Number of Candidates Certified Annually by the American Board of Internal Medicine

Data listed for internal medicine and subspecialties of internal medicine chronologically from 1936 2011.

1936 - 1940
1936
Internal Medicine

Number of certificates issued by year

1937
1938
1939
1940

44

1,468

160

245

280

Decade
Total
2,197

1941 - 1950

Internal Medicine
Subspecialties
Cardiovascular Disease
Gastroenterology
Pulmonary Disease

1941

1942

1943

Number of certificates issued by year

1944
1945
1946
1947

1948

1949

1950

274

221

350

273

324

475

662

490

336

705

Decade
Total
4,110

51
8
88

36
18
14

44
27
10

17
6
6

13
12
11

19
13
14

21
25
14

32
16
7

8
6
4

30
21
10

271
152
178

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Number of Candidates Certified Annually by the American Board of Internal Medicine

Data listed for internal medicine and subspecialties of internal medicine chronologically from 1936 2011.

1951 - 1960

Internal Medicine
Subspecialties
Cardiovascular Disease
Gastroenterology
Pulmonary Disease

1951

1952

1953

Number of certificates issued by year

1954
1955
1956
1957

1958

1959

1960

667

718

641

665

804

663

751

700

544

336

Decade
Total
6,489

24
16
18

14
14
1

16
12
5

13
30
10

26
15
13

15
11
8

17
21
6

17
17
6

33
17
7

22
20
4

197
173
78

1961

1962

1963

Number of certificates issued by year

1964
1965
1966
1967

1968

1969

1970

683

930

938

747

776

657

873

1,012

973

1,193

Decade
Total
8,782

24
14
4

26
26
10

21
15
3

30
17
5

49
18
8

65
18
17

63
18
24

61
21
25

65
25
43

94
50
37

498
222
176

1961 - 1970

Internal Medicine
Subspecialties
Cardiovascular Disease
Gastroenterology
Pulmonary Disease

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Number of Candidates Certified Annually by the American Board of Internal Medicine

Data listed for internal medicine and subspecialties of internal medicine chronologically from 1936 2011.

1971 - 1980

Internal Medicine
Subspecialties
Cardiovascular Disease
Endocrinology, Diabetes
and Metabolism
Gastroenterology
Hematology
Infectious Disease
Medical Oncology
Nephrology
Pulmonary Disease
Rheumatology

1971

1972

1973

Number of certificates issued by year

1974
1975
1976
1977

1978

1979

1980

1,216

4,388

3,292

3,049

3,325

3,970

4,206

4,567

4,365

4,459

83

121

369

323

1,056

20

1,015

1,100

4,087

248
253
374
88

197
215

323
557

261
563

1,322
2,063
1,861
950
1,789
1,684
2,178
1,176

25

293
450
481
171

351
39

212
163
154

345
181
376

390
363
240

338
236
508

339
368
189

323
274
554

392
556
263

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351
689
330

Decade
Total
36,837

Number of Candidates Certified Annually by the American Board of Internal Medicine

Data listed for internal medicine and subspecialties of internal medicine chronologically from 1936 2011.

1981 - 1990

Internal Medicine
Subspecialties
Cardiovascular Disease
Critical Care Medicine*
Endocrinology, Diabetes
and Metabolism
Gastroenterology
Geriatric Medicine*
Hematology
Infectious Disease
Medical Oncology
Nephrology
Pulmonary Disease
Rheumatology

1981

1982

1983

4,413

4,355

4,573

Number of certificates issued by year

1984
1985
1986
1987
4,635

4,623

4,892

5,171

1988

1989

1990

5,005

5,408

4,679

Decade
Total
47,754

1,265

1,226

1,347

1,465
1,729

1,588
1,115

6,891
2,844

354
666

247
681

286
693

255
692

296
792

1,438
3,524
2,863
1,515
1,688
3,061
1,789
3,278
1,496

265
303
646

291
281
543

386
658
341

682
377
627
346

1,659
340
395

308
318
585
340
635
269

1,204
311
391
605

354
666
282

* Area of Added Qualifications prior to July, 2006

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332
692
258

Number of Candidates Certified Annually by the American Board of Internal Medicine

Data listed for internal medicine and subspecialties of internal medicine chronologically from 1936 2011.

1991 2000

Internal Medicine
Subspecialties
Adolescent Medicine*
Cardiovascular Disease
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology*
Critical Care Medicine*
Endocrinology, Diabetes
and Metabolism
Gastroenterology
Geriatric Medicine*
Hematology
Infectious Disease
Interventional Cardiology*
Medical Oncology
Nephrology
Pulmonary Disease
Rheumatology
Sports Medicine

1991

1992

1993

Number of certificates issued by year

1994
1995
1996
1997**

1998

1999

2000

5,036

4,762

5,283

5,395

7,019

7,263

6,944

Decade
Total
65,207

902
122
364

5
796
67
384

732
77
348

54
7,966
1,064
4,310

6,671

9,012

26
1,492

1,068
386

23
1,376

1,600
225

7,822

187

1,310

588

702

614

264
848

247
1,003

332
813

386
835

1,254
239
454
604

1,568
326
480
500

401
758
308

291
453
545
597

431
802
328
32

564
732
251
25

155
223
735
280
453
134
37

161
315
337
220
246
337
323
467
107

183
354
183
204
241
2,115
377
304
350
133
33

190
315
200
185
205
753
331
323
419
106

1,763
4,483
3,833
1,782
2,394
2,868
3,481
2,626
3,981
1,367
127

*Area of Added Qualifications prior to July, 2006

** Prior to 1997 all subspecialty and area of added qualification examinations were offered every other year. Beginning in 1997, with a
few exceptions, all such examinations were administered annually.

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Number of Candidates Certified Annually by the American Board of Internal Medicine

Data listed for internal medicine and subspecialties of internal medicine chronologically from 1936 2011.

2001 2010

Internal Medicine
Subspecialties
Adolescent Medicine*
Advanced Heart Failure and
Transplant Cardiology
Cardiovascular Disease
Clinical Cardiac
Electrophysiology*
Critical Care Medicine*
Endocrinology, Diabetes
and Metabolism
Gastroenterology
Geriatric Medicine*
Hematology
Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Infectious Disease
Interventional Cardiology*
Medical Oncology
Nephrology
Pulmonary Disease
Rheumatology
Sleep Medicine
Sports Medicine*
Transplant Hepatology

2001

2002

2003

Number of certificates issued by year

2004
2005
2006
2007

2008

2009

2010

Decade
Total

6,774

6,977

7,167

7,026

6,915

6,820

7,019

69,847

17

7,066

6,774

7,309

727

693

672

742

745

772

794

762

910

239
805

239
7,622

75
301

90
393

102
409

91
448

125
430

120
474

146
488

130
516

122
459

130
548

1,131
4,466

180
323
193
200

228
326
270
229

203
419
262
273

243
382
256
323

213
424
212
290

271
436
242
298

224
453
202
344

266
439
185
387

230
521
372
309
398
119

261
489
413
359
383
162

255
636
448
403
466
182

308
287
492
372
408
185

309
225
467
400
430
173

329
288
488
417
437
177

273
426
199
379
1,061
360
286
540
445
499
210

15

19

13

7
197

310
291
535
390
464
190
916
9

270
438
221
339
788
317
288
512
398
407
186

2,371
4,066
2,242
3,062
1,849
3,045
3,590
4,795
3,942
4,378
1,792
2,146
110
430

9
126

* Area of Added Qualifications prior to July, 2006

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366
279
528
449
486
208
1,230
11

9
107

Number of Candidates Certified Annually by the American Board of Internal Medicine

Data listed for internal medicine and subspecialties of internal medicine chronologically from 1936 2011.

2011
Number of certificates issued by year

Internal Medicine
Subspecialties
Adolescent Medicine*
Advanced Heart Failure and
Transplant Cardiology
Cardiovascular Disease
Clinical Cardiac
Electrophysiology*
Critical Care Medicine*
Endocrinology, Diabetes
and Metabolism
Gastroenterology
Geriatric Medicine*
Hematology
Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Infectious Disease
Interventional Cardiology*
Medical Oncology
Nephrology
Pulmonary Disease
Rheumatology
Sleep Medicine
Sports Medicine*
Transplant Hepatology

2011

Decade
Total

6,740

6,740

845

845

131
509

131
509

283
459
169
352

283
459
169
352

363
278
525
365
492
203
1,175
12

363
278
525
365
492
203
1,175
12

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