Table 5 Percentage of female surgical applicants (per specialty) in France from 2017 to 2022
Year | Plastic and reconstructive surgery | Ophtalmology | Maxillo-facial surgery | ENT | Urology | Orthopaedic surgery | OB-GYN | Neurosurgery | Oral surgery | Paediatric surgery | Visceral and digestive surgery | Vascular surgery | Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | 37% | 40% | 50% | 44% | 40% | 29% | 78% | 24% | 25% | 54% | 43% | 35% | 40% |
2018 | 27.6% | 38.1% | 44.4% | 51.9% | 38.7% | 18.9% | 80.5% | 36% | 50% | 59.1% | 38.7% | 21.4% | 32% |
2019 | 35.7% | 38.8% | 61.5% | 51.9% | 36.1% | 30% | 88.3% | 40% | 33.3% | 77.3% | 41% | 27% | 20% |
2020 | 32.1% | 43.7% | 40% | 48.1% | 31.1% | 24.8% | 80.4% | 24% | 58.3% | 65.2% | 57% | 44.4% | 44% |
2021 | 28.6% | 37.4% | 50% | 55.4% | 43.5% | 39.8% | 86.9% | 32% | 33.3% | 80.8% | 51.8% | 53.6% | 40% |
2022 | 28.6% | 41% | 42.3% | 56.3% | 39.1% | 29.1% | 89.2% | 63% | 57.1% | 62.1% | 50.6% | 68% | 60% |
Mean percentage | 31.6% | 39.9% | 48% | 51.3% | 38.1% | 28.6% | 83.9% | 36.4% | 42.8% | 66.4% | 47% | 41.5% | 39.3% |
SD | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 13 |
P-Value | < 0.1 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | < 0.05 |