The availability of pharmacies and accommodations by quintiles of county population demographics, 2015.

Data sources: Authors’ analyses of data from the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs on licensed community pharmacies in the U.S. for February 2015; the US Census Bureau’s Population Estimates Program to derive information on annual total population at the county-level for 2015; 2010 US decennial Census to derive information in the % of the population aged 65 years or older; 5-year estimates (2010–2014) from the American Community Survey to derive information on the percent of the population that is non-English speaking defined as those who “speak a language other than English” and percent of the adult population that has an ambulatory disability; and the Health Resources and Services Administration to identify counties that are designated as completely or partially Medically Underserved Areas/Populations (MUA/P) or primary care Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA). Quintiles (range) are reported from lowest to highest percent (Quintiles 1 to 5) of county population demographics. For example, 0 to 2.5% of the total population is non-English speaking for counties in Quintile 1. Reported means are population-weighted to account for differences in the size of county total populations; Error-Bars are 95% Confidence Intervals.