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- 2018 Physician Specialty Data Report Executive Summary
- 2018 Key Definitions, Commonly Used Acronyms, and Practice Specialties
- 2018 Physician Specialty Report Data Highlights
- Active Physicians in the Largest Specialties, 2017
- Number of People per Active Physician by Specialty, 2017
- Active Physicians by Sex and Specialty, 2017
- Active Physicians by Age and Specialty, 2017
- Active Physicians with a U.S. Doctor of Medicine (U.S. MD) Degree by Specialty, 2017
- Active Physicians with a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) Degree by Specialty, 2017
- Active Physicians Who Are International Medical Graduates (IMGs) by Specialty, 2017
- Active Physicians Practicing in the State Where They Completed Graduated Medical Education (GME) by Specialty, 2017
- Percentage Change in the Number of Active Physicians by Specialty, 2012-17
- First-Year ACGME Residents and Fellows by Specialty, 2017
- ACGME Residents and Fellows by Sex and Specialty, 2017
- ACGME Residents and Fellows with a U.S. Doctor of Medicine (U.S. MD) Degree by Specialty, 2017
- ACGME Residents and Fellows with a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) Degree by Specialty, 2017
- ACGME Residents and Fellows Who Are International Medical Graduates (IMGs) by Specialty, 2017
- Percentage Change in Number of First-Year ACGME Residents and Fellows by Specialty, 2012-17
- 2016 Physician Specialty Data Report Executive Summary
- 2016 Key Definitions, Commonly Used Acronyms, and Practice Specialties
- 2016 Physician Specialty Report Data Highlights
- Active Physicians in the Largest Specialties, 2015
- Number of People per Active Physician by Specialty, 2015
- Active Physicians by Sex and Specialty, 2015
- Active Physicians by Age and Specialty, 2015
- Active Physicians with a U.S. Doctor of Medicine (U.S. MD) Degree by Specialty, 2015
- Active Physicians with a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) Degree by Specialty, 2015
- Active Physicians Who Are International Medical Graduates (IMGs) by Specialty, 2015
- Active Physicians Practicing in the State Where They Completed Graduated Medical Education (GME) by Specialty, 2015
- Percentage Change in the Number of Active Physicians by Specialty, 2010-2015
- First-Year ACGME Residents and Fellows by Specialty, 2015
- ACGME Residents and Fellows by Sex and Specialty, 2015
- ACGME Residents and Fellows with a U.S. Doctor of Medicine (U.S. MD) Degree by Specialty, 2015
- ACGME Residents and Fellows with a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) Degree by Specialty, 2015
- ACGME Residents and Fellows Who Are International Medical Graduates (IMGs) by Specialty, 2015
- Percentage Change in Number of First-Year ACGME Residents and Fellows by Specialty, 2010-2015
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The table and figure show the number of people in the United States per active physician in each of the 44 specialty categories featured in the Physician Specialty Data Report. Population data are from the United States Census Bureau.
Source: AMA Physician Masterfile (December 2017) and Annual Estimates of the Resident Population by Single Year of Age and Sex for the United States: April 1, 2010, to July 1, 2017, from the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. Release date: April 2018. Note: The population under age 21 was used in calculations for Pediatrics, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, and Pediatric Cardiology. The population over age 64 was used in calculations for Geriatric Medicine.
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Source: AMA Physician Masterfile (December 2017) and Annual Estimates of the Resident Population by Single Year of Age and Sex for the United States: April 1, 2010, to July 1, 2017, from the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. Release date: April 2018. Note: The population under age 21 was used in calculations for Pediatrics, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, and Pediatric Cardiology. The population over age 64 was used in calculations for Geriatric Medicine.