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Table 19

Living graduates of family medicine residency programs by selected characteristics 1969-2006, December 31, 2006


Year of completion of FM Residency Program TotalĀ  Percentage Osteopath Percentage IMG Percentage Female Percentage ABFM Diplomate*
Total 80,528 10.0% 16.0% 34.8% 84.4%
1969 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 33.3%
1970 34 0.0% 11.8% 2.9% 52.9%
1971 41 0.0% 4.9% 2.4% 46.3%
1972 107 0.0% 8.4% 2.8% 47.7%
1973 177 0.0% 7.9% 4.0% 55.4%
1974 325 0.9% 15.1% 7.1% 60.3%
1975 576 3.3% 10.4% 6.3% 72.4%
1976 830 2.9% 9.9% 7.6% 65.9%
1977 1,145 2.4% 9.5% 8.0% 71.3%
1978 1,464 1.5% 7.4% 9.3% 70.6%
1979 1,729 1.4% 9.7% 11.6% 74.1%
1980 1,829 2.6% 12.5% 15.1% 76.0%
1981 2,020 1.9% 10.9% 17.4% 78.0%
1982 2,136 2.2% 9.4% 20.2% 78.3%
1984 2,138 3.0% 10.1% 20.2% 78.6%
1984 2,245 3.4% 11.0% 20.8% 80.7%
1985 2,393 2.8% 13.7% 22.9% 83.7%
1986 2,353 4.8% 13.2% 21.9% 86.7%
1987 2,436 4.3% 11.7% 27.1% 86.1%
1988 2,391 7.8% 12.3% 28.6% 85.9%
1989 2,388 8.7% 10.7% 28.6% 87.2%
1990 2,443 9.5% 10.3% 30.0% 86.3%
1991 2,377 14.1% 13.4% 33.0% 86.2%
1992 2,384 12.8% 14.8% 35.7% 88.6%
1993 2,372 11.5% 15.0% 35.0% 89.2%
1994 2,427 11.5% 19.9% 36.9% 88.3%
1995 2,577 10.1% 21.9% 40.3% 87.2%
1996 2,901 11.5% 17.9% 41.1% 87.0%
1997 3,286 11.6% 17.7% 41.4% 87.5%
1998 3,435 12.2% 13.7% 43.1% 88.7%
1999 3,639 13.1% 11.6% 45.3% 92.7%
2000 3,655 13.5% 11.1% 45.4% 91.2%
2001 3,619 14.2% 14.5% 45.3% 90.9%
2002 3,547 14.7% 19.3% 48.2% 90.8%
2003 3,463 16.1% 22.8% 48.9% 89.8%
2004 3,315 16.8% 26.6% 49.2% 90.6%
2005 3,235 17.1% 30.6% 51.7% 87.6%
2006 3,077 16.6% 35.7% 51.7% 55.9%**
Unknown 5 31.3% 18.8% 56.3% 62.5%

*ABFM diplomate status is accurate as of January 2006 **The ABFM typically requires graduation from a family practice residency program by June 30 to be eligible to sit for the certification examination in July. All graduates in 2004 are included in the denominator for this percentage, including those who completed their residency program after June 30, 2006 - too late to sit for the Board examination.