Specialty of Physician Deaths, as of May 13, 2020
Specialty of Physician Deaths | Number | Percent |
---|---|---|
Anesthesiology | 15 | 2.7 |
Cardiology | 21 | 3.8 |
Dermatology | 4 | 0.7 |
Emergency medicine/critical care | 26 | 4.7 |
Endocrinology | 2 | 0.4 |
Ear, nose, and throat | 8 | 1.5 |
Gastroenterology | 1 | 0.2 |
General practitioner/family medicine/primary care | 148 | 26.9 |
Geriatrics | 4 | 0.7 |
Hematology | 4 | 0.7 |
Infectious disease | 5 | 0.9 |
Internal medicine | 30 | 5.5 |
Nephrology | 6 | 1.1 |
Neurology | 6 | 1.1 |
Neurosurgery | 6 | 1.1 |
Obstetrician-gynecologist | 22 | 4.0 |
Oncology | 3 | 0.5 |
Ophthalmology | 13 | 2.4 |
Orthopedist | 15 | 2.7 |
Otolaryngology | 6 | 1.1 |
Pathology/histopathology | 10 | 1.8 |
Pediatrics | 26 | 4.7 |
Plastic surgery | 4 | 0.7 |
Psychiatry | 11 | 2.0 |
Pulmonology | 13 | 2.4 |
Radiology | 13 | 2.4 |
Rheumatology | 1 | 0.2 |
Surgery | 33 | 6.0 |
Urology | 8 | 1.5 |
Other | 29 | 5.3 |
Total | 493 | 89.6 |
Missing | 57 | 10.4 |
Total | 550 | 100.0 |