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Table. Publication Data and AAMC Faculty Report Data on Author Gender Representation.

Specialty	Publication Data, %			Data From AAMC Faculty Report, %
Specialty	Women Authors	Women First Authors	Women Last Authors	Women Faculty^a
Data From 2008
Pediatrics	48.6	54.5	37.0	49.5
Obstetrics and gynecology	42.6	50.0	31.0	51.9
Dermatology	41.2	48.9	29.2	44.2
Psychiatry	38.1	42.3	28.3	43.7
Cross-specialty	32.1	31.1	26.0	NA
Internal medicine	35.2	34.2	23.3	34.0
Oncology	37.6	45.0	24.9	NA
Neurology	35.8	38.3	23.6	32.6
Anesthesiology	31.2	33.5	23.7	31.9
Radiology	27.8	31.0	17.7	26.7
Total	36.7	41.3	26.1	37.4
Data From 2017^b^,^c
Pediatrics	50.9	58.6	42.6	57.0
Obstetrics and gynecology	52.1	59.2	44.4	62.1
Dermatology	45.8	51.8	37.4	50.2
Psychiatry	42.0	44.7	34.0	51.4
Cross-specialty	36.2	41.0	36.1	NA
Internal medicine	41.1	42.1	32.1	39.4
Oncology	41.1	46.6	32.7	NA
Neurology	39.1	41.4	28.8	39.6
Anesthesiology	34.7	36.7	26.0	36.2
Radiology	32.5	36.8	25.3	29.4
Total	40.8	45.4	33.4	40.8
Data From 2008-2018
Pediatrics	0.30^d	0.3	0.57^d	NA
Obstetrics and gynecology	0.98^d	1.01^d	1.59^d	NA
Dermatology	0.46^d	0.24	0.89^d	NA
Psychiatry	0.43^d	0.33	0.67^d	NA
Cross-specialty	0.52^d	1.32	1.54^d	NA
Internal medicine	0.65^d	0.70	1.02^d	NA
Oncology	0.38^d	0.25	0.74^d	NA
Neurology	0.34^d	0.16	0.51^d	NA
Anesthesiology	0.41^d	0.21	0.35^e	NA
Radiology	0.52^d	0.53^e	0.87^d	NA

Abbreviations: AAMC, Association of American Medical Colleges; NA, not applicable.

^{^a}

Association of American Medical Colleges, 2008.⁵

^{^b}

Data are shown for 2017 not 2018 because 2017 is the most recent year for which AAMC data are available.

^{^c}

Association of American Medical Colleges, 2017.⁴

^{^d}

P < .001.

^{^e}

P < .01.