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AAP News Vol. 1 No. 9 September 1985, p. 3 © 1985 American Academy of Pediatrics
There's good news and bad news in this new age for pediatrics. First, the bad news: between 1976 and 1984, the population of children aged 19 years and younger, dropped from 75 million to 71 million. Now, the good news: during these same years, despite the substantial decline in the numbner of pediatric patients, office-based pediatricians across the nation were able to increase their total number of patient visits.
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