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• <7% Latino/a physicians are not enough for the diverse populations of the United States.

https://www.aamc.org/data-reports/data/2022-physician-specialty-data-report-executive-summary#:~:text=In%202021%2C%2063.9%25%20of%20practicing,Other%20Pacific%20Islander%20(0.1%25).

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• 2% of physicians in the United States are Latina.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34524137/#:~:text=Results%3A%20According%20to%20the%20ACS,only%202.4%25%20(24%2C411)

 

• 19% of the United States population is Latino.

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045221

 

• 40% of California and Texas is Latino.

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/CA

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/09/23/key-facts-about-u-s-latinos-for-national-hispanic-heritage-month/

 

• 48% of California is projected to be Latino by the year 2050.

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/06/04/will-california-ever-become-a-majority-latino-state-maybe-not/

 

• 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

 

• 1 in 3 Americans will be Latino by 2050.

https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2008/02/11/us-population-projections-2005-2050/#:~:text=Racial%20and%20Ethnic%20Groups,compared%20with%2014%25%20in%202005.

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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