Table 3
Distribution of specialties among medical doctors by sex, 2014

Specialty Male (%) Female (%)
Internal medicine 10,427 (17.5) 3,109 (18.6)
Surgery 5,621 (9.4) 419 (2.5)
Pediatrics 3,155 (5.3) 2,555 (15.3)
Obstetrics and gynecology 4,013 (6.7) 2,014 (12.1)
Psychiatry 236 (0.4) 26 (0.2)
Neurology 1,143 (1.9) 365 (2.2)
Neuropsychiatry 2,065 (3.5) 749 (4.5)
Orthopedic surgery 5,449 (9.1) 33 (0.2)
Neurosurgery 2,440 (4.1) 30 (0.2)
Cardiology 1,007 (1.7) 48 (0.3)
Plastic surgery 1,739 (2.9) 110 (0.7)
Ophthalmology 2,435 (4.1) 525 (3.1)
Otolaryngology 3,211 (5.4) 310 (1.9)
Dermatology 1,518 (2.5) 441 (2.6)
Urology 2,420 (4.1) 29 (0.2)
Radiology 1,901 (3.2) 1,249 (7.5)
Radiation oncology 177 (0.3) 82 (0.5)
Anesthesiology and pain medicine 2,974 (5.0) 1,156 (6.9)
Rehabilitation medicine 1,165 (2.0) 376 (2.3)
Tuberculosis department 82 (0.1) 29 (0.2)
Laboratory medicine 383 (0.6) 442 (2.7)
Pathology 383 (0.6) 444 (2.7)
Preventive medicine 413 (0.7) 127 (0.8)
Family medicine 4,084 (6.8) 1,794 (10.8)
Nuclear medicine 78 (0.1) 45 (0.3)
Occupational and environmental medicine 207 (0.3) 41 (0.2)
Emergency medicine 916 (1.5) 130 (0.8)
Modified from Korean Medical Association [27], p. 85.