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 percentage of active female physicians, in 2010:
• Vascular Surgery — 7.8 percent
• Neurological Surgery — 6.5 percent
• Urology — 5.8 percent
• Thoracic Surgery — 4.6 percent
• Orthopedic Surgery — 4 percent
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