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TABLE 209. GRADUATES FROM SCHOOLS OF ALLOPATHIC MEDICINE BY RACE AND ETHNICITY, ACADEMIC YEARS: 1978-79 TO 2000-01
ACADEMIC YEAR
TOTAL
TOTAL
MINORITIES 1/
UNDERREPRESENTED
MINORITIES 2/
BLACK
HISPANIC
NATIVE
AMERICAN 3/
ASIAN/
PACIFIC
ISLANDER
OTHER/
UNKNOWN 4/
WHITE
NUMBER
PERCENT
1978-79 14,784 1,632 1,062 7.2 760 445 49 378 524 12,628
1979-80 15,113 1,675 1,066 7.1 768 462 33 412 650 12,788
1980-81 15,632 1,795 1,086 6.9 766 530 43 456 636 13,201
1981-82 16,012 1,946 1,107 6.9 763 610 45 528 240 13,826
1982-83 15,802 2,241 1,231 7.8 883 719 45 594 57 13,504
1983-84 16,343 2,319 1,191 7.3 818 763 59 679 20 14,004
1984-85 16,318 2,450 1,224 7.5 828 807 65 750 80 13,788
1985-86 16,117 2,573 1,195 7.4 824 791 49 909 131 13,413
1986-87 15,830 2,595 1,190 7.5 820 765 63 947 91 13,144
1987-88 15,919 2,843 1,261 7.9 850 825 58 1,119 74 13,002
1988-89 15,630 2,975 1,247 8.0 821 856 57 1,241 49 12,606
1989-90 15,398 3,178 1,268 8.2 874 819 52 1,433 145 12,075
1990-91 15,427 3,483 1,326 8.6 918 832 46 1,687 152 11,792
1991-92 15,356 3,607 1,233 8.0 817 845 60 1,885 193 11,556
1992-93 15,475 3,840 1,331 8.6 910 825 69 2,036 207 11,428
1993-94 15,507 4,193 1,346 8.7 930 857 68 2,338 241 11,073
1994-95 15,883 4,460 1,387 8.7 934 886 61 2,579 281 11,142
1995-96 15,891 4,654 1,598 10.1 1,015 991 102 2,546 289 10,948
1996-97 15,894 4,707 1,665 10.5 1,114 941 114 2,538 220 10,967
1997-98 15,968 5,190 1,857 11.6 1,192 1,035 131 2,832 225 10,553
1998-99 16,008 5,351 1,843 11.5 1,165 1,068 129 2,989 146 10,511
1999-2000 15,712 5,146 1,796 11.4 1,117 1,047 134 2,848 120 10,446
2000-01 15,778 5,260 1,680 10.6 1,090 947 103 3,120 173 10,345

1/ Includes Black Americans, Native Americans, Hispanics and Asian/Pacific Islanders.
2/ Includes Black Americans, Native Americans, Mainland Puerto Ricans and Mexican Americans. Underrepresented minorities include only U.S. citizens and aliens with permanent residence. Prior to 1981 only U.S. citizens were included.
3/ In 1997 the category "Native American" was redefined to include American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians. Prior to 1997 this category included only American Indians and Alaska Natives.
4/ Includes other Minorities, Foreign Students and Students for whom race is unspecified.

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