Table 1.

Specialty of Physician Deaths, as of May 13, 2020

Specialty of Physician DeathsNumberPercent
 Anesthesiology152.7
 Cardiology213.8
 Dermatology40.7
 Emergency medicine/critical care264.7
 Endocrinology20.4
 Ear, nose, and throat81.5
 Gastroenterology10.2
 General practitioner/family medicine/primary care14826.9
 Geriatrics40.7
 Hematology40.7
 Infectious disease50.9
 Internal medicine305.5
 Nephrology61.1
 Neurology61.1
 Neurosurgery61.1
 Obstetrician-gynecologist224.0
 Oncology30.5
 Ophthalmology132.4
 Orthopedist152.7
 Otolaryngology61.1
 Pathology/histopathology101.8
 Pediatrics264.7
 Plastic surgery40.7
 Psychiatry112.0
 Pulmonology132.4
 Radiology132.4
 Rheumatology10.2
 Surgery336.0
 Urology81.5
 Other295.3
 Total49389.6
Missing5710.4
Total550100.0