Table 2 Distribution of medical specialists and medical resident students according to selected specialties in Spain and Brazil, 2017

Family medicine and community

42 465

24.1

91.3

6 693

24.4

14.4

5 486

1.4

2.6

1 554

4.4

0.7

Pediatrics

11 388

6.5

24.5

1 612

5.9

3.5

39 234

10.3

18.9

3 448

9.8

1.7

Internal medicine/clinics

8 027

4.5

17.2

1 546

5.6

3.3

42 728

11.2

20.6

4 466

12.7

2.1

Anesthesiology

7 914

4.5

17.0

1 245

4.5

2.7

23 021

6.0

11.1

2 579

7.3

1.2

Gynecology and obstetrics

7 448

4.2

16.0

984

3.6

2.1

30 415

8.0

14.6

3 018

8.6

1.4

Orthopedics and traumatology

6 289

3.6

13.5

1 123

4.1

2.4

15 598

4.1

7.5

2 292

6.5

1.1

Psychiatry

5 780

3.3

12.4

901

3.3

1.9

10 396

2.7

5.0

1 448

4.1

0.7

Radiology

5 123

2.9

11.0

843

3.1

1.8

12 233

3.2

5.9

1 290

3.7

0.6

General surgery

5 212

3.0

11.2

887

3.2

1.9

34 065

8.9

16.4

2 895

8.2

1.4

Ophthalmology

4 749

2.7

10.2

664

2.4

1.4

13 825

3.6

6.7

1 173

3.3

0.6

Cardiology

3 568

2.0

7.7

766

2.8

1.6

15 516

4.1

7.5

1 073

3.1

0.5

Neurology

2 512

1.4

5.4

486

1.8

1.0

5 104

1.3

2.5

826

2.3

0.4

Urology

2 298

1.3

4.9

469

1.7

1.0

5 328

1.4

2.6

521

1.5

0.2

Dermatology

2 135

1.2

4.6

311

1.1

0.7

8 317

2.2

4.0

647

1.8

0.3

Otolaryngology

2 628

1.5

5.6

312

1.1

0.7

6 373

1.7

3.1

588

1.7

0.3

Neurosurgery

846

0.5

1.8

175

0.6

0.4

3 298

0.9

1.6

538

1.5

0.3

Plastic surgery

1 160

0.7

2.5

174

0.6

0.4

6 304

1.7

3.0

439

1.2

0.2

Other specialties⁶

56 884

32.2

122.3

8 211

30.2

17.6

10 4265

27.3

50.2

6 383

18.1

3.1

Total

176 426

100.0

379.2

27 402

100.0

58.9

381 506

100.0

183.7

35 178

100.0

16.94