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  1. Physicians, by Sex, Specialty, & Major Professional Activity:                            1970 - 1988[In thousands.]
  2.  
  3. Specialty                 1970   1975   1980   1985   1986   1987
  4.  
  5.     Total(1,2)           334.0  393.7  467.7  552.7  569.2  585.6
  6.  
  7. Male(2)                   (NA)  358.1  413.4  472.0  482.5  492.9
  8. Female(2)                 (NA)   35.6   54.3   80.7   86.7   92.8
  9.  
  10. General practice          57.9   54.6   60.0   67.1   67.7   69.3
  11. Internal medicine         41.9   54.3   71.5   90.4   91.3   94.7
  12. Pediatrics                17.9   21.7   28.3   35.6   36.5   38.2
  13. General surgery           29.8   31.6   34.0   38.2   37.2   37.8
  14. Obstetrics, gynecology    18.9   21.7   26.3   30.9   31.4   32.3
  15. Orthopedic surgery         9.6   11.4   14.0   17.2   17.7   18.2
  16. Ophthalmology              9.9   11.1   13.0   14.9   15.2   15.6
  17. Psychiatry                21.1   23.9   27.5   32.3   32.7   33.7
  18. Anesthesiology            10.1   12.9   16.0   22.0   23.1   24.3
  19. Pathology                 10.3   11.7   13.4   15.5   15.5   16.2
  20. Radiology                 10.5   11.5   11.7   10.1    8.3    8.4
  21.  
  22.  
  23.                                 _______Patient care_______
  24.                                                  Hospital   Other
  25.                                                ___based___   pro-
  26.                                                      Resi-  fess-
  27.                                        Office  Full- dents  ional
  28.       1988              Total    Total  based  time   (3)     (4)
  29.  
  30.     Total(1,2)          585.6    478.5  338.7  49.3  90.6    42.8
  31.  
  32. Male(2)                 492.9    402.6  297.7  39.6  65.3    36.4
  33. Female(2)                92.8     75.9   41.0   9.7  25.3     6.4
  34.  
  35. General practice         69.3     67.2   55.6   4.3   7.4     2.1
  36. Internal medicine        94.7     84.7   55.6   7.4  21.7     9.9
  37. Pediatrics               38.2      6.5   34.9  23.5   3.4     8.0
  38. General surgery          37.8     36.2   23.7   2.8   9.7     1.6
  39. Obstetrics, gynecology   32.3     31.1   24.3   1.8   5.1     1.1
  40. Orthopedic surgery       18.2     17.8   13.5   1.0   3.3      .4
  41. Ophthalmology            15.6     15.1   12.5    .6   1.9      .5
  42. Psychiatry               33.7     30.3   18.8   5.9   5.6     3.4
  43. Anesthesiology           24.3     23.2   16.0   2.9   4.3     1.1
  44. Pathology                16.2     13.0    6.8   3.4   2.9     3.2
  45. Radiology                 8.4      7.8    6.2   1.3    .4      .6
  46.  
  47.  
  48. NA=Not available.
  49. 1. Includes other specialties not shown separately.
  50. 2. Includes physicians who are inactive, not classified, or with
  51.    address unknown.
  52. 3. Includes interns and, beginning 1988, clinical fellows
  53.    (8,379).
  54. 4. Medical teaching, administration, research, and other.
  55.  
  56. Source:American Medical Association, Chicago, IL.
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