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Table 1 Analysis of trends in the proportion of female residents across all ACGME specialties from 2011 to 2019

From: Sex diversity within U.S. residencies: a cross-sectional study of trends from 2011 to 2019

Category

% Change (95% CI)

P-Value

Integrated Vascular Surgery

-0.81 (-1.90, 0.28)

0.15

Preventative Medicine

-0.74 (-1.56, 0.08)

0.08

Pathology

-0.69 (-1.01, -0.38)

 < 0.001

Ophthalmology

-0.45 (-0.84, -0.06)

0.02

Emergency Medicine

-0.32 (-0.50, -0.14)

0.005

Psychiatry

-0.31 (-0.51, -0.11)

0.003

Radiation Oncology

-0.29 (-0.81, 0.22)

0.26

Anesthesiology

-0.25 (-0.44, -0.07)

0.007

Pediatrics

-0.22 (-0.37, -0.07)

0.004

Diagnostic Radiology

-0.19 (-0.39, 0.001)

0.051

Dermatology

-0.18 (-0.58, 0.21)

0.36

Family Medicine

-0.08 (-0.22, 0.07)

0.30

Obstetrics & Gynecology

0.12 (-0.04, 0.29)

0.138

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

0.14 (-0.27, 0.54)

0.51

Orthopedic Surgery

0.27 (0.10, 0.43)

0.002

Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

0.29 (-0.10, 0.69)

0.14

Neurological Surgery

0.30 (-0.01, 0.61)

0.06

Nuclear Medicine

0.30 (-1.13, 1.80)

0.69

Internal Medicine

0.31 (0.21, 0.40)

 < 0.001

Neurology

0.31 (0.01, 0.62)

0.042

Otolaryngology

0.38 (0.02, 0.75)

0.04

Urology

0.43 (0.06, 0.80)

0.023

Surgery

0.78 (0.62, 0.94)

 < 0.001

Medical Genetics & Genomics

0.80 (-0.87, 2.47)

0.35

Plastic Surgery

1.01 (0.24, 1.78)

0.01

Integrated Plastic Surgery

1.06 (0.45, 1.67)

 < 0.001

Integrated Thoracic Surgery

1.10 (-0.24, 2.44)

0.107

  1. Abbreviations: CI Confidence interval, ACGME Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
  2. aData regarding sex demographics of all ACGME residency programs was extracted from ACGME yearly reports 2011 through 2019. The chi-square test for trend was used to analyze the data. P ≤ 0.05 were considered statistically significant