October 07, 2009 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Demographics of New York City health care employment

Demographic characteristics of employees in health care industries, New York City and United States, 2006�08
Demographic characteristic	Percent of employees in health care industries
Demographic characteristic	New York City	United States
All employees	100.0	100.0
Women	73.4	77.7
Foreign-born	58.0	15.4
Black or African American	40.3	15.7
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	24.0	9.2

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