Becker's Healthcare February 27, 2025
Physicians have lower mortality rates compared to the general population, but mortality is still higher for women and Black and Hispanic physicians.
The study, published Feb. 24 in JAMA Internal Medicine, used data from the National Vital Statistics System on deaths among adults ages 25 to 74 years from January 2020 to December 2022. Physicians comprised 0.3% of the sample, and other healthcare workers — including dentists, health services managers, nurses, nurse practitioners, optometrists, chiropractors, pharmacists, physician assistants and healthcare support workers, including home health aides — comprised 8.5%.
Here are four findings to know:
1. Among more than 3.6 million workers, physicians had a lower annual mortality rate of 269.3 per 100,000 compared to non-healthcare workers at a rate...
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