Table 7. Primary specialty choices among Sub-Saharan African migrant physicians appearing in the US physician workforce in 2011.
| Top 20 Primary Specialties | SSA-IMGsa | SSA-USMGsa | Other IMGsa | Total | ||||
| n | Women (%) | n | Women (%) | n | Women (%) | n | Women (%) | |
| Internal medicine | 2,037 | 523 (25.7%) | 362 | 151 (41.7%) | 255 | 73 (28.6%) | 2,654 | 747 (28.1%) |
| Family medicine | 648 | 248 (38.3%) | 193 | 80 (41.5%) | 161 | 63 (39.1%) | 1,002 | 391 (39%) |
| Pediatrics | 662 | 343 (51.8%) | 105 | 79 (75.2%) | 82 | 41 (50%) | 849 | 463 (54.5%) |
| Psychiatry | 345 | 89 (25%) | 44 | 22 (50%) | 75 | 16 (21.3%) | 464 | 127 (27.4%) |
| Obstetrics and gynecology | 208 | 39 (18.8%) | 207 | 104 (50.2%) | 37 | 10 (27%) | 452 | 153 (33.8%) |
| Anesthesiology | 275 | 50 (18.2%) | 99 | 30 (30.3%) | 58 | 12 (20.7%) | 432 | 92 (21.3%) |
| General surgery | 143 | 4 (2.8%) | 130 | 29 (22.3%) | 35 | 2 (5.7%) | 308 | 35 (11.4%) |
| Cardiovascular disease | 194 | 12 (6.2%) | 57 | 10 (17.5%) | 55 | 6 (10.9%) | 306 | 28 (9.2%) |
| Nephrology | 157 | 24 (15.3%) | 35 | 13 (37.1%) | 24 | 3 (12.5%) | 216 | 40 (18.5%) |
| Diagnostic radiology | 118 | 18 (15.3%) | 46 | 11 (23.9%) | 26 | 5 (19.2%) | 190 | 34 (17.9%) |
| Infectious disease | 137 | 30 (21.9%) | 30 | 20 (66.7%) | 18 | 5 (27.8%) | 185 | 55 (29.7%) |
| Gastroenterology | 124 | 8 (6.5%) | 24 | 5 (20.8%) | 27 | 2 (7.4%) | 175 | 15 (8.6%) |
| Emergency medicine | 50 | 3 (6%) | 102 | 32 (31.4%) | 16 | 2 (12.5%) | 168 | 37 (22%) |
| Neurology | 86 | 11 (12.8%) | 23 | 7 (30.4%) | 32 | 4 (12.5%) | 141 | 22 (15.6%) |
| Neonatal-perinatal medicine | 114 | 36 (31.6%) | 9 | 6 (66.7%) | 12 | 2 (16.7%) | 135 | 44 (32.6%) |
| Anatomic/clinical pathology | 96 | 33 (34.4%) | 16 | 4 (25%) | 15 | 8 (53.3%) | 127 | 45 (35%) |
| Pulmonary critical care medicine | 92 | 4 (4.3%) | 19 | 7 (36.8%) | 7 | 2 (28.6%) | 118 | 13 (11%) |
| Ophthalmology | 41 | 7 (17.1%) | 52 | 19 (36.5%) | 12 | 0 | 105 | 26 (24.8%) |
| Hematology/oncology | 79 | 16 (20.3%) | 9 | 3 (33.3%) | 13 | 4 (30%) | 101 | 23 (22.8%) |
| Endocrinology diabetes and metabolism | 78 | 19 (24.4%) | 14 | 8 (57.1%) | 8 | 3 (37.5%) | 100 | 30 (30%) |
| Subtotal | 5,684 | 1,517 (26.7%) | 1,576 | 640 (40.6%) | 968 | 263 (27.2%) | 8,228 | 2,420 (29.4%) |
| Other (n>130 specialties and sub-specialties) | 1,204 | 266 (22.1%) | 439 | 106 (24.2%) | 208 | 48 (23.1%) | 1,851 | 421 (22.7%) |
| Total records with specialty information | 6,888 | 1,786 (25.9%) | 2,015 | 746 (37%) | 1,176 | 311 (26.4%) | 10,079 | 2,841 (28.2%) |
Data source: American Medical Association [115].
a
SSA-IMGs, sub-Saharan African-trained medical graduates; SSA-USMGs, US-trained medical graduates born in sub-Saharan Africa; Other IMGs, sub-Saharan African-born internationals medical graduates trained outside sub-Saharan Africa.