Diversity of Department Chairs in Family Medicine at US Medical Schools

Imam M. Xierali; Marc A. Nivet; William F. Rayburn

doi:10.3122/jabfm.2022.01.210298

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Proportions of all clinical department chairs who are under-represented minorities (URM), 2018 to 2020. Note: Bars represent 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for proportions of URM chairs.

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Comparison of Sex and Race/Ethnicity Between Department Chairs, Medical School Matriculants, Family Medicine Faculty, and the US Population, 2018-2020

	No. (%) [Duncan Grouping]
Sex and Race/Ethnicity	Fam Medicine Chairs	Other Clinical Chairs	Fam Medicine Faculty	Other Clinical Dept. Faculty	Medical School Matriculants	US Population
Male	288 (70.8) [B]	5,649 (82.8) [A]	2,785 (46.1) [D]	91,200 (56.6) [C]	10,402 (47.6) [D]	161,469,052 (49.2) [D]
White	233 (57.2) [B]	4,446 (65.2) [A]	2,007 (33.2) [D]	59,254 (36.8) [C]	5,002 (22.9) [F]	97,203,924 (29.6) [E]
Asian	12 (2.9) [E]	612 (9.0) [C]	327 (5.4) [D]	18,805 (11.7) [A]	2,206 (10.1) [B]	8,402,724 (2.6) [E]
Black	22 (5.4) [A]	176 (2.6) [B]	109 (1.8) [B]	2,494 (1.5) [B]	619 (2.8) [B]	19,097,087 (5.8) [A]
Hispanic	16 (3.9) [B, C]	285 (4.2) [B, C]	184 (3.0) [C]	5,274 (3.3) [B, C]	1,133 (5.2) [B]	31,093,219 (9.5) [A]
Native American	2 (0.5) [A]	15 (0.2) [A]	12 (0.2) [A]	206 (0.1) [A]	29 (0.1) [A]	1,317,664 (0.4) [A]
Others/Unknown	3 (0.7) [E]	115 (1.7) [D]	146 (2.4) [C]	5,167 (3.2) [B]	1,413 (6.5) [A]	4,354,434 (1.3) [D, E]
Female	119 (29.2) [C]	1,170 (17.2) [D]	3,252 (53.9) [A]	69,914 (43.4) [B]	11,461 (52.4) [A]	166,547,191 (50.8) [A]
White	76 (18.7) [D]	865 (12.7) [E]	2,008 (33.3) [A]	41,852 (26.0) [C]	5,179 (23.7) [C]	99,926,008 (30.5) [B]
Asian	9 (2.2) [D]	132 (1.9) [D]	437 (7.2) [C]	14,827 (9.2) [B]	2,481 (11.3) [A]	9,312,237 (2.8) [D]
Black	25 (6.1) [A]	86 (1.3) [C]	268 (4.4) [B]	3,664 (2.3) [C]	1,007 (4.6) [B]	20,879,140 (6.4) [A]
Hispanic	3 (0.7) [D]	58 (0.9) [D]	251 (4.2) [B, C]	4,190 (2.6) [C]	1,126 (5.2) [B]	30,662,306 (9.3) [A]
Native American	0 (0.0) [A]	0 (0) [A]	19 (0.3) [A]	162 (0.1) [A]	28 (0.1) [A]	1,367,671 (0.4) [A]
Others/Unknown	6 (1.5) [D]	29 (0.4) [E]	269 (4.5) [B]	5,219 (3.2) [C]	1,640 (7.5) [A]	4,399,829 (1.3) [D]
Overall	407 (100) [A]	6,819 (100) [A]	6,037 (100) [A]	161,114 (100) [A]	21,863 (100) [A]	328,016,243 (100) [A]
White	309 (75.9) [A]	5,311 (77.9) [A]	4,015 (66.5) [B]	101,106 (62.8) [C]	10,181 (46.6) [D]	197,129,932 (60.1) [C]
Asian	21 (5.2) [D]	744 (10.9) [C]	764 (12.7) [B]	33,632 (20.9) [A]	4,687 (21.4) [A]	17,714,961 (5.4) [D]
Black	47 (11.5) [A]	262 (3.8) [C]	377 (6.2) [B]	6,158 (3.8) [C]	1,626 (7.4) [B]	39,976,227 (12.2) [A]
Hispanic	19 (4.7) [C]	343 (5.0) [C]	435 (7.2) [C]	9,464 (5.9) [C]	2,259 (10.3) [B]	61,755,525 (18.8) [A]
Native American	2 (0.5) [A]	15 (0.2) [A]	31 (0.5) [A]	368 (0.2) [A]	57 (0.3) [A]	2,685,335 (0.8) [A]
Others/Unknown	9 (2.2) [C]	144 (2.1) [C]	415 (6.9) [B]	10,386 (6.4) [B]	3,053 (14.0) [A]	8,754,263 (2.7) [C]

Duncan's multiple-range test for mean comparison (row-wise): listed in brackets; letters are ordered, and the highest proportion is assigned the letter A; proportions with the same letter are not significantly different (α = 0.05).