Table 1 Estimated number of medical specialists for 2000, 2006, 2012 and 2017
Specialities | 2000 | 2006 | 2012 | 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Medical group | Internal Medicine | NA | 331 | 655 | 886 |
Cardiology | 188 | 338 | 382 | 504 | |
Neurology | 159 | 207 | 222 | 220 | |
Psychiatry | 153 | 157 | 171 | 247 | |
Haematology | 42 | 64 | 75 | 102 | |
Intensive Care Medicine | 107 | 165 | 253 | 439 | |
Nephrology | 53 | 75 | 108 | 248 | |
Pulmonology | 70 | 115 | 123 | 140 | |
Gastroenterology | 141 | 191 | 251 | 341 | |
Geriatric Medicine | 12 | 38 | 42 | 75 | |
Medical Oncology | 71 | 101 | 124 | 173 | |
Dermatology | NA | 149 | 204 | 298 | |
Infectiology | NA | 45 | 41 | 66 | |
Endocrinology | NA | 70 | 98 | 166 | |
Allergology | NA | 28 | 33 | 47 | |
Diabetology | NA | 32 | 56 | 36 | |
Paediatrics | 764 | 882 | 1311 | 1980 | |
Neonatology | 107 | 134 | 222 | 250 | |
Obstetrics & Gynaecology | 872 | 1105 | 1354 | 2076 | |
Family Medicine | NA | 28 | 178 | 1454 | |
Nutrition | NA | NA | NA | 54 | |
Rheumatology | NA | NA | NA | 67 | |
Emergency Medicine | NA | NA | NA | 580 | |
Critical Care | NA | NA | NA | 15 | |
Sport and Exercise Medicine | NA | NA | NA | 9 | |
Occupational Medicine | NA | NA | NA | 239 | |
Physiatry | NA | NA | NA | 219 | |
Surgical group | Surgery-General | 793 | 919 | 1090 | 1230 |
Plastic Surgery | 106 | 193 | 218 | 264 | |
Anaesthesiology | 521 | 675 | 1012 | 1410 | |
Traumatology | 361 | 444 | 580 | 604 | |
Ophthalmology/Otorhinolaryngology | 332 | 414 | 458 | 597 | |
Urology | 155 | 215 | 261 | 338 | |
Proctology | NA | NA | NA | 38 | |
Vascular Surgery | NA | NA | NA | 162 | |
Neurosurgery | NA | NA | NA | 170 | |
Paediatric Surgery | NA | NA | NA | 136 | |
Thoracic Surgery | NA | NA | NA | 136 | |
Diagnostic group | Pathology | NA | NA | 286 | 312 |
Radiology-Diagnostic | NA | NA | 398 | 455 | |
Imageology | NA | NA | NA | 398 | |
Nuclear Medicine | NA | NA | NA | 12 | |
Other specialities | Immunology | NA | NA | NA | 6 |
Medical Genetics | NA | NA | NA | 27 | |
Epidemiology | NA | 18 | 64 | 79 | |
Public Health | NA | 24 | 41 | 15 | |
Medical specialist | Total | 5006 | 7157 | 10,308 | 17,313 |
General Practitioners | Total | 3236 | 3132 | 6030 | 8910 |
Medical Interns | Total | NA | NA | 776 | 1531 |
Medical residents | Total | 2083 | 2303 | 4048 | 4909 |
Recent Graduates | Total | 908 | 1699 | 2479 | 4149 |