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Table 7. Gender and Ethnic Background of Surgical Residents Beginning a Residency Program in the 1994-1995 and 1995-1996 Academic Years

	Caucasian (n)		Asian* (n)		African American and Native American (n)		Hispanic† (n)		Other/Unknown (n)		Total (n)
Surgial specialty	1994- 1995	1995- 1996	1994- 1995	1995- 1996	1994- 1995	1995- 1996	1994- 1995	1995- 1996	1994- 1995	1995- 1996	1994- 1995	1995- 1996
General surgery
Men	1,074	909	337	327	81	84	76	78	120	156	1,688	1,554
Women	247	226	78	62	32	31	19	11	30	43	406	373
Total	1,321	1,135	415	389	113	115	95	89	150	199	2,094	1,927
Neurological surgery
Men	79	77	24	13	4	6	3	4	28	27	138	127
Women	11	8	0	4	0	1	0	0	3	4	14	17
Total	90	85	24	17	4	7	3	4	31	31	152	144
Obstetrics and gynecology
Men	330	297	62	74	43	35	38	29	22	44	495	479
Women	496	449	99	108	67	72	27	31	36	72	725	732
Total	826	746	161	182	110	107	65	60	58	116	1,220	1,211
Opthalmology
Men	245	213	71	64	6	8	11	14	5	45	338	344
Women	88	64	30	32	14	8	4	5	1	14	137	123
Total	333	277	101	96	20	16	15	19	6	59	475	467
Orthopaedic surgery
Men	383	352	58	49	20	16	7	15	41	107	509	539
Women	36	30	4	2	2	2	0	1	2	9	44	44
Total	419	382	62	51	22	18	7	16	43	116	553	583
Otolaryngology
Men	116	146	25	30	8	6	5	3	21	35	175	220
Women	26	26	8	8	2	1	0	1	2	5	38	41
Total	142	172	33	38	10	7	5	4	23	40	213	261
Plastic surgery
Men	141	132	13	20	3	5	5	11	4	12	166	180
Women	29	18	4	7	4	3	2	0	2	3	41	31
Total	170	150	17	27	17	8	7	11	6	15	207	211
Urology
Men	154	129	36	34	6	7	10	5	25	30	231	205
Women	19	14	6	1	1	1	3	0	1	2	30	18
Total	173	143	42	35	7	8	13	5	26	32	261	223
Colon and rectal surgery
Men	21	31	11	3	1	1	1	2	11	9	48	46
Women	1	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	2	5	8
Total	25	36	11	4	1	1	2	2	14	11	53	54
Pediatric surgery
Men	20	19	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	26	25
Women	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	22	21	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	28	27
Surgical critical care
Men	28	39	10	1	1	6	2	4	8	4	49	54
Women	7	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	1	11	13
Total	35	48	12	3	1	7	2	4	10	5	60	67
Thoracic surgery
Men	106	107	21	13	2	7	2	11	5	6	136	144
Women	8	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	9	6
Total	114	112	22	13	2	8	2	11	5	6	145	150
Vascular surgery
Men	59	52	6	7	3	2	1	1	1	3	70	65
Women	9	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	10	7
Total	68	57	6	7	3	2	2	1	1	5	80	72
Total	3,738	3,363	910	865	301	305	218	226	374	637	5,541	5,397

* Asian, Pacific Islander, Indian, Middle Eastern (1995).
† Mexican American, Puerto Rican, or other Hispanic.

From the American College of Surgeons Surgical Resident Masterfile and the Medical Education Research and Information Database, 1996, American Medical Association, Chicago, IL, with permission.

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