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Table 4 - Women Residents by Specialty - 2005

Total Number of Female Residents = 47,059
Total Number of Physicians in Residency Training = 106,012

Specialty 

Number of
Residents in the
Specialty
 

Number (%)
that are Female
 

Internal Medicine (IM) 

22,026

9,669 (43.9)

Pediatrics (PD) 

8,052

5,864 (72.8)

Family Medicine

9,330

5,077 (54.4)

Obstetrics and Gynecology 

4,770

3,657 (76.7)

Psychiatry (P) 

4,653

2,527 (54.3)

General Surgery 

7,680

2,359 (30.7)

Anesthesiology (A) 

4,993

1,742 (34.9)

Radiology Diagnostic 

4,405

1,221 (27.7)

Pathology (PTH) 

2,283

1,190 (52.1)

Dermatology (D) 

1,072

684 (63.8)

Source: JAMA, September 10, 2008, Vol 300, No. 10, pages 1128-1237. Graduate Medical Education 2007-2008.