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.
The five specialties with the lowest percentage of active physicians with an MD degree in 2010 were:
• Physical medicine and rehabilitation — 60.5 percent
• Internal medicine — 58.2 percent
• Neonatal-perinatal medicine — 58.1 percent
• Nephrology — 54.6 percent
• Geriatric medicine — 46.9 percent
The five specialties with the lowest percentage of active physicians with a DO degree in 2010 were:
• Urology — 2 percent
• Radiation oncology — 1.8 percent
• Neurological surgery — 1.6 percent
• Thoracic surgery — 1.5 percent
• Plastic surgery — 1.2 percent
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