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.