This statistic shows the results of a survey regarding U.S. physicians' average annual compensation, as of 2024, by race and ethnicity. According to the survey, white/Caucasian physicians earned an average annual income of ******* U.S. dollars, much higher than ******* U.S. dollars earned on average by African American/Black doctors.

As of 2019, Hispanic/Latinx and Black American physicians made up 8 and 7 percent respectively of all family medicine physicians in the United States. This means that these minorities are clearly underrepresented since they make up significantly larger shares within the total U.S. population.

This statistic shows the number of times adults in the U.S. went to the doctor for a check-up in the past year as of February 2017, by ethnicity. It was found that 20 percent or Black or African American respondents and 19 percent of Hispanic American or Latino respondents had no check-ups with a doctor in the past year.

In 2023, 85 percent of Black women in the United States reported that their doctor or healthcare provider explained things in a way they could understand every time or most of the time during visits in the past three years. Additionally, more than three-quarters reported that their doctors involved them in decision-making about their care and understood and respected their cultural values and beliefs.

As of August 2023, some ** percent of Black U.S. adults mentioned that they only sometimes trust doctors or other health care providers. While a further three percent mentioned that they do not trust health care providers. However, nearly seven out of ten U.S. adults across all racial groups indicated that they trust doctors and other health care providers all or most of the time to do what is right for them and their community.

A 2021 survey revealed that a third of Black individuals in the U.S. preferred having a Black doctor for their routine care. However, most respondents stated that having a Black physician made no difference to them.

This statistic shows the number of times adults in the U.S. went to the doctor for acute treatment in the past year as of February 2017, by ethnicity. It was found that 24 percent of Black or African respondents went to the doctor up to three times for acute treatments in the past twelve months.

This statistic shows the results of a survey conducted in the United States in February 2017, by ethnicity. U.S. adults were asked how much pressure from the pharma industry they believe physicians are under to prescribe certain drugs to their patients. In total, 21 percent of Black or African American respondents felt that the pressure from the pharmaceutical industry on doctors is very high.

In 2023, 38 percent of Black immigrant adults in the U.S. reported they have been treated differently or unfairly by a doctor or other health care provider due to their racial or ethnic background. This statistic represents the share of immigrant adults who stated that since coming to the U.S., a doctor or health provider has treated them differently or unfairly as of 2023, by race.

This statistic shows the percentage of adults in the U.S. who visited select doctors for check-ups as of February 2017, by gender. It was found that only ** percent of African American respondents went to a general practitioner for check-ups, compared to ** percent of White respondents.

In the academic year of 2020/21, about 690 doctoral degrees were earned by American Indian or Alaskan Native students in the United States. In that year, a further 23,479 non-resident aliens earned doctoral degrees in the U.S.

The current healthcare spending per capita in South Africa was forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2029 by in total 68.9 U.S. dollars (+13.1 percent). After the sixth consecutive increasing year, the spending is estimated to reach 594.67 U.S. dollars and therefore a new peak in 2029. Depicted here is the average per capita spending, in a given country or region, with regards to healthcare. The spending refers to the average current spending of both governments and consumers per inhabitant.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in up to 150 countries and regions worldwide. All indicators are sourced from international and national statistical offices, trade associations and the trade press and they are processed to generate comparable data sets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).Find more key insights for the current healthcare spending per capita in countries like Lesotho and Botswana.