| TABLE 219. ESTIMATED PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF PRACTICING PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS BY SPECIALTY SELECTED YEARS: 1984-2000 1/ |
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| Specialty | 1984 |
1989 |
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Primary care | 55.8 | 49.3 | 45.0 | 43.6 | 42.8 | 50.8 | 49.9 | 51.0 | 50.0 | 47.9 |
| Family medicine 2/ | 42.5 | 37.9 | 33.0 | 31.3 | 31.4 | 39.8 | 38.4 | 39.6 | 38.0 | 36.5 |
| General internal medicine | 9.2 | 7.8 | 9.0 | 9.9 | 8.9 | 8.3 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 9.2 | 8.8 |
| Pediatrics | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| Non primary care | 44.2 | 50.7 | 55.0 | 56.4 | 57.2 | 49.2 | 50.1 | 49.0 | 50.0 | 52.1 |
| Obstetrics/gynecology | 3.1 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
| Surgical subspecialties 3/ | 9.0 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.8 | 8.8 | 15.7 | 16.3 | 16.8 | 17.4 |
| General surgery | 9.2 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 9.2 | 8.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| Internal med subspecialties | 4.8 | 3.8 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 7.1 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.9 | 8.1 |
| Pediatric Subspecialties | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| Emergency medicine | 6.4 | 6.2 | 7.0 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 10.3 | 9.8 | 9.5 | 9.9 | 9.7 |
| Orthopedics | 4.1 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 6.9 | -- |
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| Occupational medicine | 4.1 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
| Other specialties 4/ | 3.5 | 10.3 | 8.0 | 8.9 | 8.3 | 6.9 | 7.9 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.5 |
1/ Practicing
Physician Assistants are estimated at 85% of total graduates. SOURCE: American Academy of Physician Assistants. (www.aapa.org/research/clinprac2002.html)
2/ Includes General medicine.
3/ Beginning in 1997 includes Orthopedics
4/ Includes Correctional medicine, Neurology, Geriatric medicine, Psychiatry,
and Industrial medicine.