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Table 5 - Women Physicians by Specialties

(Highest Ranked by Number of Women)

Note: In 1970, only seven specialties had more than 1,000 women physicians, representing 60% of all female physicians. By 2006 twenty-five specialities had 1,000 or more women physicians.

1970 1980 1990 2000 2006
All Specialties 25,401 54,284 104,194 195,537 256,257
Internal Medicine 2,383 8,130 19,171 37,073 49,541
Pediatrics 3,816* 8,189 15,675 30,322 39,468
General Practice/ Family Practice 2,486** 4,677 10,602 22,739 30,471
Psychiatry 2,459 4,361 8,170 11,648 14,066
Obstetrics/Gyncology 1,337 3,243 7,551* 14,124* 18,520*
Anesthesiology 1,516 2,388 4,608 7,335 9,369
Pathology 1,273 2,215 3,716 5,408 6,620
 
1970 1980 1990 2000 2006
Unspecified 1,391 2,136 1,968 2,937 2,452
Inactive 3,543 3,773 7,438 9,406 13,875
Not Classified*** 0 4,030 2,844 15,621 18,894
Address Unknown 471 1,775 625 311 143

Source: Physician Characteristics and Distribution in the US, 2008 Edition and prior editions.

*Exception in ranking.
**Includes only General Practice, data on Family Practice were not available prior to 1995.
***Data for "not classified" physicians were not available prior to 1972.

Last updated: Feb 11, 2008
Content provided by: Women Physicians Congress