Table 6: Age of Applicants to U.S. Medical Schools at Anticipated Matriculation by Sex and Race and Ethnicity, 2002-2008

Note: The table below displays the self-identified* ethnic and racial characteristics of female and male applicants to U.S. medical schools from 2002 to 2008. Please e-mail us if you need further assistance or have additional inquiries.

*Since 2002, following U.S. federal guidelines, AMCAS has asked applicants who are U.S. citizens or Permanent Residents to self-identify using two separate questions: the first question ("Ethnicity") asks applicants whether they are "Spanish/Hispanic/Latino/Latina" or "Not Spanish/Hispanic/Latino/Latina"; the second question ("Race") asks applicants to self-identify using non-Hispanic or Latino race categories, and applicants are asked to "check all that apply." The ethnicity category and several race categories permit further self-identification by sub-categories. Prior to 2002, AMCAS applicants were not able to select more than one race; thus, data prior to 2002 are not directly comparable to later data.

**one applicant, who declined to report gender, is not reflected.

Source: AAMC: Data Warehouse: Applicant Matriculant File as of 10/10/2008.

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