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Table 9. Gender and Ethnic Background of 1995 and 1996 Graduates


  Caucasian (n) Asian* (n) African American and Native American (n) Hispanic† (n) Other/Unknown (n) Total (n)
 





Surgial specialty 1995 1996 1995 1996 1995 1996 1995 1996 1995 1996 1995 1996
General surgery
  Men 664 628 88 90 34 35 47 57 25 30 858 840
  Women 120 132 19 9 9 6 3 8 2 3 153 158
  Total 784 760 107 99 43 41 50 65 27 33 1,011 998
Neurological surgery                        
  Men 92 107 10 11 3 8 3 2 10 8 118 136
  Women  9 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 13 7
  Total 101 113 12 11 4 8 3 2 11 9 131 143
Obstetrics and gynecology                        
  Men 403 421 65 42 37 22 44 35 9 19 558 539
  Women 464 469 55 73 73 68 24 35 14 10 630 655
  Total 867 890 120 115 110 90 68 70 23 29 1,188 1,194
Opthalmology                        
  Men 290 270 53 60 13 12 10 17 8 6 374 365
  Women 83 84 28 22 6 8 11 4 4 1 132 119
  Total 373 354 81 82 19 20 21 21 12 7 506 484
Orthopaedic surgery                        
  Men 536 490 23 26 12 18 12 14 25 16 608 564
  Women 23 32 3 2 0 6 0 2 1 1 27 43
  Total 559 522 26 28 12 24 12 16 26 17 635 607
Otolaryngology                        
  Men 207 200 27 20 3 3 8 1 9 6 254 230
  Women 25 32 2 6 1 2 0 2 0 1 28 43
  Total 232 232 29 26 4 5 8 3 9 7 282 273
Plastic surgery                         
  Men 163 150 18 9 7 2 3 5 4 4 195 170
  Women 20 27 3 3 0 4 0 2 1 0 24 36
  Total 183 177 21 12 7 6 3 7 5 4 218 206
Urology                        
  Men 198 190 24 23 6 8 12 5 2 9 242 235
  Women 11 13 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 14 14
  Total 209 203 25 23 7 8 12 6 3 9 256 249
Colon and rectal surgery                        
  Men 26 32 11 2 1 1 3 2 9 9 50 46
  Women 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 4 8
  Total 27 37 11 3 1 1 4 2 11 11 54 54
Pediatric surgery                         
  Men 17 21 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 21 25
  Women 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 1
  Total 21 22 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 26 26
Surgical critical care                         
  Men 33 37 8 3 1 4 2 3 6 6 50 53
  Women 9 8 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 12 12
  Total 42 45 10 5 1 5 2 3 7 7 62 65
Thoracic surgery                        
  Men 93 115 24 19 4 1 4 6 6 3 131 144
  Women 5 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 4
  Total 98 118 25 20 4 1 5 6 6 3 138 148
Vascular surgery                         
  Men 51 60 11 5 3 3 3 1 3 2 71 71
  Women 6 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 5
  Total 57 64 11 5 3 3 5 1 3 3 79 76
Total 3,553 3,537 479 432 218 213 193 202 144 139 4,587 4,523

* 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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