TABLE E1.

Proportion of National Institutes of Health–funded surgeons within different specialties

	2010			2015			2020
	AAMC total	NIH funded	% Funded	AAMC total	NIH funded	% Funded	AAMC total	NIH funded	% Funded
Cardiothoracic	4681	61	1.3	4484	64	1.4	4479	60	1.3
General	26,296	189	0.7*†	25,233	228	0.9	25,544	258	1.0*†
Neurological	5044	73	1.4†	5343	90	1.7	5744	125	2.2†
Obstetrics and oncology	40,345	104	0.3*†	41,466	175	0.4	42,683	162	0.4*†
Ophthalmic	17,935	94	0.5*	18,584	162	0.9	19,302	126	0.7*
Orthopedic	19,820	45	0.2*	19,141	56	0.3	19,064	55	0.3*
Otolaryngology	9225	58	0.6*†	9405	104	1.1	9771	109	1.1†
Plastic and reconstructive	6819	22	0.3*	7017	25	0.4	7314	27	0.4*
Urology	9824	47	0.5*†	9804	73	0.7	10,197	72	0.7*†
Vascular	2852	22	0.8*	3356	28	0.8	3941	40	1.0

AAMC, Association of American Medical Colleges; NIH, National Institutes of Health.

^*Difference in proportion of NIH-funded surgeons within that subspecialty when compared with TS the same year (P <.05).

^†Change in proportion of NIH-funded surgeons within that subspecialty from 2010 to 2020 (P <.05).