Median and Interquartile Range of Retirement Ages of Physicians from Either Direct Patient Care or Any Activity, By Specialty, Sex, and Practice Location, 2010–2013
| Primary Care Physicians | Family Physicians | General Internists | General Pediatricians | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Median Age (IQR) | N | Median Age (IQR) | N | Median Age (IQR) | N | Median Age (IQR) | |
| Retirement from direct patient care | ||||||||
| All | 298,254 | 64.9 (61.4–68.3) | 94,511 | 65.1 (61.6–68.4) | 114,822 | 65.6 (61.8–69.3) | 63,305 | 65.7 (62.1–69.1) |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Female | 74,724 | 64.0 (60.8–67.3) | 18,973 | 64.6 (61.2–67.9) | 24,778 | 64.5 (61.0–68.0) | 25,944 | 64.8 (61.5–68.0) |
| Male | 223,526 | 65.0 (61.5–68.4) | 75,537 | 65.1 (61.6–68.4) | 90,042 | 65.8 (62.0–69.4) | 37,361 | 66.0 (62.4–69.4) |
| Practice location | ||||||||
| Rural | 41,099 | 65.2 (61.6–68.5) | 20,248 | 65.3 (61.9–68.7) | 11,430 | 66.3 (62.3–69.7) | 4,698 | 66.0 (62.2–69.0) |
| Urban | 248,825 | 65.0 (61.4–68.5) | 72,934 | 65.1 (61.6–68.5) | 101,205 | 65.7 (61.9–69.4) | 56,660 | 65.9 (62.2–69.3) |
| Year | ||||||||
| 2010 | 71,078 | 64.7 (61.2–68.1) | 21,723 | 64.9 (61.3–68.3) | 27,181 | 65.4 (61.8–69.0) | 15,204 | 65.4 (61.8–68.8) |
| 2011 | 73,415 | 64.9 (61.4–68.3) | 23,015 | 65.2 (61.7–68.6) | 28,160 | 65.8 (62.0–69.3) | 15,640 | 65.6 (62.1–69.0) |
| 2012 | 75,774 | 65.1 (61.5–68.6) | 24,298 | 65.3 (61.9–69.0) | 29,279 | 65.8 (61.9–69.4) | 16,017 | 66.0 (62.4–69.5) |
| 2013 | 77,987 | 64.7 (61.2–68.2) | 25,475 | 64.8 (61.5–68.0) | 30,202 | 65.4 (61.5–69.2) | 16,444 | 65.9 (62.2–69.2) |
| Retirement from any activity | ||||||||
| All | 398,483 | 66.1 (62.6–69.5) | 132,450 | 66.7 (63.2–70.1) | 154,189 | 67.0 (63.4–70.5) | 79,962 | 66.6 (63.2–70.1) |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Female | 100,440 | 65.2 (61.9–68.5) | 26,629 | 66.2 (62.7–69.8) | 33,809 | 66.0 (62.5–69.5) | 33,529 | 65.7 (62.4–69.0) |
| Male | 298,037 | 66.2 (62.7–69.6) | 105,819 | 66.7 (63.2–70.1) | 120,377 | 67.0 (63.5–70.5) | 46,433 | 66.9 (63.4–70.3) |
| Practice location | ||||||||
| Rural | 52,824 | 66.4 (63.0–69.7) | 27,054 | 67.0 (63.6–70.3) | 14,420 | 67.4 (63.9–70.7) | 5,640 | 66.8 (63.4–69.9) |
| Urban | 333,192 | 66.3 (62.7–69.7) | 102,903 | 66.8 (63.3–70.3) | 136,268 | 67.1 (63.4–70.6) | 71,378 | 66.8 (63.3–70.3) |
| Year | ||||||||
| 2010 | 93,855 | 65.8 (62.4–69.2) | 30,308 | 66.5 (62.9–69.8) | 35,852 | 66.6 (63.1–70.1) | 19,041 | 66.4 (63.0–69.7) |
| 2011 | 97,783 | 66.0 (62.6–69.4) | 32,221 | 66.6 (63.1–69.9) | 37,604 | 66.8 (63.3–70.5) | 19,728 | 66.6 (63.2–70.1) |
| 2012 | 101,459 | 66.3 (62.7–69.7) | 34,043 | 66.9 (63.4–70.4) | 39,442 | 67.1 (63.5–70.6) | 20,299 | 66.8 (63.2–70.2) |
| 2013 | 105,386 | 66.2 (62.7–69.7) | 35,878 | 66.9 (63.4–70.3) | 41,291 | 67.2 (63.5–70.5) | 20,894 | 66.8 (63.2–70.3) |
IQR = interquartile range (25th–75th Percentile)
Note: Data are derived from the AMA Physician Masterfile datasets for the years 2010 through 2014.13