Table 2.
Proportion of female physicians (FP) by medical disciplines and year
| Absolute number all gender (percentage female) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radiology | Surgery | Urology | Gynecology | Pediatrics | ||||||
| 2007/8 | 2017/18 | 2007/8 | 2017/18 | 2007/8 | 2017/18 | 2007/8 | 2017/18 | 2007/8 | 2017/18 | |
| US | 27,550 (20.8) | 34,793 (23.4) | 65,796 (8.8) | 67,395 (13.0) | 9915 (4.7) | 9917 (8.7) | 39,665 (43.2) | 41,619 (57.0) | 54,016 (55.4) | 63,902 (61.7) |
| DE | 6661 (31.1) | 8663 (35.6) | 29,325 (14.9) | 37,422 (20.8) | 4995 (11.0) | 6006 (17.1) | 16,042 (54.1) | 18,525 (67.7) | 11,881 (51.7) | 14,851 (59.3) |
| UK | 3392 (34.6) | 4495 (38.3) | 15,210 (22.8) | 17,102 (25.4) | 1612 (20.4) | 1964 (23.1) | 5426 (58.6) | 6285 (66.6) | 7625 (57.5) | 8891 (63.8) |
| CA | 3392 (25.5) | 2558 (31.8) | 4279 (11.9) | 4491 (22.7) | 604 (5.6) | 709 (10.7) | 1714 (42.9) | 2223 (59.8) | 2228 (48.2) | 2598 (59.8) |
| FR | 7829 (29.5) | 8844 (34.8) | 9024 (8.2) | 10,845 (15.7) | 767 (2.7) | 1297 (6.3) | 7321 (52.3) | 7836 (58.7) | 6847 (60.4) | 8844 (63.9) |
| JP | N/A | 9700 (24.2) | N/A | 39,945 (8.9) | 7483 (3.3) | 8828 (7.1) | N/A | 16,809 (37.2) | 12,550 (31.2) | 22,314 (36.3) |
| Bold print: Percentage of FP over 50%. Abbreviations: CA, Canada; DE, Germany; FP, female physicians; FR, France; JP, Japan; UK, United Kingdom; US, United States of America. | ||||||||||