Fig 1.
Proportion of women applicants to surgical specialties from 2003–2022.
*Data for vascular surgery not available prior to 2012. P values are from the Cochran-Armitage trend test for proportions. Bold font indicates statistical significance (p<0.05). The formula used for percentage of first choice women applicants was (women applicants / [men applicants + women applicants]) *100. ObGyn: Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Fig 2.
Proportion of women matriculants to surgical specialties from 2003–2022.
*Data for vascular surgery not available prior to 2012. P values are from the Cochran-Armitage trend test for proportions. Bold font indicates statistical significance (p<0.05). The formula used for percentage of first choice women matriculants was (women matriculants / [men matriculants + women matriculants]) *100. ObGyn: Obstetrics & Gynecology.
Table 1.
Trends and gender differences in match rates for applicants to surgical specialties from 2003–2022.
Fig 3.
Ratio between women and men match rate to surgical specialties from 2003–2022.
*Data for vascular surgery not available prior to 2012. †The formula used for ratio of women to men match rate was: (women match rate / men match rate) = ([women matriculants / women applicants] / [men matriculants / men applicants]). ObGyn: Obstetrics and Gynecology.