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African Americans make up about 14% of the population, but they represent just 5.2% of doctors nationwide. Why the U.S. medical field is pushing for more Black doctors Skip to main content
Black Americans represent 13% of the U.S. population, yet just 6% of U.S. physicians are Black. Increasing representation among doctors is one solution experts believe could help disrupt health ...
Reedy is among a small share of Black medical school students in a state where nearly 4 in 10 people — but only 1 in 10 doctors — identify as Black or African American. Of the 660 medical ...
Black physicians make up only about 3% of American doctors. [2] Black physicians in particular have historically faced numerous obstacles to obtaining membership in the larger medical community. During the 20th century in the United States, groups such as the American Medical Association neglected black physicians and their pursuit of success ...
In 2020, the Kaiser Family Foundation and online news outlet the Undefeated published the results of a poll that indicated Black people have a deeper distrust in the healthcare system than white ...
The District of Columbia has, by far, the largest number of physicians as a percentage of the population, with 1,639 per 100,000 people. [8] Additionally, Among active physicians, 56.2% identified as White, 17.1% identified as Asian, 5.8% identified as Hispanic, 5.0% identified as Black, and 0.3% identified as American Indian/Alaska Native.
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