Table 5: Physician
assistants in the US by specialty, 1991-2009.
|
Year specialty |
1991 (numbers) |
1995 (numbers) |
2000 (numbers) |
2005 (numbers) |
2009 (numbers) |
2016 (percentages) |
|
Family medicine |
6,507
|
10,118
|
13,203
|
16,637 |
17,976 |
(24.4) |
|
Internal medicine |
2,012
|
2,090
|
3,179 |
4,479 |
4,645 |
(10.8) |
|
Pediatrics |
564
|
674
|
931 |
1,490 |
1,558 |
- |
|
Other |
11,365 |
14,014 |
22,106 |
36,059 |
48,254 |
- |
|
Surgical care |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(26.3) |
|
Emergency care |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(10.5) |
|
Total active |
20,448 |
26,895 |
39,420
|
39,420
|
72,433 |
108,500 |
Source:
AAPA database.