Proportion of early-, middle- and late-career ophthalmologists, overall and in noncomprehensive, general medical and comprehensive surgical areas of care in 2010 and 2019
| Area of care | Early-career ophthalmologists* | Middle-career ophthalmologists* | Late-career ophthalmologists* | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. (%) in 2010 | No. (%) in 2019 | Change (%) from 2010 to 2019 | No. (%) in 2010 | No. (%) in 2019 | Change (%) from 2010 to 2019 | No. (%) in 2010 | No. (%) in 2019 | Change (%) from 2010 to 2019 | |
| Overall | 121 (28.3) | 141 (29.6) | +20 (+1.2)† | 140 (32.8) | 120 (25.2) | −20 (−7.6) | 166 (38.9) | 216 (45.3) | +50 (+6.4)† |
| General medical ophthalmologists | 10 (11.2) | 13 (13.2) | +3 (+2.0) | 18 (20.2) | 7 (7.1) | −11 (−13.1)† | 61 (68.5) | 78 (79.6) | +17 (+11.1)† |
| Noncomprehensive ophthalmologists‡ | 49 (35.5) | 60 (34.3) | +11 (−1.2) | 55 (39.9) | 53 (30.3) | −2 (−9.6) | 31 (22.5) | 56 (32.0) | +25 (+9.5)† |
| Low-volume comprehensive cataract surgeons | 16 (50.0) | 23 (54.8) | +7 (+4.8)† | 5 (15.6) | 5 (11.9) | 0 (−3.7) | 11 (34.3) | 14 (33.3) | +3 (−1.0) |
| Moderate-volume comprehensive cataract surgeons | 34 (26.2) | 31 (27.0) | −3 (+0.8) | 44 (33.8) | 41 (35.6) | −3 (+1.8) | 52 (40.0) | 43 (37.4) | −9 (−2.6)† |
| High-volume comprehensive cataract surgeons | 11 (32.3) | 11 (26.8) | 0 (−5.5) | 16 (47.0) | 11 (26.8) | −5 (−20.2) | 7 (20.5) | 19 (46.3) | +12 (+25.8)† |
↵* Denominators for percent frequencies are in Table 2.
↵† Significant difference in the number of ophthalmologists from 2010 to 2019 using the Mann–Kendall trend test, with p < 0.05.
↵‡ Noncomprehensive ophthalmologists includes neuro-ophthalmologists, corneal surgeons, glaucoma surgeons, retina medical ophthalmologists, retinal surgeons, oculoplastic surgeons, pediatric ophthalmologists and low-vision rehabilitation ophthalmologists.