This year, the Women represent 50.9% of doctors in Brazil according to the study of medical demography in Brazil (DMB), released on Wednesday (30). For the first time, doctors are the majority among professionals.
The increase in female composition in the profession is considered expressive. In 2010, women were 41% of the medical population. Projections indicate that by 2035, the women will be 56% of the total of doctors in the country.
In medical teaching, female presence has also grown, according to the study. In 2010, women represented 53.7% of those enrolled in undergraduate courses, a number that rose to 61.8% in 2023.
Despite being a majority in the study, women predominate in just 20 of the 55 medical specialties. Dermatology leads the ranking, with 80.6% of women.
The edition, made by the Department of Preventive Medicine of the USP School of Medicine (FMUSP), was held with the Ministry of Health and brings together national and international data on training, distribution and performance of doctors, with projections for the coming years.
Most common specialties
Among the 55 specialties regulated in Brazil, seven concentrate 50.6% of the total experts:
- Medical clinic
- Pediatrics
- General surgery
- Gynecology and Obstetrics
- Anesthesiology
- Cardiology
- Orthopedics
- Traumatology
The highlight that the portion of experts (59.1%) in relation to the total of doctors is just below average of the countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which is 62.9%.
This content was originally published in women are the majority among doctors for the first time, shows a study on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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