Membership
Published membership figures for the AMA include:
- In 2002, it was reported that the AMA had 278,000 members, among whom were "less than 30% of American physicians."
- By 2007, the AMA had 238,977 members, of which 20.5% were medical students and 9% were residents.
- There were 215,854 members as of December 2010, of which 47,227 (21.9%) were medical students and 31,049 (14.4%) were residents or fellows. The total was a decrease from the 2009 membership of 228,150.
- A 2011 article asserted that "somewhere in the neighborhood of 15% of practicing US doctors now belong to the AMA." Membership total as of Dec 31, 2011 (including residents and students) was 217,490 of approximately 954,000 practicing physicians.
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