The primary data sources for this report include the American Medical Association 2011 Physician Masterfile, population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau and the AAMC/AMA National Graduate Medical Education Census.
Here are the top five specialties with the highest percentages of active physicians, aged 55 years and older, in 2010:
Preventive medicine — 62.4 percent
Anatomic/clinical pathology — 57.3 percent
Psychiatry — 56.7 percent
Thoracic surgery — 51.6 percent
Cardiovascular disease — 50.6 percent
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