CTS Physician Survey: Selected Physician Characteristics

Physician characteristics	Percentage of physicians in each category
	1996-97	1998-99	2000-01	2004-05
Age
< 40	22	20	21	18
40 – 49	40	42	39	35
50 – 59	23	25	27	30
60 or older	15	13	12	17
Gender
Male	82	79	76	75
Female	18	21	24	25
Race*
White	not available	81	80	78
Asian or Pacific Islander	not available	12	12	14
African-American	not available	4	4	4
All other	not available	3	4	4
Hispanic*
Hispanic origin	not available	5	5	5
Not Hispanic origin	not available	95	95	95
Primary specialty
General internal medicine	13	13	15	12
Family/general practice	18	17	17	17
General pediatrics	8	9	8	8
Medical specialty	32	34	35	37
Surgical specialty	29	27	25	26
Country of physician’s medical school
United States	80	78	78	77
Other	20	22	22	23
Practice type
Solo or two-physician	41	37	35	32
Group (three or more)	28	27	30	32
Group/staff HMO	5	5	4	5
Medical school	7	8	8	9
Hospital based	11	13	12	12
Other	8	10	10	10
Area of residence
Large metropolitan	45	44	46	46
Small metropolitan	44	44	42	41
Non-metropolitan	11	12	11	13
HMO penetration
Low	39	22	29	44
Medium	37	45	38	40
High	24	33	32	16

* Questions about race and Hispanic origin were not included in the 1996-97 survey.

Note: Nationally representative estimates from the Community Tracking Study (CTS) Physician Survey.