TABLE 2.

Proportion of funded principal investigators based on gender

2010				2015				2020
Thoracic surgery		NIH-funded TSs	Funded %	Thoracic surgery		NIH-funded TSs	Funded %	Thoracic surgery		NIH-funded TSs	Funded %
Male	4464	57	1.3	Male	4213	58	1.4	Male	4119	54	1.3
Female	217	4	1.8*	Female	271	5	1.8*	Female	360	6	1.7*
Total	4681	61	1.3	Total	4484	63	1.4	Total	4479	60	1.3
General surgery		NIH-funded general surgeons	Funded %	General surgery		NIH-funded general surgeons	Funded %	General surgery		NIH-funded general surgeons	Funded %
Male	22,255	153	0.7	Male	20,398	179	0.9	Male	19,915	199	1
Female	4041	36	0.9	Female	4835	49	1.0	Female	5629	59	1
Total	26,296	189	0.7	Total	25,233	228	0.9	Total	25,544	258	1
All non-TS combined		NIH-funded non-TS surgeons	Funded %	All non-TS combined		NIH-funded non-TS surgeons	Funded %	All non-TS combined		NIH-funded non-TS surgeons	Funded %
Male	107,428	522	0.5	Male	102,410	716	0.7	Male	101,398	718	0.7
Female	30,732	132	0.4*	Female	36,920	225	0.6*	Female	42,162	256	0.6*
Total	138,160	654	0.5	Total	139,330	941	0.7	Total	143,560	974	0.7

NIH, National Institutes of Health; TS, thoracic surgeon.

^*P values < .05 for the proportion of funded female TSs compared with funded female surgeons in other sugical specialties.