 

New Jersey----- 4,198 6,899 

New Mexico----- 566 1,002 New York------- 13,723 18,205 North Carolina- 1,876 4,974 North Dakota--- 340 643 Oh-jo----------- 6,474 10,364 

Oklahoma------- 1,972 2,477 Ch-egon--------- 1,509 1,973 Pennsylvania--- 8,216 11,601 Rhode Island--- 717 898 

South Carolina- 1,250 2,589 

South Dakota--- 480 679 

Tennessee------ 2,388 3,866 Texas---------- 5,783 10,747 Utah----------- 601 1,;;; Vermont-------- 201 

Virginia---L--- 1,783 4,465 Washington----- 2,285 3,040 West Virginia-- 706 1,809 Wisconsin------ 2,257 '4,167 Wyoming-------- 277 319 

Active

pharmacists 

per 100,000

population 

56.6 

70.0 

73.3 

53.4 

60.8 

56.5 

75.4 

37.7 

52.9 

62.5 

E 

70:8 

79.8 

48.3 

70.7

61.8 

z*;

48:9 

39.9 

75.2 

39.0 

54.2 

86.8 

'Civilian resident population,July 1, 1966. 

Sources: National Association of Boards of Pharmacy: 1967 Proceedings of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy Licensure Statistics and Census 

of Pharmacy. Chicago, 1967. 

U.S. Bureau of the Census: Population estimates. Current Population Reports.Series P-25, No. 380, Nov. 1967. 

not necessarily have the highest ratios ofphar- tions of pharmacists in the six Northeastern 

macists to population (fig. 1). contiguous States-Massachusetts, Rhode Island, 

Ifi figure 2, three geographical patterns in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennthe States' ratios of pharmacists to population Sylvania, and second, the low concentrations of 

can be seen. First,there arethehigh concentra- pharmacists per 100,000 populationinthe South, 

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NUMBER OF ACTIVE PHARMACISTS PER 100,000 POPULATION’ 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

MASSACHUSETTS 

RHODE ISLAND 

SOUTH DAKOTA 

PENNSYLVANIA 

TENNESSEE 

UNITED STATES NATIONAL AVERAGE 62,O 

NEW JERSEY 

CALIFORNIA 

NEW MEXICO 

SOUTH CAROLINA 

WEST VIRGINIA 

NdRTH CAROLINA 

‘CiviUan ksident population, July 1, 1966. 

Sources! National Association of Boards of Pharmacy: 1967 P~OC~CXUII~S of the Aarioaal Association of Boards af Pharmacy Liceimure Statistics 

and Censusof Pharmaay. Chicago, 1967, 

U.S. Bureau of the Census: Current Population Reports. Series P-25, No. 360, Nov. 1967,. 

Figure I. Number of active pharmacists per 100,000 popuiation, by State and population rank. 

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lCi~lllan resident population, July 1,1966. 

Sources: National Association of Boards of Pharmacy: 1967 Proceedings ti~@e~ational Asss&agn of Boards of Pharr~m~m&iinsure Statistics and Census 

of Phamacy. Chicago, 1967. 

U.S. Burek of the Census: Current Population Reports. Series P-25, NO. 360, Nov. 196’7. 

Figure 2. Ratio of active pharmacists to population, by State. 

especially in the States of Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina. Finally, figure2 shows 

the relatively high numbers of pharmacists per 

100,000 population in the Western States. Even 

though the number of pharmacists was low in 

some of these States, the populations were 

correspondingly low; thus, the ratio of pharmacists to population was high. 

AGE AND ,SEX OF ACTIVE 

PHARMACISTS 

The median age of active pharmacists in the 

survey was 45 years, however, the ma lepharmacists were older than the females. The median 

age for ma les was 46 years, while for females it 

was 39 years. Females accounted for 8 percent 

of the active pharmacists. 

Table F shows the median age of pharmacists distributed by geographic region. The South 

had the lowest median age, 42 years, while the 

Northeast had the highest, 48 years. Also shown 

in table F is the percent of females distributed by 

geographic region; this shows that the West had 

the highest percentage of female pharmacists. 

There has been a marked increase in the 

number of female pharmacists in the profession, 

especially in the last 10 to 15 years.l This increase is reflected in a comparison of the age 

distribution of active pharmacists. Figure 3 shows 

that there are relatively more female pharmacists in the younger age groups. Fifty-three 

INational Association of Boards of Pharmacy: Proceedings of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy Licensure Statistics’ and Census of Pharmacy. Chicago, 1957 

and 1961. 

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Table F. Median age and sex of active 

pharmacists and percent female, by

geographic region: United States, 1966 

Geographic region Sic 

Median age in Percent 

years 

38.7 7.8 

NortheastNorth 

48.2 48.8 40.3

=i== 

6.9 

Central-- 45.2 45.8 38.7 8.2 

south----- 42.2 42.8 35.8 

West------ 45.1 45.6 40.7 2: 

percent of all female pharmacists were under 

the age of 40 compared with only 38 percent of 

the males. Conversely, only 12 percent of the 

female pharmacists were age 60 and over compared with 21 percent of the males. 

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION OF 

ACTIVE PHARMAClSiS 

Number of Years of Undergraduate 

Education in Pharmacy 

Current licensing regulations in the United 

States require a minimum of 5 years of college 

education; of these, at least 3 must be in a college 

of pharmacy accredited by the American Council 

on Pharmaceutical Education.2 The two most 

frequently used curriculum patterns for pharmacy 

education are 1 year of preprofessional education 

followed by 4 years of professional education, 

and 2 years of preprofessional education followed 

by 3 years of professional education.3 In 1960 

nearly 30 percent of the active pharmacists had 

2

The only exception is Hamden College of Pharmacy in 

Williams&t, Massachusetts. 

3 National Center for Hea1t.h Statistics: State Licensing of 

Health Occupations. PHS Pub. No. 1758. Public Health Service. Washington. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1968. 

Under 30 30- 60-64 65 ymrs 

years Yea years and over 

Figure 3. Percent distribution of active pharmacists, 

by age and sex. 

2 years or less of professional education.4 The 

pharmacy manpower survey showed that 6 years 

later, in 1966, the percent of active pharmacists 

with 2 years or less professional education had 

decreased to 17 percent. More than 74 percent of 

the active pharmacists reported having 3 or more 

years of professional undergraduate education in 

pharmacy. 

In table G, the percent of pharmacists ‘by 

number of years of undergraduate education in 

pharmacy is shown by geographic region. The 

Northeast had a high percent of pharmacists 

with 2 or 3 years of undergraduate education in 

pharmacy-34 percent compared with 22 percent 

for the Nation as a whole-and a correspondingly 

low percent of pharmacists with 5 or 6 years. In 

the West, 22 percent of the active pharmacists 

had 5 or 6 years of undergraduate education in 

pharmacy compared with 11 percent for the 

Nation and 4 percent for the Northeast. However, 

the median number of years of undergraduate 

education in pharmacy for each region was nearly 

identical, at about 4 years. 

‘National Association .of Boards of Pharmacy: Proceedings of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy Licenswe Statistics and Censw of Pharmacy. Chicago, 1961. 

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Table G. Percent distribution of active pharmacists, by number of years of undergraduate education in pharmacy and median number of years of education according to 

geographic region: United States, 1966 

II Years of undergraduate education in pharmacy 

Geographic region Total Less Median 

than '1 2 3 4 5 6 No number 

1 report of 

years. 

Percent distribution 

All regions----- 100 .o 5.0 1.7 10.8 11.3 52.6 9.0 1.8 7.9 4.3 

Northeast------------- 100.0 0.6 15.5 18.2 51.7 

North Central--------- 100.0 

3.1 

2.2 10.1 9.2 53.9 s*:0.3 22

South----------------- 100.0 ;*; 56.6 10:s E

West------------------ 100.0 7:9 I:: 2: 2: 44.9 14.4 8:l t:t 

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Table H. Percent distribution of active pharmacists, by type of first professional degree received according to geographic region: United States, 1966 

Type of degree 

Geographic Bachelor 

region of Graduate Bachelor Pharma- Doctor Other 

Total None Science * of ceutical of or no 

in Phacnvcy Pharmacy Chemist Pharmacy repor,tl Pharmacy 

Percent distribution 

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All 

regions- 100.0 16.7 56.6 14.9 4.6 2.8 1.1 3.2 

Northeast---- 100.0 12.5 50.4 30.0 3.2 1.0 0.2 2.7 

North 

Central-----

South--------

West---------. 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

18.8 58.2 

18.8 62.5 88'6" E 

17.2 54.9 1011 5:o 

z-5" 

4:o 

'0.2 

2: z-51 

2:6 

'Includes the Doctor of Pharmacy which was granted prior to 1940. 

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100.0 66.1 1X 

Table J. Percent distribution of active pharmacists, by place of principal activity according to geographic region: United States, 1966 

Community pharmacy 

Hospital 

Clinic Other non­ ‘Geographic region Total pharmacy hospital Industry ~~,~$c

Independent Chain pharmacy 

Percent distribution 

All regions--- 100.0 68.5 14.0 8.0 1.6 3.9 4.0 

Northeast----------- 100.0 73.1 0.3 6.0 4.8 

North Sou--------------- Central------- 100 .o 69.1 1612 87:; 2.3 ;*67 E 

west---------------- 100.0 63.3 18.3 9’::: 214 3:7 

First Professional Degree Earned 

The Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy was 

most frequently reported by active pharmacists 

as the first professional degree earned in pharmacy, 57 percent (table H). The Graduate in 

Pharmacy degree was next, reported by 15 percent of the pharmacists. Nearly 17 percent of the 

pharmacists indicated .that they did not have a 

degree in pharmacy. 

Table H shows that a relatively high percentage of pharmacists in the West received the 

Doctor of Pharmacy as their first professional 

degree. This is a 6-year degree, and is the only 

first professional degree in pharmacy offered by 

the University of California and the University of 

Southern California. It is also offered as an 

optional program by the University of Michigan 

and the University of the Pacific. The pharmacy 

student bodies of the former two schools account 

for about 30 percent of the pharmacy students in 

all colleges of pharmacy in the Western States.5 

Also noteworthy is the high percentage of Graduate in Pharmacy degrees in the Northeast. The 

Graduate in Pharmacy degree was the first 

pharmacy degree to be offered, It was first 

awarded by the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy 

to three graduates in 1826. Although the degree 

‘Sprawls, J. B.: Report on enrollment in schools and colleges of pharmacy first semester, term, or quarter. Arn. J. 

PI2am. Gd. 27(l), 1965; 29(l), 1966; 31(l), 1967. 

10 

is no longer conferred, it was the most frequently 

awarded degree to graduates of pharmacy institutions for more than a century.6 

PLACE AND TYPE OF PRINCIPAL 

‘ACTIVITY OF ACTIVE PHARMACISTS 

Place of Principal Activity 

The pharmacy manpower survey shows that 

83 percent of the active pharmacists were 

practicing in community pharmacies, 8 percent 

in hospital pharmacies, 2 percent in clinics not 

associated with hospitals, and 4 percent in industry. 

When these figures were divided into regions 

(table J), the Northeast, 

of pharmacists and the 

had t!le smallest percent 

ing in chain pharmacies. 

east had the smallest 

practicing in hospital or 

majority of pharmacists 

three-fourths, practiced 

with the largest number 

most urban population, 

of pharmacists practicIn addition, the Northpercent of pharmacists 

clinic settings. The vast 

in the Northeast, nearly 

in independent community pharmacies. The West, with the smallest 

number of active pharmacists, had the highest 

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Bulletin 1960, No. 28. Washington. U.S. Government Printing 

Office, 1961. 
percent of pharmacists practicing in both chain 

pharmacies and hospital or clinic settings. 

Since 1957 the percent of pharmacists in 

community pharmacies has decreased (table K). 

Correspondingly, there has been an increase’in 

me percentage of pharmacists in the field of 

hospital pharmacy. The percent of pharmacists 

in industry has remained fairly constant during 

the last 10 years. 

Type of Principal Activity 

The survey shows that 89 percent of all 

active pharmacists considered dispensing prescriptions and providing other health care items 

as their type of principal activity. An additional 

3 percent of the pharmacists reported sales as 

their type of principal activity, and less than 2 

percent reported their major activity to be in the 

fields of teaching and/or research. The regional 

distribution (table L) shows that this pattern was 

relatively consistent throughout the four regions. 

The Northeast, however, had a slightly smalier 

percentage of pharmacists who indicated dispensing as their major activity (86 percent) anda 

slightly larger percentage who indicated sales3 

teaching, or research as their major activity ,(6 

percent). 

Table K. Percent distribution of active pharmacists in community and hospital. phar­ macies and industry, by selected years: United States, 1966 

Yea+ Total Community Hospital Other 

or no pharmacies pharmacies Industry report 

Percent distribution 

IData for 1957-65 from the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, 

Table L. Percent distribution of active pharmacists, by type of principal activity according to geographic region: United States, 1466 

Geographic region 

All regions----------------------

Northeast---------------------;------------

North Central--------------------------

South----------------------------------

West-----------------------------------

Type of principal activity 

Percent distr%bution 

~~ 

11 

i 
Table M. Percent distribution 'of active pharmacists by source of remuneration and 

place of activity according to geographic region: United States; 1966 

Source of remuneration and place of activity 

Total----------------------------------

Owner, partner, or stockholder: 

Independent community pharmacy------------- Chain community pharmacy-------------------

Other pharmaceutical activity------------AEmployee: Independent community pharmacy------------- Chain community pharmacy-------------------

Other pharmaceutical activity--------------

State or local government------------------i- Federal government---------------------------

Other source or no report--------------------

Source of Remuneration 

An additional insight ilit? the structure of 

the pharmacy profession is obtained from examining the sources of remunekation of active 

pharmacists. Approximately 40 percent of the 

active pharmacists were owners, partners, or 

stockholders in the establishments in which they 

practiced and 53 percent were employees. 

Table M. shows that the Northeast and South 

had the highest percent of owners, partners, or 

stockholders for independent community pharmacies. The Northeast, followed by the West and 

North Central, had the highest percent of employees in independent community pharmacies. 

The West and the South had the highest percent 

of owners and of employees in chain pharmacies. 

These same two regions had the highest percent 

Geographic region 

All North- North 

regions east Central South West 

Percent distribution 

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 

37.6 

1.2 

“Z 1.2 3E 1.7 

1.4 1:1 1.5 1:3 1.9 

27.9 30.2 27.1 26.3 27.7 

11.9 7.0 13.0 13.7 16.1 

10.0 11.3 10.9 7.4 10.6 

2; 

2.3 

0.8 

2.4 

0.8 

2.j 

1.2 ;:i 

6.5 6.7 7.3 6.7 4.4 

35.8 33.8 

of government-employed pharmacists-both approximately 4 percent. 

Table N shows that approximately half of 

the pharmacists who practiced in community 

pharmacies indicated that they were owners, 

parmers, or stockholders in the establishment in 

which they practiced. However, when community 

bharmacies were divided into independent and 

chain community pharmdcies, different patterns’ 

were observed. Of the pharmacists who practiced 

in independent community pharmacies, 57 percent 

were owners or parmers, while of thosepharmacists who practiced in chain community pharmacies, only 9 percent were owners or partners. 

The four geographic regions had similar patterns 

for the percent of pharmacists who owned the 

establishments in which they practiced, 

12 
49.4 52.1 

Table N. Number and percent of owners and employees in community pharmacies, by geo­ graphic region and type of community pharmacy: United States, 1966 

-

Type of community pharmacy 

All community pharmacies 

All pharmacists----------------------

Owners, partners, or stockholders---------- Employees----------------------------------

Independent community pharmacies 

All pharmacists----------------------

Owners, partners, or stockholders---------- Employees-------------------------------~--

Chain community pharmacies 

Owners, partners, or stockholders---------- Employees----------------------------------

EVALUATION OF METHODOLOGY 

The primary purpose of the pharmacy manpower survey was to collect uniform data on 

characteristics of pharmacists. This purpose was 

achieved through the use of a standardized 

questionnaire. 

A second purpose of the survey was to 

determine the feasibility of using license renewal 

as a mechanism for surveying pharmacists. The 

use of this procedure contributed to the high 

questionnaire response rate obtained in the survey. The questionnaire was an integral part of 

the renewal form in about half of the States. In 

Geographic region 

All North- . North 

regions east Central ‘Outh West 

Number 

81,137 I[ 23,236 1 23,157.l 22,302 1 12,442 

Percent 

48.0 50.5 44.8 

50.6 II 47.9 I 52.0 I 49.5 I 55.2 

Number 

67,603 11 20,955 1 18,906 1 l&O921 9,650 

Percent 

57.4 56.9 56.9 59.9 54.9 

42.6 II .43.1 I 43.1 I 40.1 I 45.1 

Number 

13,534 11 2,281 I 4,251( 4,210( 2,792 

Percent 

9E 

most of the remaining States the questionnaire 

card was enclosed with ‘the license renewal form. 

However, the license renewal survey procedure had some’ limitations. Since licenses are 

renewed on different dates and over different 

time periods, the data could not be collected to 

reflect an accurate count of pharmacists in the 

United States at any one point in time. To correct 

this problem the questionnaires should all be 

mailed at the same time. This would mean that 

either the questionnaire cannot accompany the 

license renewal form or the State licensing 

boards would have to establish a uniform date 

for license renewal. If no uniform renewal date 

13 
could be established, the questionnaire could 

still be mailed through the State licensing boards. 

While the response rate from an initial mailout 

of such a survey might be lower than the rate 

obtained from the initial mailout by the pharmacy 

manpower survey, rigorous followup procedure, 

including certified mail and telephone followups, 

should result in a satisfactory response rate. 

Another limitation of the license renewal 

mechanism was the problem of duplicate licenses. 

Since a pharmacist may have a license in more 

than one State, the licensing lists sometimes 

contain the same pharmacist more than once. 

In the present survey the licensing lists 

were not unduplicated before the first mailing 

of the questionnaires, Duplicates were identified 

only after the questionnaires were received in 

the NABP office, As a result, not allnonrespond000 

ents could be identified. Therefore, it was impossible to followup all nonrespondents or to 

measure the nonresponse rate accurately. In 

order to identify the nonrespondents, the lists 

of licenses maintained by the 51 State boards 

should be unduplicated before questionnaires are 

sent out, This procedure would allow the development of an unduplicated master list of pharmacists, which would enable a more complete followup of nonrespondents and an accurate measure 

of the nonresponse rate. 

In conclusion, the results of the survey tiere 

sufficiently good to warrant the continued use of 

the State licensing boards for data collection in 

any future pharmacy manpower surveys, providing 

the problems of timing and duplication are overcome. 

14 
Table 1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

8. 

9. 

DETAILED TABLES 

Number of pharmacists, by activity status and State of registration: United 

States, 1966,----_------------------------- ----------_----_----------------------

Number of active pharmacists, by age and State of practice: United States, 1966-

Number of active male pharmacists, by age and State of practice: United States, 1966 --_---------_--------------"------------------------------------------------

I%.&er of active female pharmacists, by age and State o.f practice:United States, ----c-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Number of active pharmacists, by years of undergraduate education in pharmacy and State of practice: United States, 1966 ----_-_*-___------------------ ----m-mNumber of active pharmacists, by type of first professional pharmacy degree and 

Sfate of practice: United States, 1966 -_-------------_-_------------------------

Number of active pharmacists, by place of principal activity and State of 

practice: United States,, 1966 -_--_----_-_-__----_-------------------------------

Number of active pharmacists, by type of principal activity and State of

practice: United States, 1966 ----___-------------____________________-- ---m-----

Number of active pharmacists, by source of remuneration, place of activity and 

State of practice: United States, 1966 --_------_---------_----------------------

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17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

15 

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Table 1. Number of pharmacists, by activity status and State of registration: United States, 1966 

Activity status 

Active in Not active in Activity status 

State of registration iuestion- pharmacy pharmacy not reported naires 

Resides Resides Resides Resides Resides Resides 

out of - out of * out of 

SEte State Stite State SEte State 

Number of pharmacists 

United States------------ 154.110 103,287 32,255 10,606 5,466 1,690 806 -

~~~~~~------------------------

--____-____-____--__-----

1,820

140 

1,208 498 60 

4 

46 

8 

7 

: Arizona------------------------ 2,164 1,lE 7% 118 16 20 Arkansas----------------------- 1,414 877 330 127 :: California--------------------- 8,610 7,033 744 701 96 3: : 

Colorado-----------------------

Connecticut--------------------

3,225 

3,001 

1,560 

2,094 

1,100 

503 

301 

233 

244 

102 5161 

9 

13 Delaware----------------------- 443 165 

District of Columbia----------- Florida------------------------ 1,436 

5,471 

;;: 

3,224 

720 

1,734 

;; 

246 

1:: 

164 

6 

74 

i 

29 

Georgia------------------------

Hawaii------------------------- 3,117 2,048 747 171 88 49 

3 

14 

228 161 Idaho-------------------------- 1,208 410 624 25 7: Illinois----------------------- 9,462 6,382 1,786 720 439 9'; E Indiana------------------------ 4,793 2,929 1,185 211 300 27 141 

Iowa--------------------------- 2,477 1,324 '769 15.6 171 26 Kansas---------------- -__---_-- 2,059 1,263 516 135 95 iz 16 Kentucky----------------------- 1,853 1,347 338 104 55 Louisiana---------------------- 2,320 1,573 386 167 37 13: 2: Maine-------------------------- 824 462 260 49 48 4 1 

Maryland----------------------- 2,609 1,806 189 86 4 

Michigan-----------------------

Minnesota----------------

Mississippi--------------------

-_---- 5,278 

3,069

1,295 

4,488 

2,052 

966 

348 

556 

247 

328 

313 

44 

1;;

12 

z; 

2 

5 

: 

Missouri-----------------------

Montana------------------------

Nebraska-----------------------

Nevada-------------------------

New Hampshire------------------

4,090

794 

1,871

1,925

461 

2,6OC 

451 

948 

342 

291 

888 

204 

562 

1,458 

130 

257 

,63 

162 

E 

18C 

165: 

10: 

li 

118 

2: 

1 

47 

4 

2i 

z 

New Jersey---------------------

New Mexi~o----------i----------

4,066

1 055 

2,922 

55c 

669 

354 

285 15c 25 

New York-----------------------

North Carolina-----------------

Nor-h Dakota-------------------

17;331 

2,225 

959 

13,2oc

1,776

359 

2,045 

260 

498 

1,5% 

135 

45 

3;; 

5G 

51 

151: 

3 

Ohio---------------------------

Oklahoma-----------------------

7,086 4,883 

1,616 

1,295 

733 

597 261 

125 2 

Massachusetts------------------ 4,478 3,138 2: 307 135r 18" 

Oregon-------------------------

Pennsylvania-------------------

Rhode Island-------------------

xi 

1",:,";; 

1,213 

7,033 

656 

497 

1,977 

208 

% 

708 

61 

2:; 

41 

1;; 

25 

South Carolina----------------- 1'231 962 167 24 South Dakota-----------------'-- '915 444 349 x:: 5': Tennessee-----------,-----------

Texas-------------------------- x27 

1,805 

5,364 

521 

968 

179 

538 1;: :: 

123 Utah--------------------------- '996 557 369 31 32 4 

Vermont------------------------ 526 143 337 35 Virginia-----------------------

Washington---------------------

2,192 

3,036 

1,645 

1,944 

320 

644 

1;: 

263 1;; West Virginia------------------ 1,048 634 259 56 Wiscollsin---------------------- 3,099 2,360 389 208 Wyoming------------------------ 717 267 329 26 E 

16 
----- -- 

Table 2. Number of active pharmacists, by age and State of practice: United States, 1966 

Total Under 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-64 65 years No State of practice active 30 

pharmacists years years years years years and over report 

Number of active pharmacists 

United States------ 103,287 14,272 26,014 20,394 19,642 10,473 10,602 1,889 

Alabama------------------ 1,208 27: 463 336 65 2: 29 Alaska------------------- 20 8 Arizona------------------ l,lE 6; 234 261: 2s'; 152 114 Arkansas----------------- 877 122 244 194 123 California--------------- 7,033 91c 2,014 1,332 1,381: 685: 716 

Colorado----------------- 1,560 9e 341 387 416 157 139 Connecticut-------------- 2,094 

'2': 

501 

‘E 485 171 195 Delaware----------------- 232 

District of Columbia----- 526 1:: 107 1;: 2 :: 5” Florida------------------ 3,224 367; 996 729 501 250 263 116 

Georgia------------------

Hawaii------------------- 2,048 412 

5 

613 439 267 120 137 

9 

60 

161 38 33 4

Idaho--------------------

Illinois----------------- 6,382 1,409 1,043 651 

410 

1,132 

32 1% 132 

1,317 

55 ;8” 

7% 9’: Indiana------------------ 2,929 526 729 668 481 248 265 12 

Iowa--------------------- 1,324 218 316 259 246 118 147 Kansas------------------- 1,263 151 261 243 230 163 178 :: Kentucky----------------- 1,347 179 386 317 200 103 130 32 Louisiana---------------- 1,573 262 398 280 224 166 166 77 Maine-------------------- 462 42 90 82 100 46 90 12 

Maryland----------------- 1,806 279 483 362 394 153 118 

Massachusetts------------ 3,138 781 648 745 240 209 ;: Michigan----------------- 4,488 ‘42 1,200 928 836 477 87 Minnesota----------------

Mississippi-------------- 966 165 245 211 133 65 100 t87 Missou-,-i- _---- --_- 2,600 270 500 405 363 105 Montana------------------ 451 50 115 120 * 45 Nebraska--1-------------- 948 214 179 142 305 Nevada-------------------

NewHampshire------------ % z: 

32 L”7 :i i”2 2 

2,052 326 550 425 343 184 :05: 

New Jersey--------------- 2,922 322 821 515 646 302 24

New Mexico--------------- 550 47 109 121 143 22 New York----------------- 13,200 1,517 2,;;; 2,007 3,302 1,975 1;5% 1% 

North Carolina----------- 1,776 250 442 218 108 207 18 North Dakota------------- 359 74 107 77 51 20 23 7 

Ohio--------------------- 4,883 784 1,339 988 857 470 398 Oklahoma----------------- 1,616 243 325 329 292 173 207 i: . Oregon------------------- 1.213 139 327 264 209 123 136 Pennsylvania------------- 7;033 919 1,616 L,352 1,394 844 800 1::

Rhode Island------------- 656 . 51 175 137 128 72 79 14 

South Carolina----------- 962 142 300 216 118 103 13 South Dakota------------- 444 132 ii 7 Tennessee---------------- 1,805 3% 494 3851 2% 150 1;: Texas-------------------- 5,364 983 1,332 1,107 755 448 562 1% Utah--------------------- 557 58 182 165 64 24 46 18< 

Vermont------------------ 143 4 Virginia----------------- 1,645 4% 3% 2:: 1:5 1% Washington---------------

West Virginia------------ 1,g 540 545 325 

2'; 

131 fo3 

167 138 14 Wisconsin---------------- 2.360 581 417 4;: 309 2% 47 Wyoming------------------ '267 67 49 62 26 20 9 

17 
Table 3. Number of active 

State of practice 

United States------------

Alabama------------------------

Alaska-------------------------

Arizona------------------------

Arkansas-----------------------

California---------------------

Colorado-----------------------

Connecticut-------------------­

. Delaware-----------------------

District of Columbia----------- Florida------------------------

Georgia------------------------

Hawaii-------------------------

Idaho--------------------------

Illinois-----------------------

Indiana------------------------

Iowa---------------------------

Kansas-------------------------

Kentucky-----------------------

Louisiana----------------------

Maine--------------------------

Maryland-----------------------

Massachusetts------------------

Michigan-----------------------

Minnesota----------------------

Mississippi--------------------

Missouri-----------------------

Montana------------------------

Nebraska-----------------------

Nevada-------------------------

NW Hampshire------------------

NW Jersey---------------------

NW Mexico---------------------

New York-----------------------

North Carolina-----------------

North Dakota-------------------

Ohio---------------------------

Oklahoma-----------------------

Oregon-------------------------

Pennsylvania------------------­

&o& Island-------------------

South Carolina-----------------

South Dakota-------------------

Tennessee----------------------

Texas--------------------------

Utah---------------------------

Vermont------------------------

Virginia------------------------

Washington---------------------

West Virginia------------------

Wisconsin----------------------

Wyoming-----------------------­

male pharmacists, by age and State of practice: United States, 1966 

Total Under 30-39 4.0-49 50-59 60-64 65 years No

male 30 years years years years and over report years 

Number of active male pharmacists 

95,184 12,305 23,706 18,762 18,564 9,999 10,129 1,719 - - - - - - -

1,096 235 416 313 64 27 28 13

2

l,O% 6: 2:: ;;a 2:: 141: 11; 

6,512 804 1,847 1,226 1,2:: 6% 687 80 

1,398 

1,;;; 2:: 

292 

"if 

343 

333 

386 

4z52 

146

163 

133

187 

3,016 315 913 691 487 244 257 

1,911 135

370

5,908

2,668 

3740 

9% 

429 

563 

46

116 

1,;;; 

"ii 

116

963

608 

'$1 

61260 

241 

134

9 

7:;

255 

57 

.

L. 

8; 

1,216

1,179

1,271

1,392 

2-i 

154

235 

285

238 

365

352 

237 

227

301

254 

232 

216 

113 

159

101

153 

133 

171

127 

144 

844 113 240 116 i: 

467 5"; 108 2 120 2 2 

432 40 80 75 i;i

95 43 88 

1,705 250 447 343 385 113

2,912 721 601 706 2 202

4,099 Z! 1,070 856 791 463 434

1,881 277 521 389 173 192

911 150 234 195 2% 64 97 

2,455 385 332

401 2:; 42 102 '2 3::

881 202 167 146 1;: 130

326 f i

265 25 67: 3; ;i 2: 2) 

2,751 768 626 285

509 2!i 136 "2; 12,555 1,393 2,5:: 3,;;; 1,8;; 1,472 1,646 203 107 205

325 63 4% 47 19 23 

651 1,202 887 799 451 387

?E 205 290 273

1;063 111 288 z: 181 ::z :z 

6,351 765 1,;;; 1,226 1,299 754

568 42 -114 110 767; .75 

906 277 212 115

387 'EZ 116 62 63: ‘i 

1,681 306 461 3:: 244 146 42

4,923 1,197 1,030 716 439 164

512 8267 170 155 59 23 16 

134 3 

1,496 1% 4;: 3:: 1:: 22 

1,599 156 442 448 140 24

589 152 126

2,168 267: 517 2:: 2:

229 27 57 3:: 22 8

18 
Table 4. Number of active female pharmacists, by age and State of practice: United States, 1966 

State of practice Total Under 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-64 65 years No

female 3o years years years years years and over report 

North 

Number of active female pharmacists 

United States---------------- 8,103 1,968 2,308 1,632 1,078 474 473 I.70 

Alabama----------------------------

Alaska _-----_-_--_--"--_-----------

Arizona --""_"--"---C--L-C--_____C__ Arkansas---------------------------

California-------------------------

5 

;“; 521 

35 

2 

; 

106 

:: 

2 

297 

2 

t 

11 

Colorado --1---_---3_----_-_-____I__ Connecticut------------------------

Delaware----------------------------

District of Columbia--------------- Florida----------------------------

162 

% 

2:: 

11 

8 

i 

6 

: 

; 

7 

Georgia --C-"-"------CL-----________ Hawaii----------------------------- 42 3 3 3 

Idaho-;----------------------------

Illinois---------------------------~ 

Indiana----------------------------

ii 

136 

97 

; 

4: 

i 

27 

10 

; 

9 

Iowa------------------------------- 20 14 2 Kansas-----------------------------

Kentucky -------_-----_3---__3___1__ 

Louisiana C-__--_-____-_------_____L Maine------------------------------

3: 

"1 

3 

"Z 

3 

1:

1. 

Maryland -___-_---_--_--L_-_-_______

Massachusetts-----------------------

Michigan ---___--_3-----_-_--_____II

Minnesota--------------------------

Mississippi------------------------

101 

226 

389 

171 

55 

3 

l:: 

11 

1 

5 

7 

$5 

Missouri -_"__-c--3-_----_-_-__3____ 

Montana-----------------------------

iY;Y;;ka --__-"__-_-"_-----"-_______

-------1;.-------------------

25 

1; 

3 

15 

2 

7 

19 

1; 

New Hampshire---------------------- 7 ; 

New Jersey------------------------- 171 12 2 New Mexico-------------------------

New York -----_----__---.--_____c___ North Carolina--------------------- 6:: 

130 

3i 37 

76 5; 1; 

Dakota----------------------- 34 

7";

11 :. :: 

Ohio------------------------------- 466 133 Oklahoma--------------------------- 145 li z Oregon --___--_--___--___-___;______ 150 zi Pennsylvania------------------------ i.$ 1: Rhode Island----------------------- % 15i 

South Carolina--------------------- 3 South Dakota-----------------------

Tennessee-------------------------- 77 Texas------------------------------ 22

Utah ---_-____-_-------------------- 3 

Vermont----------------------------

Virginia ----_-_-c_""--_----___31___ 14; 61 

Washington------------------------- 345 14 West Virginia---------------------- Wisconsin-------------------------- 1;: 1; Wyoming----_"_-_--__-----"_________ 38 1 

19 
Table 5. Number of active pharmacists, by years of undergraduate education in pharmacy and State 

of practice: United States, 1966 

Years of undergraduate education in pharmacy 

Total

State of practice active

Bharmacists Less

than 1 2 3 4 

1 

Number of active pharmacists 

United States---- 103,287 5,128 1,725 11,165 11,667 54,335 

-

Alabama---------------- 1,208 Alaska----------------- 75 Arizona---------------- 1,144 Arkansas--------------- 877 California------------- 7,033 

Colorado--------------- 1,560 Connecticut------------ 2,094 Delaware--------------- 232 

District of Columbia--- 526 Florida---------------- 3,224 

Georgia----------------

Hawaii-----------------

Idaho------------------

Illinois---------------

Indiana----------------

Iowa-------------------

Kansas-----------------

Kentucky---------------

Louisiana--------------

Maine-------------,-----

Maryland---------------

Massachusetts----------

Michigan---------------

Minnesota--------------

Mississippi------------

Missouri---------------

Montana----------------

Nebraska---------------

Nevada-----------------

New Hampshire----------

NW Jersey ---m-------vNW Mexico-------------

New York---------------

North Carolina---------

North Dakota-----------

Ohio-------------------

Oklahoma---------------

Oregon-----------------

Pennsylvania-----------

Rhode Island-----------

South Carolina---------

South Dakota----------- Tennessee--------------

Texas------------------

Utah-------------L-----

Vermont -_-------------- Virginia---------------

Washington-------------

West Virginia---------- Wisconsin--------------

Wyoming----------------

2,048 161 

410 

6,382

2,929 

1,324

1,263

1,347

1,573 462 

1,806

3,138

4,488

2,052 966 

2,600 451

948 

342 

291 

2,922

550 

13,200

1,776 359 

4,883

1,616

1,213

7,033 656 

962 

444

1,805

5,364 557 

143 

1,645 

1,;;; 

2,36G 267 

20 25 17

1 2 9 

399 88 7;: a:: 

481 

154 % 

155

212 2% 

38 

f2 ;57 

:2 

260 

2 

216 

111 

16 

58 114 

7 E 

z 

2:;

71 

134 

38 7t4;257 

a:;

229 

138 124 

1% 104 

ii; 4; 138 1:; 

29 155 1;:

115 120 129 

151 29 25 

34 . 133 283 

167 209 514 

225 

49 

'2

66 71 

251 298 244 

1': 

41 

59 

liz 

57 

20 

1% 

;; 

z 

430 

65 5:z 

266 

118 169 

209 2,888 2,799

75 170 144 

7 19 31 

541 508 

1:: 120 99 

110 

1:;

15 

a:: 1,093

11 145 

31 67 

:z 

14: 1% 137 

338 399 196 

17 18 23 

36 

1;; 1:;

5: 

21 fz 'E 

269 163 

26 19 YZ 

959 

4% 

432 

2,857 

569 

1,115 138 

315 

l,S54 

1,135 107 

291 

3,051

1,972 

703 

22 

627 

169 

1,144 

3%: 

1;286 465 

1,083

187

428 

99 

141 

1,823 252 

5,996

1,225 276 

2,;;: 

643 

4,054 357 

577

276

1,012

2,735 316 

1,Oif

1,103 422 

1,233 136 

No 5' 6 report 

9,306 1,814 8,147 

152 2 30

10 

12: 1: 130 

148 48 

950 1,119 88 

139 46 

153 :: 151 

4 

6' 2;

3257 28 348 

263 13 '258

2 

f: ;

587 68 6:: 

283 16 63 

132 18 '170 

11 140 

'I% 33 

237 2: 298 

6 63 

128 6 

2;: Ki ;2 327 "ii 

121 1; 168 

170 457 

125 Y 41

13 145 

'% 31 

9 1 2; 

3 

;; 2

365 22 895 

FE - 3 

"1:;

255 

273

32 

'22 

18 

26 

5 

207

339 

91

617 

91 

6 

52

215 

789 

99 

1 

.4: 

11 

101 

682

61 

7 38 

9 1 

3:; 4: 1:: 

138: 2: 2:: 

22 30 

20 
-- 

---- 

Table 6. Number of active pharmacists, by type of first professional pharmacy degree and State of practice: United 

states,' 1966 

Type of degree 

Total state of Doctor active Bachelor 

practice of Bachelor Doctor . Graduate Pharma- Other pharmacists None SCkIXe of of NO 

Pharmacy Pharmacy 'p;;&to Pha=Acy degree c&u~~;l pharmacy report 

Number of active pharmacists 

United States- 103,287 17,285 58,431 4,741 1,157 845 2.926 449 2,041 - - - -

1,208 59 1,010 99 1 1 i 1 12 

75

1,144 30191 5% 52 ; 8 

6 “21 ; 3: 

Arkansas--------- 877 193 553 

California------- 7,033 747 3,571 32: 93; 70 282 1; 1’; 

Colorado--------- 1,560 698 596 26 

; 

6 

Connecticut------ 2,094 1,150 9 3’:

Delaware--------- 232 4282 139 

District of Col~bia-------- 526 313 16 

Florida---------- 3,224 5% 1,956 467 107 

Georgia---------- 2,048 455 1,330 132 1 20 ; 3 

1 

26 

: Haw&i---------..- 161 111

Idaho --___--_ -e-v 410 i:: 327 '2 s : Illi*ois------..-- 1,336 3,315 253 14 42 6091 48 

3 

150 

Indiana------r--- 8G,2 181 2,199 63 6 15 187 28. , 

Iowa----------- . 267 708 103 14 

Kansas--------- Ef 401 94

Kentucky--------- $;‘;; :";: 2; 2; 45 

Louisiana-------- 2:; 819 80 15 

Mai*e------------ '462 170 3 : 2 

Maryland--------- 123 1,199 45 20 3 

7 

.4 28 

Massachusetts---- 1,707 22 102 

Michigan--------- ;;5 269: 73 fi 181 

Minnesota-------- 190 'La%2 58 14 1% '2 

Mississippi------ 242 '490 104 3 34 6 3: 

Misso~i---------

Montana-WV-------

890 1,;;; 

449 

2 

41 

i 

2 15 4 

8 :; 

\, 

Nebraska--------- 2:: 80 40 47

Ne"a,ja-------- 116 125 13 5 5 6

New Hampshire:--- 111 146 1

New Jersey------- 1,819 38 36 8 

New Mexico;------ 275 

New York:---:---- 5,700 46; 2291 29 

North Carolina--- 1,239 21 7 

North Dakota----- 291 ‘i 7 

Ohio- _-__ - ----- 3,015 46 419 

Oklahoma--------- 15 2; Or-go*----r--- ;2: % 

Pennsylvania----- 3,959 6; 23 

1 2; 

Rhode Island----- 372 

South Carolina--- 962 181 609 3s 1 

South Dakota----- 444 292 

Tennessee-------- 1,805 39103 1,213 5: :i 

26 

i 

Texas------------ 5,364 1,35;; 3,;;; 29: 30 

,,t&,---m-m------ 557 li 2 3 

"ermont--------- 143 V~gi*ia--------- 1,645 2% :& 2: 

Washington------- 1,;;~ 185 

'445 

108 

West Virginia---- 43 

Wisconsin-------- 2,360 707: 1,310 22 Wyoming-'-_--- 267 81 148 2 

21 
Table.7. Number of 

state of 

practice 

United States, 

Alabama- --___--__. *la&a --___-_____. *rizona----------. 

*rkansas---------. 

California-------. 

Connecticut------. Delaware ---------. 

District of Columbia--------. 

Florida- ---_-___-. 

Georgia----------. 

Hawaii -_-----_-_ -. 

Idaho------------. 

Illinois---------. 

Indiana----------. 

Iowa------------. 

Kansas-----------. 

Kentucky--------. 

Louisiana--------. 

Maine------------. 

Maryland-------:--

Massachusetts----- Michigan---------.

Minnesota---------

Mississippi-------

Missouri --___--_-_ Mc,ntana----------

N&ra&a---------

Ne"a&,------------

New Hampshire-----

New Jersey-------- New Mexico-------- New Y,~j-k----------

North Carolina----

North Dakota------

Ohio--------------

Okl.qhom---------­

i)reg(Jp---------

Pennsylvania------

Rhode Island------

South Carolina----

South Dakota------

Tennessee--------- T-xaS------------­

"t&------------m­

"ermont--s--------

T,T~gini.p-------

Washington--------

West Virginia----- Wisconsin---------

Wyoming-------­

active pharmacists, by place of principal activity and State of practice: United States, 1966 

Place of principal employment 

Total 

active Community pharmacy Hospital I-KXl- College Association Other Clinic, pharmacists 

Independent Chain pharmacy hospital, or Industry or or no 

pharmacy university organization report' 

Number of active pharmacists 

103,28' 70,77: L 8,285 1,65: 1,06! 3,982 232 2,881 -

1,201 got 114r 103 1: t 42 1 21

5: 1

1,1:; 60( 291; 12: ; j :5 :z 4 25 87: 721 32 

7,03: 4,401 1,396 7:: 18; 67 125 22 13: 

1,56( 991 244 140 6t1 4 2,091 1,61: 23: 15: 1;; 138 2: 

22 9 :

52f 19t 177 53 21 3,221 2,121 62i 231 4: 2: 12 

2,04t 1,4ai

7: 

268 145 

1: 2; 78 4 

1 

32 161 41

41( 36 ;"1 :i z 6,382 4,::: 1,055 16: 211 153 2,925 1,735 585 :"9; 6e 205 100 

92e 161 

91: 153 ;; 96; 205 

1,07t 226 22 

39: 28 2 

1,806 1,055 499 115

3,13E 2,32f 209 245 1:

4,4at 3,02t 505

2,052 1,39! 1;: 200 ii

96t 79: 67 48 

2,6OC 387 228 48 27 129 451 53

946 6"; :; 1: 3:

34: ;; 291 ;: 3 ; 2 

2,922 2,371 195 173 4 23 125

55c 432 6

13,zoc 'I,;;; 1,o:: l,OE 5': 108 9:;

1';;" 103 10 s '225 '2: 30 :i 7 

25 

9 

4,882 3,032 1,018 416 43 36 180 152

1,616 1,121 225 42 :: z: 7,033 751

1,213 

4,;;; 

823 184 z6' i;

19 106 4% 221

656 51 5:i 5 13 27 19 

962 780 74 9

444 314 :: 1,805 1,314 2% 150 2: i

5,364 3,;;: 947 451 111 8

557 104 47 14 1 

143 121 a 1,645 1,005 45: ; 1,944 1,203 337 197; 634 482 82 g44 2,360 1,;;; 228 2% 120 2

267 31 13 

22 
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-- 

,Table 8. Number 

-

of active pharmacists, by type of principal activity and State of practice: United States, 1966 

Type of principal activity 

State of Other practice 1 Sales Produc- Adminis- Teach- Kesearch Tezzyg pharma- No 

tion tration ing ceutical report research activity 

Number of active pharmacists 

United States-1103,287 91,966 509 1,962 449 686 296 1,374 -

2,907 

Al&am--------- 1,208 1,113 1 18 7 7 Alaska------- : Arizona--------- l,lZZ l,OE ; 1;

Arkansas-------- 877 814 i i: ; California------ 7,033 6,662 18 96 :% 24 5: 

Colorado--------

Connecticut----- 3" 2: 152 1: 3": 

Delaware-------- 7 1 3 

District of 

Columbia------- 526 429 2

Florida--------- 3,224 2,893 10 

Georgia--------- 2,;;; 1,814 33 13 80

Hawaii 141 Id&,------- 410 376 2

Illi*ois-- 6,382 140 1::

Indiana--------- 2,929 52:::; 74 89 

I,J”a------- 1,189 16 4 

1 

4 

7 

16 47 

I(arrsas------ :% 1,132 9 11 67 

Kentucky-------- 1:347 1,251 a Louisiana------- 1,573 1,;;: z: 

5 "? 

i 1: 

5 

32

Mai*e----------- 462 8 

Maryland-------- 1,806 1,630 6 41 

Massachusetts--- 3,138 2,648 4: 1;; Michigan-------- 4,488 ih 1i; 1;;

Minnesota------- 23;;; xaz 8 

9 

'2 

Mississippi----- l878 6 37

Missouri-------- 2,600 2,244 21 49 11 35 '126

Montana------ 451 406 3 4 

Nebraska-------- 948 839 4 :Yi

1 

13 ; 'Z

2 

Ne"ada----- 22

New Hampshire--- "2% ?i;; z i 7 

New Jersey------ 2,922 2,679 15 45 41 22 

New Mexico------ 550 494 

New York-------- 31: 

North Carolina-- 20 1;>;;; y>;;; 136 

1 

3% 13; 11 

North Dakota---- '359 '327 9 : 2

Ohio- ----_----_- 4,407 25 105 29 69 

Oklahoma-------- 1,455 Orego*----- i i; : 1';

Pennsylvania---- x% 109 147

8 

129 

Rhode Island---- '567 4 132

South Carolina-- 884 11 

9 

31 

South Dakota---- 391 

Tennessee------- 1,652 9 5 f : Texas- ------_- 4,846 14 2: 16 176 Utah---------em 480 1 8 1 23 

Ve~o*t----- 143 133 4

Virgi*ia-------- 1,507 6 9 

Washington------ m 

'634 1,;;; 4 if 6 West Virginia--- Wisconsin------- 2,360 2,159 ; it 1; Wyo&*g---- 267 228 8 

23 
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-------- 

Table 9. Number 

-

of active phamacists, by source of remuneration, place of activity, and State of practice: United States, 1966 

Source of rerhuneration and place of activity I

Total Owner, partner, or 

active stockholder 

state of pharmacists prtEtb2 Community pharmacy Other 

phamceutical 

'Independent Chain eqmz;-

United 

I I I I I 

private employee Gavernment 

eUJpl0jee Member 

of Other NO Conrmunity pharmscy Other relipharma- state gious squrce report 

ceutical Federal order 

Independent Chain employ- & 

merit 

Number of active pharmacists 

states-- 103,287 38j20 1,461 28,783 12,290 10,363 955 - h 

A1abap-g. _--_- _ _ _ 

*la&a--------- 1,208 541 18 

4 ":i 

93 

lo: 

ArisClns--------

ArkallSsS-------

California-----

1,lE

877 

7,033 

2% 

445 

2,357 

;"a

115 

261 

255 

2,015 

27: 

1,22; 

122 

7% 

Colorado-------

Connecticut----

Delaware-------

1,560

2,094

232 

40 

17 

2 

% 

70 

218 

'E 

182 

':i 

District of 

Columbia------ 526 

Florida-------- 3,224 3: ::3" 

2,048

161 "2; '2 ':: 

410 192 114 

6,382 2,124 1,865 8;:

2,929 910 768 497 

Iowa 1,324 543 132 

Kentucky-------

Louisiana------

*-i*e----------

:c 

1:573 

462 

597 

609 

214 

zl 

3 

183 

183 

26 

1:: 

125 

27 

Maryland-------

Massachusetts--

Michigan-------

Minnesota------

Mississippi----

1,806

3,138

4,488

2,052

966 

460 

1,087

1,296

525 

257 

462 

171 

4a7 

252 

46 

123 

353 

41: 

46 

Missouri-------

Montana-------- 2,600 451 

916 

PO2 

661 

109 'XI "22 

Nebraska------- 948 410 293 21 a8 

~~*a*--------- 517 :: 2; 

Nevada---------

New Hampshire--

342 

291 

88 

135 18096 

74 

2 ;; 

New Jersey----- New Mexico-L---

New York-------

North CarolinaNorth Dakota---

2,;:; 

13,200

1,776

359 

q2) 

5,345

a38 

155 

29 

18:: 

lb 

9 

165 

932: 

173 

44 

246 

37 

1,642

101 

58 

Ohto-----------

Oklahoma------- 1,;;: 2 1,;;L; :Y 

Oregon------- 422 27 364 118 

Pennsylvania---

Rhode Island--- 2,652 232 

74 

5 

1,901

226 

878 

46 

South Carolina- 962 460 272 

South Dakota--- 444 200 Tennessee------

Texa*----------

“t&,----------m 

1,805

5,364

557 

800 

1,924

176 

4:;

1,351

126 

Vermont 143 9 

Virginia------- 1,645 38: 

Washington----- 1,;;; 294 2;:

West Virginia-- WiSCOllSin------ 2,360 1;'; 2;; 

wy*ng------ 267 24 6

24 
APPENDIX 1, QUESTIONNAIRE 

STATE OF 

.Board of Pharmacy 

Dear Pharmacist: The U.S. Public Health Service is 

conducting an important study relative to the nation's 

health manpower. Since this study may help to prevent 

a shortage of pharmacists in the future, the' - State Board,of Pharmacy and other Boards are co­

.operating by distributing and collecting questionnaires used in this study. So that the survey will be 

complete and accurate, please complete each item on 

the card below and return it, together.with your renewal fee, to'the Board of Pharmacy in Each 

individual pharmacist on our active roster--whether in 

practice or not --must complete a card. 

Executive Secretary 

XID 

PLEASE ?RlNT OR ’ rPE INFORMATION REQUESTED OR CIRCLE APPROPRI izrE CODE NUYNERS 

A ma 01 prlnciPII l CllVlty klrcl* r E Undwpnduale l ducallon In Dhlr- H Graduala dwrae m.cy wrcl* on*) s SIX y..rs 1 Yam 2 No 1 On* Y.U 1 ;~n~;;l~Ity pharmacy--indo- 2 TWO Ye&r. ‘I lass than If y.% Dl*aS. W.CifY dwrnf3 

3 Three y..,. an. Y..I 

4 Four years 8 Non* 2 Community Dhwmacy-unll of 5 Flveywn chain 01. or mar. F Flrst prof~salon4l degm In Dhw 

3 H08pllal for hcallh-raINed Inall- mcy wrct* on*)

lullon) pharmacy I Nona 2 B.S. 4 Cllnlc 6xm-how#hl) pharmacy 3 RPharm. 4 Phum.D. s Calt*g* 0, unlvrnity ; ;‘&D. tprlor to 19(o) K AR yod cu~4ntly .llc~nwd and In 

5 Indudry 7 Ph:C: good standlng In mw. than on. 

7 

0lh.r plnC* fPtllW.DW.tfY) D 1 Y*s pl&sa2 No 

2 Prlvlle. .I l mDloY*~ 

3 Gov~mment. shh dr local 

4 Gpvamm~ht. faderal 5 Other (DtOaSa Ip.ClfY) 

As~DclNIQn or orplnlzNlon 2 Othar (plsafe spsclly) 1111287 

II y.,, list,all such siatas 

S Employed In stale of 

25 

I 
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APPENDIX II 

DEFINITIONS OF CERTAIN TERMS USED IN THIS REPORT 

Terms Relating to Pharmacy 

Active pharmacist.-An active pharmacist is an 

individual who is licensed to practice pharmacy and is 

actually engaged in dispensing, sales, production, administration, teaching, research, or other pharmaceutical activity. 

Licensed pharmacist.-A licensed pharmacist is 

an individual who has met the legal requirements for 

‘the practice of pharmacy as defined by one of the 51 

licensing jurisdictions and has received a license to 

practice. All States and the District of Columbia require that pharmacists be licensed to practice. While 

current requirements for licensure vary among the 51 

jurisdictions, generally speaking, they are: 5 years of 

undergraduate education, of which at least 3 must be in 

an accredited college of pharmacy; at least 1 year of 

experience; and an examination consisting of written, 

oral, and practical parts. 

Registered pharmacist. -The term registered 

pharmacist is used interchangeably with the term 

licensed pharmacist throughout this report. All States 

and the District of Columbia license pharmacists under 

the title of “registered pharmacist” (R.Ph.). 

Dispensing.-The term dispensing refers to the 

sale of drugs and other health care items from a 

prescription. In dispensing, the pharmacist is legally 

responsible for determining the validity of the prescription, selecting the medication, determining the 

proper dosage, and providing directions for use. 

Community pharmacy. -A community pharmacy 

dispenses pharmaceutical supplies to the general public 

through either a chain or independent pharmacy. 

Chain p,harmacy.-A chain pharmacy is a community pharmacy which is part of a chain of four or 

more pharmacies operated by the same firm. 

Independent pharmacy. -An independent pharmacy 

is a community pharmacy which is not part of a chain 

of four or more pharmacies. 

-oHospital OYclinic phuvmacy.-A hospital or clinic 

pharmacy dispenses pharmaceutical supplies, but 

serves only the hospital or clinic. 

Demographic Terms 

Age.-Age refers to the respondent’s age in 1966. 

In all cases it is calculated as the difference between 

1966 and the respondent’s year of birth, 

Geoflaphic Yegfon.-The regions of the United 

States are divided as follows: 

Region States Included 

Northeast------- Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, 

Massachusetts, Rhode Island, 

Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, 

Pennsylvania 

North Central Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, 

Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, 

Missouri, North Dakota, South 

Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas 

South----------- Delaware, Maryland, District of 

Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, 

North Carolina, South Carolina, 

Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, 

Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, 

Arkansas’, Louisiana, Oklahoma, 

Texas 

West ___________ Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, 

New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, 

-Washington, Oregon, California, 

Hawaii, Alaska 

United States.--.The 50 States and the District of 

Columbia. 

26 
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APPENDIX III. DATA COLLECTION 

Schedule of Data Collection Of the eight States which renewed licejnses biennially, two States, California and Vermont, renewed in 

The collection of data by the pharmady manpower odd years and were surveyed late in 1965. Five of 

survey was extended over a period of time because the them-Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, 

license renewal dates from the State boards of phar- and Pennsylvania-renewed in even years and were 

macy vary. Table.1 shows the usual mailing dates of surveyed in 1966. The remaining State, Washington, 

license renewal forms, and the mailing dates of the renewed half its licenses in odd years andhalfin even 

survey. years, and wcis therefore surveyed in both 1966 and 

Table I. Mailing date, renewal period of license, and date surveyed, by State: United States, 

1965-67 

Usual 

ma;i;g Mailing lenewal jate for beriod license zyears) questionrenewal naires 

forms 

)&$a~--------- December Alaska---------- April lzjzz Ar-zo~---------

Arkansas-------- December 12165 

California------ September 210/65 

Colorado--------

Connecticut-----

Delaware-----T--

5/66

Z/67

10165 

District of 

Columbia-------

Florida---------

December 

April 

l/66

4166 

Georgia--------- December 

Hawaii---------- November 

Idaho-----------

Illinois-------- bYNovember 

Indiana--------- WY 

May 5/66 

- Iowa -’ April Kansas---------- June 

Kentucky-------- December 

Louisiana------- December

Maine----------- June 

Maryland-------- July Massachusetts--- October 

Michigan-------- May Minnesota------- February Mississippi----- March 'Missouri-------- June 

IRenews in odd years. 

2Special mailout for California and Ohio. 

3Renews in even years. 

4M-Z in April 1966, A-L,in April 1967. 

State 

Montana--------

Nebraska-------

Nevada---------

New Hampshire-­ New Jersey-----

New Mexico-----

New York-------

North CarolinaNorth Dakota--- Qhio-----------

Oklahoma------- Oregon 

Pennsylvania---

Rhode Island---

South CarolinaSouth Dakota---

Tennessee------

Texas-- _-_-_- Utah-----------

Vermont--------

Virginia-------

Washington-----

West Virginia-­ Wisconsin------

Wyoming-------­

'Usual 

mailing Lenewal Mailing for 

license 

renewal 'years) questionnaires 

forms 

June 

November 

MaY

December 

5/66

11/65

9167 

12165 

November 11/65 

April

October 

4/66

9166 

November 11165 

date of leriod date 

Te:zzy

prior to 

date of 

issuance 

May 5166 

April 4166 

July 7166 

June 

June :;:z 

September

November 12,65;ql;i; -_ November 

September 9/66

December 12/65-S/67 

November "$5 

April 

May 5/66

March 

November 

27 
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-- 

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1967. Georgia was scheduled to be surveyed in December 1965; however, the board office was moving to a 

new location at that time and was unable to undertake 

the job of distributing the questionnaires. It was surveyed 1 year later in December 1966. Because Ohio 

renewed licenses triennially from the original date of 

issuance, a special mailout was conducted in June 

1966. All pharmacists except those in California, 

Massachusetts, Nevada, Ohio, and nonresident pharmacists in Vermont were sent questionnaires with the 

license renewal forms. 

In September 1967 the initial mailout for all States 

was completed. The followup mailout started in August 

1967. Followup questionnaires were mailed to nonrespondents in 27 States (table II). The NABP office 

handled all aspects of the followup mailout, including 

determining nonrespondents and printing and mailing 

questionnaires and cover letters. The followup was 

completed in March 1968. 

Survey Coverage 

Table II shows the survey coverage of registered 

pharmacists by State. Using the NABP January 1, 1967 

estimate of 131,961 registered pharmacists as an estimate of the number of active and inactive pharmacists, 

the survey's return of questionnaires from 115,583 

registered pharmacists yielded a coverage rate of 88 

percent. 

In some States there were more pharmacists 

covered by the survey than were shown in the 1966 

NABP estimate. These differences can be explained as 

follows: first, the NABP numbers are estimates made 

from data collected over a l-year span and may not be 

precise counts, and second, in order to do the followups, the NABP obtained lists of registered pharmacists from the State boards in 1967. These lists included some of the 1966 and 1967 graduates not 

covered in the first mailout or in the NABP estimates. 

Table II. Coverage of registered pharmacists by pharmacy manpower survey,by State: United States, 

1965 -67 

Number of Number of 

registered Number of registered Number of pharmacists registered pharmacists registered in the in the State pharmacists pharmacy State pharmacists pharmacy january 1, manpower january 1, manpower 1967l 1967l survey survey 1965-1967 1965-1967 

United States 131,961 115.583 Missouri------------- 3,069 2,;;; Montana” 512 Alaba~2------------- 1,751 Alas~2--------------

Arizona-------------- l,lE ArkansasZ------------ 1,149 Califo~iaZ---------- 11,790 

Colorado------------- 1,862 Connecticut2--------- 2,575 Delaware------------- 258 

District of Co lumbia2 __ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ 954 Florida2 

1,275 Nebraska------------- 1,168 1,130 Nevada2 _~~__~~~~~~ --_ 328 355 

1,2:98 ‘New Hampshire-------- 364 310 

1,009 

7,766 

'2% 

'254 

584 

3,544 

2,267

179 

466 

7,194

3,167 

1,511

1,432

1,458

1,837 

515 

1,999 

3,482 

4,873 

2,378 

1,031 

by NABP. 

NW Jersey2----- 4,784 3,232 

Nay Mexico -a------- 598 620 NW York2------------ 15,256 14,865

North Carolina------- 2,019 1,914

North Dakota--------- 408 404 

Ohioa---------------- 6,841 5,517 Oklah-2 __ _ __ _ _- _ _ _- 2,001 1,864 Oregon--------------- 1,667 1,413

Pennsylvaniag-------- 8,216 7,;;; Rhode Island 816 

South Carolina------- 1,287 1,052 South Dakota--------- 480 498 Tennessee2----------- 2,388 1,999 Texas2--------------- 6,495 6,025 Utah2---------------- 601 592 

vermont2------------- 209 153 

Virginia------------- 1,967 1,793

Washingtonz---------- 2,611 2,229

West Virginia-------- 706 720 Wisconsin------------ 2,567 2,596 Wyoming-------------- 296 298 

Georgia2-------------

Hawaii---------------

Idaho----------------

Illinois2------------

Indiana--------------

Iowa-----------------

Kansas---------------

Kentucky2------------

Louisiana-----------­

line----------------

Maryland-------------

Massachusett&-------

Michiganz------------

Minnesota2 

Mississippi2---------

'Data for calendar 

2Pollowup mailout 

Source: National 

4,805 

2,651 

200 

518 

6,714 

3,376 

1,789

1,501

1,658 

2,030 

434 

2,368 

5,616 

5,603 

2,379 

1,076 

year 1966 estimated 

conducted in 1967. 

Association of Boards of Pharmacy: 1967 Proceedings of the National AssociationofBoards of Pharmacy Licensure Statistics and Censusof Pharmacy. Chicago, 1967. 

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