2005 Membership Statistics

 

Total Membership 10,683
(7,665 respondents)  
 
Distribution by Employment Number %
Physiology Departments 1,936 25.3
Administration 30 0.4
Clinical 1,131 14.8
College or University 2,184 28.5
Commercial Companies 204 2.7
Community College or 2-Year Inst. 3 0.0
Dental Schools 32 0.4
Government (incl. VA) 25 0.3
Government (incl. VA) 298 3.9
High School 5 0.1
Hospitals and Clinics 314 4.1
Institutes and Foundations 202 2.6
Medical Schools 511 6.7
Not-for-Profit Association 9 0.1
Other Preclinical Depts. 442 5.8
Other, please specify 53 0.7
Private Practice 31 0.4
Public Health and Graduate Schools 97 1.3
Retired 14 0.2
Univ. College 1 0.0
Veterinary Schools 143 1.9
     
     

 

Distribution by Racial Background and Heritage (optional personal data)

Total respondents

Alaskan Native 1
American Indian 10
Asian or Pacific Islander 823
Black 78
Hispanic 194
Multiracial 21
Other 33
White 5,033

 

Distribution by Earned Degree
(8,176 respondents—includes 806 individuals with multiple doctorate degrees)
 
 
PhD 6,348
MD 2,383
DVM or VMD 98
DSc or ScD 93
DrMed or DMSc 30
EdD 10
JD 3

 

Distribution by Gender
(optional personal data)
   
 
Male 7,145
Female 2,192


 

Distribution by Age
(optional personal data)
 
 
70+ 1,379
60-69 1,414
50-59 2,013
40-49 2,102
30-39 1,820
20-29 891

 

Principle Type of Work
(7,169 respondents)

%

Administration 3.9
Clinical 5.7
Research 79.2
Teaching 11.2

 

Distribution by Primary Section Affiliation
(7,526 respondents)  

%

Cardiovascular 24.2
Cell & Molecular Physiology 12.4
Central Nervous System 8.4
Comparative Physiology 4.3
Endocrinology & Metabolism 8.9
Environ. & Exercise Physiology 8.6
Gastro. & Liver Physiology 5.6
Neural Control & Autonomic Reg. 4.4
Renal 7.5
Respiration 10.2
Teaching of Physiology 3.0
Water & Electrolyte Homeostasis 2.5

 

Distribution by Group Affiliation (4,821 respondents)    

%

Epithelial Transport 23.3
History of Physiology 13.4
Hypoxia 17.6
Members in Industry 7.5
Muscle Biology 25.8
Physiological Genomics 7.5
Translational Research 4.9

 

Distribution by Primary Specialty (4,967 respondents)  

%

Anatomy 0.7
Biochemistry 1.6
Biomedical engineering 0.8
Biophysics 0.6
Cardiovascular 32.8
Cellular and tissue 5.1
Comparative physiology 3.3
Electrolytes and water balance 3.7
Endocrines 7.2
Environment 2.7
Exercise 2.5
Gastrointestinal 3.2
General physiology 0.1
Immunology 0.6
Lipids and steroids 1.0
Muscle 11.0
Neural control and autonomic reg 0.8
Neurosciences 7.0
Renal 2.3
Reproduction 1.6
Respiration 8.3
Teaching 0.5
Transport 0.5
Other 0.7

 

APS Membership in The Americas  
United States of America 8,314
Canada 503
Brazil 67
Mexico 38
Chile 20
Argentina 17
British West Indies 8
Peru 6
Venezuela 5
Jamaica 4
Colombia 1
Costa Rica 1
Honduras 1
Trinidad 1

 

US States with More than 100 Members
California 867
Texas 567
New York 539
Pennsylvania 427
Massachusetts 380
Ohio 379
Maryland 359
Illinois 352
North Carolina 262
Michigan 242
Florida 241
Missouri 217
Georgia 213
Wisconsin 198
Louisiana 174
Tennessee 174
Indiana 171
Virginia 170
Alabama 164
Colorado 164
New Jersey 163
Connecticut 160
Minnesota 153
Kentucky 144
Washington 124
Iowa 122
Arizona

118

 

APS Membership Outside The Americas
(countries with five or more members)
Japan 265
United Kingdom 191
Australia 143
Germany 121
France 94
Denmark 72
Switzerland 62
Nigeria 61
Italy 59
South Korea 56
Sweden 54
The Netherlands 53
Taiwan 50
Belgium 40
Israel 36
Spain 36
India 35
New Zealand 31
China 27
Turkey 26
Greece 25
Hong Kong 22
Norway 21
Thailand 12
Hungary 11
Ireland 11
Poland 10
Finland 9
Czech Republic 8
Portugal 8
Singapore 8
Austria 7
South Africa 7
Croatia 6
Lebanon 6
Russia 5
Slovenia 5
Ukraine 5
Other countries represented: Bangladesh, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Egypt, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Macedonia, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Slovak Republic, Tanzania, United Arab Emirates, and Yugoslavia

 

Canadian Provinces with Five or More members    
Ontario 223
Quebec 93
Alberta 72
British Columbia 51
Manitoba 22
Nova Scotia 11
Newfoundland 10
Saskatchewan 8

 

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