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Table E.2 Demographic Characteristics of US Life-Science PhDs in the Biomedical Sciences, 1963–1996
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
Total PhDs
1319
1510
1717
1916
2141
2501
2817
3136
3449
3402
3437
3336
3408
3483
3393
3449
3560
%
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
Men
Total
1136
1311
1472
1614
1778
2045
2325
2622
2828
2753
2704
2578
2563
2648
2606
2542
2589
%
86.1
86.8
85.7
84.2
83.0
81.8
82.5
83.6
82.0
80.9
78.7
77.3
75.2
76.0
76.8
73.7
72.7
US citizen/perm. residents
975
1098
1206
1342
1525
1753
2027
2308
2505
2444
2415
2180
2250
2324
2298
2253
2308
%
73.9
72.7
70.2
70.0
71.2
70.1
72.0
73.6
72.6
71.8
70.3
65.3
66.0
66.7
67.7
65.3
64.8
Women
Total
183
199
245
302
363
456
492
514
621
649
733
758
845
835
787
907
971
%
13.9
13.2
14.3
15.8
17.0
18.2
17.5
16.4
18.0
19.1
21.3
22.7
24.8
24.0
23.2
26.3
27.3
US citizen/perm. residents
154
170
221
261
312
413
441
463
566
599
672
676
782
747
697
810
880
%
11.7
11.3
12.9
13.6
14.6
16.5
15.7
14.8
16.4
17.6
19.6
20.3
22.9
21.4
20.5
23.5
24.7
Whites (all PhDs)
2189
2513
2744
2786
2752
2668
2801
%
63.7
75.3
80.5
80.0
81.1
77.4
78.7
Whites (US & perms)
2088
2404
2641
2677
2629
2579
2727
%
60.8
72.1
77.5
76.9
77.5
74.8
76.6
Minorities (US & perms)
78
81
83
81
76
101
84
%
2.3
2.4
2.4
2.3
2.2
2.9
2.4
