TABLE 1.
Individual and Program Demographics of General Surgery Residency Graduates by Male Versus Female
| N (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Female | Male | P | |
|
| |||
| Age (yr), median (IQR) | 33 (31–34) | 33 (32–35) | 0.21 |
| Race/ethnicity | 0.05 | ||
| Asian | 75 (15.8) | 136 (15.7) | |
| Black | 30 (6.3) | 35 (4.0) | |
| Hispanic | 30 (6.3) | 43 (4.9) | |
| White | 325 (68.3) | 598 (70.0) | |
| Other | 16 (3.4) | 55 (6.3) | |
| IMG | 26 (5.5) | 125 (14.4) | < 0.01* |
| Dedicated research experience | 235 (49.4) | 355 (41.0) | < 0.01* |
| Pursued fellowship | 391 (82.1) | 698 (80.5) | 0.46 |
| Resident volume | < 0.01* | ||
| Low | 173 (36.3) | 270 (31.1) | |
| Medium | 172 (36.3) | 287 (33.1) | |
| High | 130 (27.3) | 310 (35.8) | |
| Program region | 0.13 | ||
| Midwest | 130 (27.3) | 272 (31.4) | |
| Northeast | 76 (16.0) | 98 (11.3) | |
| Southwest | 85 (17.9) | 156 (18.0) | |
| Southeast | 167 (35.1) | 303 (35.0) | |
| West | 18 (3.8) | 38 (4.4) | |
| Program size | < 0.01* | ||
| Small | 40 (8.4) | 120 (13.8) | |
| Medium | 224 (47.1) | 402 (46.4) | |
| Large | 212 (44.5) | 345 (39.8) | |
| Residency volume | < 0.01* | ||
| Low | 184 (38.7) | 247 (28.5) | |
| Medium | 155 (32.6) | 300 (34.6) | |
| High | 137 (28.8) | 320 (36.9) | |
| NIH funding | 0.29 | ||
| Top 50 | 266 (55.8) | 452 (52.1.8) | |
| Bottom 50 | 112 (23.5) | 206 (23.8) | |
| None | 98 (20.6) | 209 (24.1) | |
*
P < 0.05.