Table 1 Physician to population ratios and Gini coefficients of three types of physicians in Taiwan for selected years

Population

14,937,054

18,193,955

20,605,831

21,525,433

22,405,568

Western medicine physicians

 Number

6,375

11,957

21,115

24,790

30,562

 per 100,000

42.68

65.72

102.47

115.17

136.40

 Gini coefficient

0.25

0.25

0.26

0.26

0.25

Chinese medicine physicians

 Number

1,466

1,682

2,514

2,992

3,979

 per 100,000

9.81

9.24

12.20

13.90

17.76

 Gini coefficient

0.26

0.26

0.22

0.20

0.19

Dentists

 Number

910

2,128

5,983

7,254

8,944

 per 100,000

6.09

11.70

29.04

33.70

39.92

 Gini coefficient

0.32

0.39

0.35

0.31

0.26