This statistic shows the number of active doctors of medicine in the U.S. from 1985 to 2015, by place of medical education. In 2015, there were 647,979 active doctors of medicine, who were medical graduates in the United States.
Active doctors of medicine in the U.S. from 1985 to 2015, by place of medical education*
* Doctors of medicine who are inactive, have unknown address, or primary specialty not classified are excluded. International medical graduates received their medical education in schools outside the United States and Canada.
Values not included in the pdf version of "Health, United States" were taken from the excel trend tables.
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