Table III.
Distribution of dermatology practice based on sex
| Region/year | Nationwide |
Northeast |
Midwest |
South |
West |
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| 2012 | 2017 | Change % | 2012 | 2017 | Change % | 2012 | 2017 | Change % | 2012 | 2017 | Change % | 2012 | 2017 | Change % | |
| Solo practice | |||||||||||||||
| Number of male dermatologists % | 945, 65% | 867, 61% | −8 | 205, 65% | 199, 60% | −3 | 199, 63% | 175, 57% | −12 | 326, 67% | 277, 60% | −15 | 207, 67% | 205, 66% | −1 |
| Number of female dermatologists % | 501, 35% | 560, 39% | +12 | 111, 35% | 131, 40% | +18 | 117, 37% | 131, 43% | +12 | 162, 33% | 184, 40% | +14 | 101, 33% | 106, 34% | +5 |
| Group practice | |||||||||||||||
| Number of male dermatologists % | 5000, 58% | 4872, 54% | −2 | 1327, 56% | 1282, 52% | −4 | 1172, 58% | 1082, 51% | −8 | 2133, 59% | 2138, 55% | +0.2 | 1413, 61% | 1363, 55% | −4 |
| Number of female dermatologists % | 3928, 42% | 4704, 46% | +20 | 1043, 44% | 1183, 48% | +13 | 848, 42% | 1039, 49% | +22 | 1483, 41% | 1749, 45% | +18 | 903, 39% | 1116, 45% | +24 |
| Group diversity | |||||||||||||||
| Mixed | 1302, 69% | 1432, 71% | +10 | 282, 70% | 291, 71% | +3 | 244, 68% | 273, 70% | +12 | 485, 70% | 547, 72% | +13 | 284, 68% | 316, 73% | +11 |
| All-female | 177, 9% | 222, 11% | +25 | 43, 11% | 51, 12% | +18 | 35, 10% | 51, 13% | +46 | 66, 9% | 75, 10% | +14 | 30, 7% | 41, 9% | +37 |
| All-male | 409, 22% | 351, 18% | −14 | 75, 19% | 68, 17% | −9 | 81, 22% | 67, 17% | −17 | 148, 21% | 134, 18% | −9 | 102, 24% | 80, 18% | −21 |