The primary data sources for this report include the American Medical Association 2011 Physician Masterfile, population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau and the AAMC/AMA National Graduate Medical Education Census.
Here are five specialties with the fewest active physicians, in 2010:
• Allergy and immunology — 4,325
• Neonatal-perinatal medicine — 4,404
• Geriatric medicine — 4,278
• Internal medicine/pediatrics — 3,844
• Vascular surgery — 2,853
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