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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