5 Specialties With Lowest Percentages of Active Physicians Aged 55 Years & Older

Internal medicine/pediatrics had the lowest percentage of active physicians, 55 years and older, in 2010, according to the 2012 Physician Specialty Data Book, prepared by the Center for Workforce Studies at the Association of American Medical Colleges.

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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 lowest percentages of active physicians, aged 55 years and older, in 2010:

 
•    Infectious disease — 34.9
•    Emergency medicine — 33.1 percent
•    Physical medicine and rehabilitation — 31.1 percent
•    Geriatric medicine — 29.4 percent
•    Internal medicine/pediatrics — 3.2 percent

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