CNN Early Start With Christine Romans June 4, 2024 10:20:00
Black people in the united states. so that means that our physician workforce does not reflect the patient population that we serve. and the association of american medical colleges has the most recent numbers on this. here is what they found. in 2021, that is the year with the latest data available, only 5.7% of physicians in the u.s. identified as black or african-american. and that is even though at least an estimated 12% of the u.s. population identifies specifically as black or african-american. now, looking at all other racial and ethnic groups, fewer than 1% of doctors are native americ...