Fig. 1
From: African Americans in evolutionary science: where we have been, and what’s next
Applicants to US Medical Schools, 2016—2019 by Race/Ethnicity. This figure shows the percent of each ethnic/racial group that applied to US medical schools compared to their percent of the US total population. Asians were ~ four times more likely to apply to medical school compared to their percentage in the population, Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics were less likely to apply compared to their percentage in the population. Data from American Association of Medical Colleges; these represent individuals who self-identified their ancestry in only one racial/ethnic category https://www.aamc.org/data/facts/applicantmatriculant/