Impact of the increase in the number of community pharmacists on their geographical distribution in Japan: a retrospective survey

Table 1 Trends in the number of community pharmacists per population (A) and per area of inhabitable land (B) from 2008 to 2018

	N	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	Fold increase (2018/2008)
(A) Number of pharmacists per 100,000 population
All	1741	73.7	78.5	81.9	86.0	91.7	96.3	1.31
I	435	42.2	45.1	47.5	49.6	53.1	55.6	1.32
II	435	64.3	68.2	70.5	74.7	78.9	83.6	1.30
III	436	83.8	89.2	93.2	97.6	103.4	108.7	1.30
IV	435	104.7	111.6	116.3	121.9	131.5	137.5	1.31
(B) Number of pharmacists per area of inhabitable land (km²)
All	1741	1.49	1.59	1.67	1.76	1.89	1.98	1.34
I	435	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.08	1.12
II	435	0.26	0.27	0.27	0.29	0.29	0.30	1.16
III	436	0.71	0.74	0.77	0.80	0.84	0.87	1.23
IV	435	4.91	5.28	5.57	5.87	6.35	6.69	1.36

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