Supply of Physicians With DEA DATA Waivers in US Counties, by Rural-Urban Status
| Metropolitana | Adjacent to Metropolitanb | Micropolitan, Not Adjacent to Metropolitanc | Small and Remote Rural Countiesd | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | UIC 1–2 | UIC 3–7 | UIC 8 | UIC 9–12 | Total |
| US population, No. (%) | 260,479,400 (83.6) | 33,691,096 (10.8) | 9,677,339 (3.1) | 7,744,082 (2.4) | 311,591,917 (100.0) |
| Counties with ≥1 physicians with waivers, No. (%) | 789 (72.4) | 419 (39.6) | 132 (46.8) | 125 (17.5) | 1,465 (46.6) |
| Counties with no physician with a waiver, No. (%) | 301 (27.6) | 639 (60.4) | 150 (53.2) | 588 (82.5) | 1,678 (53.4) |
| Total counties, No. (%) | 1,090 (34.7) | 1,058 (33.7) | 282 (9.0) | 713 (22.7) | 3,143 (100.0) |
| Physicians with waivers per 100,000 residents, No. | 6.3 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 5.8 |
| Physicians with waivers, % | 90.4 | 6.1 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 100.0 |
DATA = Drug Addiction Treatment Act; DEA = Drug Enforcement Administration; UIC = Urban Influence Code.
Note: counties were classified as urban or into 1 of 3 categories of rural using the US Department of Agriculture UIC.
↵a Counties with an urban core with a population of at least 50,000.
↵b Counties that are geographically adjacent to a metropolitan area whose largest town/urban cluster has 10,000–49,999 residents.
↵c Counties that are not adjacent to a metropolitan area and whose largest town/urban cluster has 10,000–49,999 residents.
↵d Counties whose largest town has fewer than 10,000 residents regardless of proximity to a micropolitan county.