Table 22. Number of employees in the health services of Northwest Florida and 

 their percent increase in parentheses for 1956, 1959, 1965, 19^70, 1975, and 

 1978 (U.S. Department of Commerce 1958, 1961, 1966, 1971, 1980).^ 



No data are available for Franklin and Gulf Counties or for some years for 

 Santa Rosa and Walton Counties. 



Northwest Florida lacks licensed professionals and adequate medical 

 facilities considering its area and population. For example, it has less than 

 1% of the dentists, 4% of the medical doctors, and only 5% of the registered 

 nurses of the State of Florida's total licensed medical professionals. 



DATA GAPS AND INCONSISTENCIES 



This report is out-of-date in several areas (e.g., current number of 

 employed persons, percentage of families at or below the poverty level, net 

 migration of minorities in Northwest Florida) because it was prepared just 

 before the 1980 population census by the Bureau of the Census. Another report 

 such as this should be undertaken based on the 1980 census data. 



No data were available from the Bureau of Census in 1950 to 1959 on the 

 number of non-Whites if there were fewer than 5,000 non-Whites in a particular 

 county. 



RECOMMENDATIONS 



Based upon the many perspectives gained from writing this report on the 

 population and demographic characteristics of Northwest Florida, the following 

 recommendations are offered: 



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