As of 2018, the largest distribution of U.S. physicians was between the ages of 55 and 65 years old. At that time about ** percent of physicians fell within this age group. With just **** percent of all physicians, the smallest distribution of U.S. physicians was among those aged 35 years or younger. Data suggests that in the U.S. the average age of medical students is around 24 years old and the average age of matriculants is about **.

U.S. Physician demographics  

It is estimated that one of the best ways to combat aging population health needs is to increase the number of doctors practicing in the U.S. In general, the number of physicians in the U.S. has been on the rise. Every year about 20 thousand new physicians join the U.S. workforce. Despite an increase in the number of physicians the number of active physicians per 10,000 people has remained relatively stagnant in recent years. As of 2019, the specialty with the largest number of physicians was psychiatry, followed by surgery.

Physician compensation  

Physician compensation varies significantly between regions and genders. With graduates owing an average of ******* U.S. dollars in student loans upon graduation, equal compensation has become especially important. However, women in the medical industry make significantly less income than their male counterparts. As of 2019, female physicians earned between ** and ** thousand U.S. dollars less than male physicians. Regionally, there are also significant differences. As of 2018, physicians working in the North Central U.S. had higher annual compensation than those in other areas. Those working in the Northeast had the lowest annual compensation.

A gender wage gap exists among fulltime physicians in the United States, with females earning less than their male counterparts regardless of employment status. In 2018, the largest gender wage gap existed among physicians who were employees, where women earned **** percent less than men. This statistic shows the gender wage gap percentage of U.S. physicians practicing fulltime in 2018, by employment status.

As of April 2025, there were a total of 570,655 specialty physicians active in the United States. Of these, most were specialized in emergency medicine. Physician compensation Significant pay variations exist across specialties and regions, with orthopedic doctors and surgeons command the highest average annual salaries at 564,000 U.S. dollars. Meanwhile, the Midwest region offers the highest average physician compensation at 385,000 U.S. dollars annually. Interestingly, doctors in Northern parts of the United States tend to earn less than their counterparts in other regions. Burnout among physicians Despite high salaries, U.S. physicians face high workload and stress in the workplace. Nearly half of surveyed doctors reported feeling burnout, with higher burnout rates among female doctors, younger physicians, and those in primary care compared to their counterparts. More effort to combat burnout is needed in the healthcare system. Increasing compensation was cited by physicians as the top measure to alleviate burnout, followed by adding support staff and offering more flexible schedules.

Gender differences in personal and professional characteristics among full-time and part-time physicians.

Gender differences in time allocation among full-time physicians.

Background: There is an attrition of women physicians in academic medicine hierarchy. Scholarship in medical journals plays a direct role in career advancement, promotion, and authoritative recognition, and women physician authors are underrepresented in original research articles. Objectives: We sought to determine if women physician authors are similarly underrepresented in commentary articles within high impact journals. Design/Setting/Participants: In this observational study, we abstracted gender, degree, and authorship position from January 1, 2014 to October 16, 2018 among commentary articles in three high impact journals: 1) JAMA Viewpoint; 2) NEJM Perspective; and 3) Annals of Internal Medicine Ideas and Opinions. Primary Outcome Measure: To compare the percentages of authors by gender, degree, authorship position, and journal in commentary articles, and assess for trends over a five-year period. Secondary Outcome Measures: To compare the proportion of men and women physician authorship of commentaries relative to the proportion of men and women physician faculty within academic medicine. To examine the gender concordance between last and first authors. Results: Of the 2,087 articles during the study period, 48% were men physician first authors compared to 17% women physician first authors (p<0.0001). Of the 1,477 articles with more than one author, similar distributions were found with regard to last authors: 55% were men physicians compared to only 12% of women physicians (p<0.0001). The proportion of women physician first authors increased over time, however the proportion of women physician last authors remained stagnant. Women authors in the first and last position were concordant in 9% of articles, men authors in the first and last author position were concordant in 55% of articles. Conclusions: Women physician authors remain underrepresented in commentary articles compared to men physician authors in the first and last author position. The proportion of women first authors was lowest with a women last author.

This statistic depicts the percentage of U.S. adults that research treatment options and then ask their doctors about it, as of 2018, by gender. According to the survey, about 63 percent of women and 58 percent of men researched treatment options and then discussed them with their doctor.

Participant personal and professional characteristics, by gender.

Work life-intersection and perception towards impact on career.

Personal burnout, work burnout, perceived stress, and resiliency in first-year medical students.

General demographics.

In 2018, ** percent of British women and ** percent of men surveyed said they had a lot of trust in doctors and nurses in the United Kingdom. A further ** percent of women said they have some trust in doctors and nurses, while **** percent of Britons overall have not much trust in hospital workers.

Multivariate logistic regression of potential modifiers of career paths, by gender (STEPWISE method).

Multivariate logistic regression of predictors of part-time career paths (STEPWISE method).

Comparisons of characteristics between participants with and without physician diagnosed osteoporosis.

This statistic depicts the results of a survey regarding the share of patients who saw a general practitioner (GP) in Australia in financial year 2018, by age group and gender. It was reported that 98.3 percent of male respondents and 97.1 percent of female respondents in Australia who were 85 years and older visited a general practitioner in that year.

Comparisons of characteristics among participants with osteoporosis or osteopenia diagnosed by BMD and normal people.

The number of samples during the five cycles analyzed in each subgroup.

This statistic shows the results of a survey about sources used and considered useful by female secondary school students when gathering information about sexuality and contraception in Italy in 2018. According to data, the largest group of respondents (**** percent) considered doctors or gynecologists as the most effective information sources, whereas **** percent of female students stated to get helpful information about sexuality and STDs at school.

As of the end of 2020, there were around *** practicing physicians per 100,000 inhabitants in Japan, up from approximately *** in 2018. The total number of physicians engaging in medical care amounted to roughly ***** thousand in 2020. Despite keeping the highest numbers and density of hospitals worldwide, Japan is not included in the list of leading countries when it comes to the count and density of physicians. Japanese hospitals are, therefore, repeatedly said to be suffering from the shortage of physicians and other medical staff.

Profile of physicians

In 2020, the average age of all registered physicians in Japan was **** years old, indicating a constant increase in the last two decades. Of the total, around ** percent were female physicians. Tokushima Prefecture had the highest number of physicians among all ** prefectures, with about ***** physicians available per 100,000 population.

Physicians employed at hospitals

In Japan, medical facilities can be divided into two categories: hospitals and medical clinics. Japanese hospitals have facilities for the admission of ** or more inpatients, while medical clinics provide a smaller scale of services. In 2020, the number of physicians working at hospitals exceeded *** thousand, showing a continuous growth in recent years. In terms of specialty, the highest number of physicians, around ** thousand, were working at internal medicine departments in the hospitals. Roughly **** thousand were specializing in surgery.