Here are statistics on the distribution of active physicians in patient care by specialty for 2005, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2008-09 citing the American Medical Association’s Physician Characteristics and Distribution in the US, 2007.
Internal medicine — 15.0 percent
Family medicine and general practice — 12.3 percent
Surgical specialties — 10.8 percent
Pediatrics — 7.5 percent
Obstetrics and gynecology — 5.5 percent
Anesthesiology — 5.2 percent
Psychiatry — 5.1 percent
All other specialties — 38.5 percent
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2008-09.
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