Download Number and percent distribution of physicians by specialty and sex

Number and percent distribution of physicians by specialty and sex, Canada 2015
Specialty
Females
N
%
N
Males
%
1
43.2% 23,016 56.7%
FAMILY MEDICINE/GENERAL PRACTICE17,514
10,747 37.9% 17,543 61.9%
MEDICAL SPECIALISTS
Clinical Specialists
Anesthesiology
Critical Care Medicine
Dermatology
Diagnostic Radiology
Neuroradiology
Emergency Medicine
Paediatric Emergency Medicine
Internal Medicine
General Internal Medicine
Cardiology
Paediatric Cardiology
Clinical Immunology/Allergy
Endocrinology/Metabolism
Gastroenterology
Geriatric Medicine
Haematology
Paediatric Hematology
Infectious Diseases
Medical Oncology
Nephrology
Respirology
Rheumatology
Medical Genetics
Neurology
Nuclear Medicine
Occupational Medicine
Paediatrics
Adolescent Medicine
Developmental Paediatrics
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Physical Med/Rehab
Psychiatry
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Forensic Psychiatry
Geriatric Psychiatry
Public Health & Preventative Medicine
Radiation Oncology
10,051
996
92
274
750
0
216
34
3,155
907
268
2
76
294
219
147
190
17
129
227
248
232
199
58
296
55
17
1,442
8
6
23
163
1,796
151
43
56
233
187
37.8% 16,508 62.1%
30.8% 2,230 69.0%
26.2%
259
73.8%
46.3%
317
53.5%
30.5% 1,706 69.3%
0.0%
6
100.0%
26.6%
597
73.4%
72.3%
13
27.7%
35.2% 5,812 64.8%
31.7% 1,949 68.2%
19.6% 1,099 80.4%
28.6%
5
71.4%
40.4%
112
59.6%
56.8%
224
43.2%
28.6%
545
71.2%
56.3%
114
43.7%
46.0%
223
54.0%
68.0%
8
32.0%
43.1%
169
56.5%
43.9%
290
56.1%
38.3%
398
61.5%
32.6%
477
67.1%
50.0%
199
50.0%
61.7%
36
38.3%
31.2%
650
68.5%
19.6%
225
80.4%
29.8%
40
70.2%
56.9% 1,088 43.0%
66.7%
4
33.3%
75.0%
2
25.0%
54.8%
19
45.2%
36.1%
289
63.9%
42.8% 2,397 57.1%
59.4%
102
40.2%
37.7%
71
62.3%
54.9%
46
45.1%
47.6%
253
51.7%
35.0%
346
64.8%
Unknown
Canada
N
%
41
0.1%
40,571 100.0%
30
30
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0
1
4
0
0
0
7
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
0
0
3
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
3
1
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.6%
0.2%
28,320
26,589
3,230
351
592
2,460
6
813
47
8,974
2,858
1,367
7
188
518
765
261
413
25
299
517
647
711
398
94
949
280
57
2,533
12
8
42
452
4,196
254
114
102
489
534
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100.0%
Specialty
Laboratory Medicine Specialists
Anatomical Pathology
Gen/Clinical Pathology
Hematological Pathology
Medical Biochemistry
Medical Microbiology
Neuropathology
Surgical Specialists
Cardiac Surgery
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Colorectal Surgery
General Surgery
General Surgical Oncology
Paediatric General Surgery
Vascular Surgery
Neurosurgery
Ob/Gyn
Gynecologic Oncology
Gynecologic Reproductive
Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Ophthalmology
Otolaryngology
Orthopedic Surgery
Plastic Surgery
Urology
All Specialists
Medical Scientists
All Physicians
Females
N
%
696
393
102
33
29
129
10
2,553
10
14
15
5
452
5
30
25
31
1,101
15
9
36
298
152
167
123
65
13,300
N
Males
%
40.2% 1,035
42.9%
523
34.2%
196
41.8%
46
29.9%
68
43.4%
168
22.7%
34
26.2% 7,195
7.9%
117
10.9%
115
14.0%
92
33.3%
10
24.2% 1,413
33.3%
10
38.0%
49
12.3%
179
9.9%
283
55.1%
894
68.2%
7
64.3%
5
78.3%
10
24.4%
923
20.7%
581
10.6% 1,408
20.5%
476
9.4%
623
34.9% 24,738
59.8%
57.1%
65.8%
58.2%
70.1%
56.6%
77.3%
73.8%
92.1%
89.1%
86.0%
66.7%
75.6%
66.7%
62.0%
87.7%
90.1%
44.8%
31.8%
35.7%
21.7%
75.6%
79.3%
89.3%
79.5%
90.6%
65.0%
0
0.0%
12
100.0%
30,814 39.2% 47,766 60.7%
Unknown
0
0
0
0
0
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0
0
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0
0
0
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2
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0
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1
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0
77
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0.0%
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0.2%
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0.1%
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0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
Canada
N
%
1,731
916
298
79
97
297
44
9,754
127
129
107
15
1,868
15
79
204
314
1,997
22
14
46
1,221
733
1,576
599
688
38,074
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100.0%
12
100.0%
78,657 100.0%
Note: Excludes residents and physicians over age 80; includes non-clinicians licensed to practice
Counts for highlighted specialties had been included within the counts of other related specialties for years prior to 2014.
1
Includes non-certified specialists
Source: CMA Masterfile, January 2015, Canadian Medical Association