|
1994 - 2000 |
Medical Students (AAMC) 1 |
Census 2000 |
Age 18 24 Census |
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Allopathic Graduates |
1994-2000 |
% MS |
Odds Ratio to US Pop |
Mil-lions |
% Pop |
As % of Total Pop |
Mil-lions |
% of 18 - 24 Total |
Odds Ratio to % MS |
|
Asian Indian |
8136 |
6.5% |
10.73 |
1.7 |
0.6% |
10.8% |
0.16 |
0.6% |
10.36 |
|
Chinese |
4882 |
3.9% |
4.05 |
2.7 |
1.0% |
10.8% |
0.21 |
0.8% |
4.74 |
|
All Asian |
20340 |
16.2% |
3.83 |
12 |
4.2% |
10.8% |
1.034 |
4.1% |
3.99 |
|
Vietnamese |
1424 |
1.13% |
2.84 |
1.1 |
0.4% |
10.6% |
0.097 |
0.4% |
2.97 |
|
All Urban Born |
109228 |
87.0% |
1.13 |
216.7 |
77.0% |
9.3% |
19.7 |
77.3% |
1.13 |
|
US Total |
125549 |
100.0% |
1.00 |
281.4 |
100.0% |
9.0% |
25.47 |
100.0% |
1.00 |
|
White |
81973 |
65.29% |
0.87 |
211.5 |
75.1% |
8.3% |
17.4 |
68.4% |
0.95 |
|
Native American |
871 |
0.69% |
0.47 |
4.1 |
1.5% |
10.6% |
0.222 |
0.9% |
0.80 |
|
All Rural Born |
16321 |
13.0% |
0.57 |
64.7 |
23.0% |
9.0% |
6.218 |
24.4% |
0.53 |
|
Black |
8880 |
7.07% |
0.55 |
36.4 |
12.9% |
10.3% |
3.593 |
14.1% |
0.50 |
|
MexicanAmerican |
2887 |
2.30% |
0.31 |
20.6 |
7.3% |
12.8% |
3.111 |
12.2% |
0.19 |
For all US MD Grads the average is 9 admissions per 100,000 citizens and residents. This declines to 7 when considering only the 84% born in the United States. Rural and urban determinations were Masterfile percentages.
Highest Probability of Admission: There were 8,136 Asian Indian medical school graduates of allopathic United States medical schools from 1994 2000 as listed in Association of American Medical Colleges data.1 There were 1.7 million total Asian Indians and 159,236 Asian Indian citizens and residents who were age 18 24 as listed in the census in 2000. This was 0.6% of both respective population groups. Asian Indians who became US MD Grads were 10.7 times more likely to gain admission than their representation in the United States population.
There were 2887 Mexican American medical school graduates of allopathic United States medical schools from 1994 2000 as listed in Association of American Medical Colleges data.1 There were 20.6 million total Mexican Americans and 3.1 million Mexican American citizens and residents who were age 18 24 as listed in the census in 2000. Mexican American medical students were 2.3% of all medical students and 7.3% of all counted in the census and 12.2% of those age 18 24 years. Mexican Americans were 0.31 times as likely to be medical students compared to the Mexican American population and 0.19 or 5 times less likely to be physicians compared to 18 24 year old Mexican Americans.
It is important to consider a number of factors regarding probability of admission. These factors are related to inclusion or low levels of social distance from medical schools, younger age at medical school admission, career choices found mostly in major medical centers, and major medical center practice location.
Parent as a physician or alumnus
Parent is a professional or managerial occupation
Parent income
Major metropolitan origin (U.S. or foreign city)
Parent education level
Birth in a county with a medical school reflects proximity to medical school and many of the above
Lower probability of admission can be summarized by
Social distance exclusion, income, education, occupation, culture, language
Geographic distance from medical school
Older age at medical school admission
Slightly lower standardized test performance
Higher probability of physician distribution to rural or to underserved locations is summarized by the same measurements social and geographic distance, older age, and lower test scores. Admissions probability and distribution probability are related to the same factors, in opposite directions, and roughly the same magnitude.
1. Association of American Medical Colleges. Matriculants and Graduates 1993-2004. 2005.