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This statistic shows the percentage of physicians feeling burned out in the United States, in 2019 and 2020, by specialty. According to the survey, in 2020 the highest share of physicians feeling burned out was in critical care. Considering the COVID-19 pandemic, this was not unexpected.

Percentage of physicians feeling burned out in the U.S. in 2019 and 2020, by specialty

Characteristic	2019	2020
Critical care	44%	51%
Rheumatology	46%	50%
Infectious disease	45%	49%
Urology	54%	49%
Pulmonology	41%	48%
Neurology	50%	47%
Family medicine	46%	47%
Internal medicine	44%	46%
Pediatrics	41%	45%
Obstetricians/gynecologists	46%	44%
Emergency medicine	43%	44%
Cardiology	44%	43%
Nephrology	49%	43%
Physical medicine/rehabilitation	43%	41%
Psychiatry	35%	41%
Anesthesiology	41%	40%
Gastroenterology	36%	40%
Allergy/immunology	38%	39%
Diabetes/endocrinology	46%	39%
Radiology	46%	36%
Public health/preventive medicine	29%	35%
Ophthalmology	30%	35%
Surgery, general	35%	35%
Pathology	36%	35%
Otalaryngology	35%	33%
Orthopedics	34%	33%
Oncology	42%	33%
Plastic surgery	37%	31%
Dermatology	36%	29%

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Release date

January 2021

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2019 to 2020

Number of respondents

12,339 physicians from 29 specialties

Method of interview

Online survey

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