National Latino
Physician Day!
October 1st!
¡Día Nacional de los Médicos Latinos!
Primero de Octubre
NLPD 2023 Fact Sheet
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<7% Latino/a physicians are not enough for the diverse populations of the United States.
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2% of physicians in the United States are Latina.
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19% of the United States population is Latino.
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045221
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40% of California and Texas is Latino.
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/CA
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48% of California is projected to be Latino by the year 2050.
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52% of California is projected to be Latino by the year 2050.
Center for American Progress
https://dornsife.usc.edu/assets/sites/242/docs/2050_la.pdf
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1 in 3 Americans will be Latino by 2050.
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48% of babies born in California are of Latino descent.
California Surgeon General. Lecture title: A call to action: the opportunity for anesthesiologists to improve maternal morbidity and mortality. California Society of Anesthesiologists annual meeting. San Diego, CA 2023
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Only 1% of academic surgeons are Latina.
https://www.journalofsurgicalresearch.com/article/S0022-4804(20)30228-6/fulltext