Active specialty physicians share U.S. by age 2019

The statistic displays the distribution of active physicians in the United States in 2019, based on specialty and age group. Over 69 percent of physicians specializing in pain medicine and pain management were under 55 years of age.

Distribution of active physicians in the U.S. in 2019, by specialty and age

Characteristic	Under age 55	Age 55 and older
All specialties	55.1%	44.9%
Allergy & immunology	48.5%	51.5%
Anatomic/clinical pathology	32.3%	67.7%
Anesthesiology	45.5%	54.5%
Cardiovascular disease	37.2%	62.8%
Child & adolescent psychiatry	55.8%	44.2%
Critical care medicine	79.3%	20.7%
Dermatology	55.7%	44.3%
Emergency medicine	65.1%	34.9%
Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism	59%	41%
Family medicine/general practice	53%	47%
Gastroenterology	50.5%	49.5%
General surgery	52.5%	47.5%
Geriatric medicine	65.4%	34.6%
Hematology & oncology	56.7%	43.3%
Infectious disease	58.9%	41.1%
Internal medicine	54.1%	45.9%
Internal medicine/pediatrics	87.7%	12.3%
Interventional cardiology	86.9%	13.1%
Neonatal-perinatal medicine	56.7%	43.3%
Nephrology	62.7%	37.3%
Neurological surgery	53.7%	46.3%
Neurology	44.1%	55.9%
Neuroradiology	76.6%	23.4%
Obstetrics & gynecology	54.6%	45.4%
Ophthalmology	48.9%	51.1%
Orthopedic surgery	42.9%	57.1%
Otolaryngology	51.7%	48.3%
Pain medicine & pain management	69.4%	30.6%
Pediatric cardiology	64.3%	35.7%
Pediatric hematology/oncology	69%	31%
Pediatrics	55.5%	44.5%
Physical medicine & rehabilitation	52.3%	47.7%
Plastic surgery	45.5%	54.5%
Preventive medicine	30.4%	69.6%
Psychiatry	38.7%	61.3%
Pulmonary disease	8.7%	91.3%
Radiation oncology	54.7%	45.3%
Radiology & diagnostic radiology	47%	53%
Rheumatology	54.8%	45.2%
Sports medicine (orthopedic surgery)	82.8%	17.2%
Thoracic surgery	39.9%	60.1%
Urology	49.5%	50.5%
Vascular & interventional radiology	79%	21%
Vascular surgery	57.7%	42.3%