General Table I. Medicare Beneficiaries: Number of Persons Reimbursed and Persons Reimbursed Per 1,000 Enrollees, by Physician Specialty, and by Age, Sex, Race, and Census Region, 1975 and 1977.

	Number of Persons (thousands)	Persons Receiving Reimbursements Per 1,000 Enrollees
Specialty		U.S. Total	Age					Sex		Race		Census Region
			65-69	70-74	75-79	80-84	85 +	Men	Women	White	Other	NE	NC	South	West
	1975
All Specialties	10,729	492	409	497	531	571	609	468	508	504	419	515	448	476	567
General Practice (GP)	4,769	219	170	217	240	268	301	201	231	223	202	187	191	244	267
Family Practice (FP)	585	27	21	27	29	33	37	25	28	27	26	34	30	25	13
Internal Medicine (IM)	4,740	217	178	225	240	251	252	208	224	224	168	263	180	202	242
Cardiovascular Disease (CD)	674	31	27	31	33	35	35	34	29	32	25	34	30	25	38
Dermatology (DER)	675	31	27	34	34	33	29	32	30	33	12	30	18	33	49
General Surgery (GS)	2,076	95	82	99	100	106	112	94	96	98	75	103	90	95	94
Oto/Laryn/Rhin (OLR)	688	32	27	35	34	35	28	31	32	34	14	36	21	28	49
Ophthalmology (OPH)	2,050	94	66	100	116	120	97	79	104	99	56	123	62	83	126
Orthopedic Surgery (ORS)	960	44	37	44	47	51	55	32	52	47	20	50	33	43	56
Urology (U)	990	45	36	51	51	50	46	72	27	47	32	47	36	48	54
Anesthesiology (AN)	1,087	50	44	52	52	56	53	58	45	52	32	54	45	43	66
Pathology (P)	485	22	19	23	24	26	25	23	22	23	17	9	20	37	18
Radiology (R)	2,905	133	113	138	144	147	155	131	135	137	109	109	122	155	149
Chiropractic (CH)	220	10	11	12	9	8	5	10	10	11	4	9	9	8	18
Podiatry (POD)	855	39	22	34	46	59	82	26	48	40	30	73	21	25	46
Multi-Specialty Group (M)	1,249	57	49	59	63	63	65	57	57	59	51	28	70	54	86
Unknown	623	29	21	27	32	37	43	29	28	30	15	44	40	12	18
All other (residual)	1,914	88	81	92	94	93	82	78	94	91	68	107	70	85	95
	1977
All Specialties	11,934	523	470	518	557	571	603	500	539	533	434	552	486	490	607
General Practice (GP)	4,322	189	158	183	206	220	251	175	199	192	165	162	184	184	253
Family Practice (FP)	1,181	52	44	50	56	58	67	47	55	53	44	51	43	67	37
Internal Medicine (IM)	5,212	228	199	232	250	251	253	220	234	235	173	276	193	209	256
Cardiovascular Disease (CD)	742	33	29	33	36	36	32	37	29	33	27	43	24	28	41
Dermatology (DER)	804	35	33	38	37	34	32	37	34	38	11	34	22	36	58
General Surgery (GS)	2,109	92	84	92	98	101	99	93	92	95	71	102	88	88	95
Oto/Laryn/Rhin (OLR)	761	33	31	36	36	33	28	33	34	35	13	38	24	28	52
Ophthalmology (OPH)	2,414	106	80	113	129	128	104	87	118	111	57	136	74	88	147
Orthopedic Surgery (ORS)	1,056	46	41	45	49	51	57	32	56	49	20	53	37	43	60
Urology (U)	1,072	47	40	50	53	51	45	77	27	49	32	50	38	48	57
Anesthesiology (AN)	1,215	53	49	54	56	56	59	63	47	55	36	59	46	43	75
Pathology (P)	532	23	21	24	25	25	26	24	23	24	16	9	18	40	20
Radiology (R)	3,538	155	140	154	167	167	175	155	155	159	122	136	147	163	182
Chiropractic (CH)	261	11	14	12	12	8	5	11	12	12	3	8	12	8	22
Podiatry (POD)	1,047	46	26	39	52	70	94	30	56	47	33	86	26	26	57
Multi-Specialty Group (M)	1,338	59	53	59	63	64	65	58	59	59	50	35	83	34	101
Unknown	484	21	17	20	23	25	31	21	21	23	11	20	36	11	18
All other (residual)	2,230	98	94	102	103	99	88	90	103	101	70	124	77	87	115