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TABLE 210. FIRST-YEAR AND TOTAL ENROLLMENTS IN AND GRADUATES FROM SCHOOLS OF ALLOPATHIC MEDICINE BY GENDER, ACADEMIC YEARS: 1975-76 TO 2001-02
ACADEMIC YEAR
NUMBER
OF
SCHOOLS
FIRST-YEAR ENROLLMENTS
TOTAL ENROLLMENTS
GRADUATES
TOTAL
WOMEN
PERCENT
WOMEN
TOTAL
WOMEN
PERCENT
WOMEN
TOTAL
WOMEN
PERCENT
WOMEN
1975-76
114
 15,295 3,647 23.8 55,818 11,417 20.5 13,634 2,212 16.2
1976-77
116
 15,613 3,858 24.7 57,765 12,954 22.4 13,614 2,613 19.2
1977-78
122
 16,136 4,130 25.6 60,039 14,218 23.7 14,391 3,085 21.4
1978-79
125
 16,501 4,162 25.2 62,213 15,102 24.3 14,784 3,445 23.3
1979-80 1/
126
 16,930 4,713 27.8 63,800 16,141 25.3 15,113 3,497 23.1
1980-81 1/
126
 17,186 4,966 28.9 65,189 17,248 26.5 15,632 3,898 24.9
1981-82
126
 17,268 5,317 30.8 66,298 18,505 27.9 16,012 3,991 24.9
1982-83
127
 17,254 5,462 31.7 66,748 19,597 29.4 15,802 4,232 26.8
1983-84
127
 17,150 5,653 33.0 67,327 20,635 30.6 16,343 4,632 28.3
1984-85
127
 16,997 5,715 33.6 67,016 21,316 31.8 16,318 4,904 30.1
1985-86
127
 16,963 5,800 34.2 66,585 21,650 32.5 16,117 4,957 30.8
1986-87
127
 16,819 5,894 35.0 66,125 22,100 33.4 15,830 5,107 32.3
1987-88
127
 16,713 6,098 36.5 65,735 22,544 34.3 15,919 5,215 32.8
1988-89
127
 16,868 6,254 37.1 65,300 22,985 35.2 15,630 5,221 33.4
1989-90
127
 16,756 6,414 38.3 65,016 23,513 36.2 15,398 5,231 34.0
1990-91
126
 16,876 6,550 38.8 65,163 24,286 37.3 15,427 5,553 36.0
1991-92
126
 17,071 6,804 39.9 65,602 24,962 38.1 15,356 5,543 36.1
1992-93
126
 17,079 7,158 41.9 65,575 25,745 39.3 15,475 5,890 38.1
1993-94
126
 17,121 7,230 42.2 66,175 26,582 40.2 15,507 5,896 38.0
1994-95
125
 17,085 7,212 42.2 66,788 27,359 41.0 15,883 6,228 39.2
1995-96
125
 17,058 7,363 43.2 66,942 27,926 41.7 15,891 6,498 40.9
1996-97
125
 16,935 7,271 42.9 66,926 28,165 42.1 15,894 6,595 41.5
1997-98
125
 16,867 7,333 43.5 66,896 28,399 42.5 15,968 6,656 41.7
1998-99 2/
125
16,790 7,450 44.4 66,539 28,642 43.0 16,008 6,794 42.4
1999-2000
125
16,856
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 66,377 29,124 43.9 15,712 6,677 42.5
2000-01
125
16,699 7,659 45.9 66,160 29,535 44.6 15,778 6,823 43.2
2001-02
125
16,875 8,039 47.6 66,253 30,281 45.7
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1/ Total enrollment for 1979-80 and 1980-81 include 22 and 55 students, repectively for whom gender is unknown.
2/ First-year enrollments and women first-year enrollments are from the Journal of Medical Education, September 1999.

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