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Percentage of female physicians compared to male across the U.S.

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By | Aug. 28, 2020
Medical Physicians

Key takeaways

  • The article discusses the distribution of female versus male physicians across the U.S., focusing on gender and ethnic diversity within the medical profession as of 2019.

  • It utilizes data on professionally active allopathic (MDs) and osteopathic (DOs) physicians, including both gender and ethnicity breakdowns.

  • The methodology includes an analysis of the number of active physicians by gender and the diversity within medicine, with data collected in July 2020.

  • The data suggests variations in the percentages of female physicians and the ethnic diversity among physicians across different states.

How do states across the U.S. compare when it comes to the gender and different ethnicities of their medical staff? Take a look at the graphic below to find out which states are home to the most female physicians, and what the breakdown of ethnicity looks like across the country.

The medical physician landscape across the U.S.

Methodology: We’ve looked at the number of professionally active Physicians by gender as well as the diversity in medicine from 2019 across the United States, in order to show the overall landscape of medical physicians. Data includes currently active allopathic physicians (MDs) and osteopathic physicians (DOs). Percentages may not sum to totals due to rounding. Data pulled July 2020.

Data and sources available here.