AMA survey shows 96% of physicians vaccinated

Editor's Note

The American Medical Association (AMA) has released a new survey of 301 US practicing physicians that shows 96% have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Of those not yet vaccinated, 45% plan to do so.

Vaccination rates did not differ across:

• primary care physicians (98%) or specialists (95%)
• regions—North East (95%), Mid West (97%), South (96%), or West (98%)
• gender—male (97%) or female (96%)
• age groups—under 35 (95%), 35-44 (97%), 45-54 (96%), 55-64 (93%), or 65 and older (100%)
• White (96%), Black (100%), or Asian (98%) race
• Non-Hispanic physicians were significantly more likely to have been vaccinated (97%) than Hispanic (84%).

The survey was conducted June 3-8.