8 most popular specialties by active physicians

Emergency medicine has the most active physicians of eight specialties studied in a recent Statista report.

The report, released August, found the number of MD and DO physicians active in eight specialties in May, with a ninth category for all other specialties. 

It found there are a total of 562,705 physicians in all specialties. Of those, 217,911 practice in allergy and immunology, dermatology, medical genetics, neurological surgery, neurology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, otolaryngology, pathology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, plastic surgery, preventive medicine, urology, and combined residency training specialties, among others.

Here are eight specialties with the most active physicians:

Emergency medicine: 63,285

Psychiatry: 57,939

Surgery: 55,727

Anesthesiologists: 52,629

Radiology: 49,607

Cardiology: 34,098

Oncology: 22,763

Endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism: 8,746

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