Table 3.

Detailed comparison of the US 2022 physician workforce report data with AI-generated images

	US 2022 physician workforce report	Midjourney	P value	ChatGPT DALL-E 2	P value
Female sex (n, %)
Overall	6′972/21′678 (32.2%)	333/700 (47.6%)	< 0.001	121/700 (17.3%)	< 0.001
Pediatric intensivists	1′556/3′099 (50.2%)	57/100 (57.0%)	0.181	48/100 (48.0%)	0.664
Surgical intensivists	1′064/2′980 (35.7%)	58/100 (58.0%)	< 0.001	1/100 (1.0%)	< 0.001
Medical intensivists	4′352/15′599 (27.9%)	90/300 (30.0%)	0.422	58/300 (19.3%)	0.001
White (n, %)*
Overall	11′950/21′678 (55.1%)	426/700 (60.9%)	0.003	427/700 (61.0%)	0.002
Pediatric intensivists	1′909/3′099 (61.6%)	61/100 (61.0%)	0.903	427/700 (61.0%)	< 0.001
Surgical intensivists	1′961/2′980 (65.8%)	70/100 (70.0%)	0.384	52/100 (52.0%)	0.004
Medical intensivists	8′080/15′599 (51.8%)	172/300 (57.3%)	0.057	186/300 (62.0%)	< 0.001
Age < 40 years (n, %)
Overall	5′181/21′678 (23.9%)	345/700 (49.3%)	< 0.001	373/700 (53.3%)	< 0.001
Pediatric intensivists	725/3′099 (23.4%)	83/100 (83.0%)	< 0.001	67/100 (67.0%)	< 0.001
Surgical intensivists	790/2′980 (26.5%)	43/100 (43.0%)	< 0.001	54/100 (54.0%)	< 0.001
Medical intensivists	3′666/15′599 (23.5%)	109/300 (36.3%)	< 0.001	152/300 (50.7%)	< 0.001

*Individuals classified as Black, Asian, Hispanic/Latino, Multiracial and Other were categorized as a composite “non-White” group. P values reflect the comparison between the US 2022 physician workforce report data and the respective AI text-to-image models (Midjourney and ChatGPT DALL-E 2) across the different demographic categories