The percentage of physicians age 55 or older among the following specialties is particularly high:
1. Pulmonology: 73 percent
2. Psychiatry: 60 percent
3. Noninvasive cardiology: 54 percent
4. Orthopedic surgery: 52 percent
5. Urology: 48 percent
6. Ophthalmology: 48 percent
7. General surgery: 48 percent
8. Gastroenterology: 45 percent
9. Anesthesiology: 44 percent
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