Chapter 1: Understanding Your Health and Wellness | Math Practice
The healthcare industry employs millions of people in the United States. The healthcare industry can be broken down into several different categories of occupations. Review the table below, which shows five occupational categories of the healthcare industry and the number of people employed in each category. Then answer the questions that follow. Round your answers to the nearest whole number.
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations | |
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Category | Number of Job Holders in Industry |
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals | 2,863,320 |
Offices of Physicians | 994,810 |
Nursing Care Facilities | 418,310 |
Health and Personal Care Stores | 348,470 |
Home Healthcare Services | 297,820 |
Total | 4,922,730 |