This statistic shows the total number of doctors of medicine in the United States from 1949 to 2015. In 1949, there were 201,277 doctors of medicine in the United States. Some 50 years later, the number was around four times as high. In 2015, the exact number of doctors of medicine was 1,085,783.
Total number of doctors of medicine in the U.S. from 1949 to 2015*
Values not included in the pdf version of "Health, United States" were taken from the trend tables.
* Includes MDs engaged in federal and nonfederal patient care (office-based or hospital-based) and other professional activities.
** Estimated by the Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources Administration. Active doctors of medicine (MDs) include those with address unknown and primary specialty not classified.
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