Table 2. Total DO and MD Senior Applicants Applying to Summative Selected Surgical Subspecialties in NRMP.

p=0.000145 when comparing overall DO and MD match rates. Match data appended from National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) data sets where-in totals correlate to summative totals of applicants and matched applicants within the selected surgical subspecialties [2,6,8,9].

DO: osteopathic; MD: allopathic

Match Year	Total DO Applied (n)	Total DO Matched (n)	DO Match Rate (%)	Total MD Applied (n)	Total MD Matched (n)	MD Match Rate (%)
2023	743	393	52.8	3505	2580	73.6
2022	697	355	50.9	3748	2568	68.5
2021	630	363	57.6	3484	2511	72.1
2020	599	340	56.8	3335	2490	74.7