Active specialty physicians share U.S. by age 2021 | Statista

The statistic displays the distribution of active physicians in the United States in 2021, based on specialty and age group. Over 68 percent of physicians specializing in pain medicine and pain management were under 55 years of age.

Distribution of active physicians in the U.S. in 2021, by specialty and age

Characteristic	Under age 55	Age 55 and older
All Specialties	53.3%	46.7%
Allergy and Immunology	49.4%	50.6%
Anatomic/Clinical Pathology	29.1%	70.9%
Anesthesiology	43.1%	56.9%
Cardiovascular Disease	35.1%	64.9%
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry	54.4%	45.6%
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology	73.9%	26.1%
Critical Care Medicine	76.3%	23.7%
Dermatology	55.2%	44.8%
Emergency Medicine	64%	36%
Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism	58.4%	41.6%
Family Medicine/General Practice	51%	49%
Gastroenterology	49.2%	50.8%
General Surgery	49%	51%
Geriatric Medicine	62.4%	37.6%
Hematology and Oncology	55.4%	44.6%
Infectious Disease	56.8%	43.2%
Internal Medicine	51.2%	48.8%
Internal Medicine/Pediatrics	83.3%	16.7%
Interventional Cardiology	83.9%	16.1%
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine	55.4%	44.6%
Nephrology	60.2%	39.8%
Neurological Surgery	51%	49%
Neurology	40.7%	59.3%
Neuroradiology	73.1%	26.9%
Obstetrics and Gynecology	52%	48%
Ophthalmology	46.4%	53.6%
Orthopedic Surgery	39.4%	60.6%
Otolaryngology	49.2%	50.8%
Pain Medicine and Pain Management	68%	32%
Pediatric Anesthesiology (Anesthesiology)	89.4%	10.6%
Pediatric Cardiology	62.3%	37.7%
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine	73.1%	26.9%
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology	66.8%	33.2%
Pediatrics	52.3%	47.7%
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	48.1%	51.9%
Plastic Surgery	43%	57%
Preventive Medicine	28.6%	71.4%
Psychiatry	38.4%	61.6%
Pulmonary Disease	7.6%	92.4%
Radiation Oncology	53.7%	46.3%
Radiology and Diagnostic Radiology	43.6%	56.4%
Rheumatology	54.7%	45.3%
Sports Medicine	91%	9%
Sports Medicine (Orthopedic Surgery)	79.3%	20.7%
Thoracic Surgery	37.3%	62.7%
Urology	46.7%	53.3%
Vascular and Interventional Radiology	73.8%	26.2%
Vascular Surgery	55.6%	44.4%

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Release date

January 2023

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United States

Survey time period

2021

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* Date released represents the date figures were accessed. Excludes 3,844 active physicians whose age is unknown.

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