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TABLE 205. APPLICANTS TO SCHOOLS OF ALLOPATHIC MEDICINE BY GENDER, ACADEMIC YEARS: 1975-76 TO 2001-02
ACADEMIC YEAR
NUMBER OF
APPLICANTS
MEN
WOMEN
PERCENT
WOMEN
1975-76 42,303 1/ 32,630 9,617 22.7
1976-77 42,155   31,911 10,244 24.3
1977-78 40,569   30,374 10,195 25.1
1978-79 36,636   27,075 9,561 26.1
1979-80 36,141   25,919 10,222 28.3
1980-81 36,100   25,436 10,664 29.5
1981-82 36,727   25,054 11,673 31.8
1982-83 35,730   24,045 11,685 32.7
1983-84 35,200   23,239 11,961 34.0
1984-85 35,944   23,468 12,476 34.7
1985-86 32,893   21,331 11,562 35.2
1986-87 31,323   20,056 11,267 36.0
1987-88 28,123   17,712 10,411 37.0
1988-89 26,721   16,457 10,264 38.4
1989-90 26,915   16,369 10,546 39.2
1990-91 29,243   17,458 11,785 40.3
1991-92 33,301   19,601 13,700 41.1
1992-93 37,402   21,784 15,618 41.8
1993-94 42,806   24,849 17,957 41.9
1994-95 45,360   26,393 18,967 41.8
1995-96 46,586   26,810 19,776 42.5
1996-97 46,965   26,937 20,028 42.6
1997-98 43,016   24,745 18,271 42.5
1998-99 40,996   23,211 17,785 43.4
1999-2000 38,443   21,048 17,395 45.2
2000-01 37,089   19,816 17,273 46.6
2001-02 34,859   18,142 16,717 48.0

1/ Includes 56 students for whom gender information was not available.

SOURCE: Association of American Medical Colleges, AAMC Data Book, Statistical InformationRelated to Medical Education, January 2002. Washington, DC, 2002.