Across U.S. states and territories, clinical neurophysiology is the specialty with the lowest number of active physicians per 100,000 people, while pediatrics has the highest, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges' recently launched interactive online dashboard.
The U.S. Physician Workforce Data Dashboard, launched Nov. 17, combines data previously published in two separate AAMC publications: the Physician Specialty Data Report and the State Physician Workforce Data Report. It includes data about the physician workforce across specialties and geographies.
Here is each specialty, ranked from lowest to highest number of active physicians per 100,000 people, per the dashboard:
1. Clinical neurophysiology: 0.8
1. Hospice and palliative medicine: 0.8
3. Clinical cardiac electrophysiology: 0.9
3. Surgical critical care (surgery): 0.9
5. Sports medicine (orthopedic surgery): 1.0
6. Sports medicine: 1.1
7. Vascular and interventional radiology: 1.2
8. Vascular surgery: 1.3
9. Thoracic surgery: 1.4
9. Neuroradiology: 1.4
9. Pulmonary disease: 1.4
12. Allergy and Immunology: 1.5
13. Interventional cardiology: 1.6
14. Radiation oncology: 1.7
15. Neurological surgery: 1.8
16. Neonatal-perinatal medicine: 1.9
17. Preventive medicine: 2.0
17. Pain medicine and pain management: 2.0
17. Rheumatology: 2.0
20. Plastic surgery: 2.3
21. Endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism: 2.6
22. Pediatric anesthesiology (anesthesiology): 2.9
23. Pediatric critical care medicine: 3.0
23. Physical medicine and rehabilitation: 3.0
23. Otolaryngology: 3.0
26. Infectious disease: 3.1
27. Urology: 3.2
27. Pediatric cardiology: 3.2
29. Pediatric hematology/oncology: 3.3
30. Nephrology: 3.6
31. Dermatology: 4.0
32. Neurology: 4.4
33. Critical care medicine: 4.7
34. Gastroenterology: 4.9
35. Hematology and oncology: 5.3
36. Orthopedic surgery: 5.8
37. Internal medicine/pediatrics: 5.9
37. Ophthalmology: 5.9
39. Pathology: 6.4
40. Cardiovascular disease: 6.8
41. General surgery: 7.9
42. Geriatric medicine: 8.1
43. Radiology and diagnostic radiology: 8.5
44. Child and adolescent psychiatry: 10.2
45. Psychiatry: 11.9
46. Anesthesiology: 12.9
47. Obstetrics and gynecology: 13.1
48. Emergency medicine: 14.7
49. Specialties with less than 2,500 active physicians: 29.0
50. Family medicine/general practice: 36.5
51. Internal medicine: 37.2
52. Pediatrics: 59.5