Be a doctor, drive a Toyota

These statistics were taken from a Medscape article, but I thought they were pretty interesting. They were from a survey of approximately 29,000 physicians.

Specific to cardiologists:

The average happiness score for physicians who responded was 3.96 (cardiologists reported 3.92)

In their spare time, cardiologists can be found playing video games, making kaleidoscopes, studying the history of handguns, mind-bending games, restoring vintage electronic equipment, and studying the Talmud (although the number one answer was exercise)

The most unhappy physicians, according to self-rating, were those who didn't volunteer, followed by those who tutored or did counseling

A far higher percentage of married cardiologists (85%) in this survey compared with the general US population (48%)

In 2008, 32% of American men were obese, compared to only 8% of male physicians (the rate of overweight male physicians, however, is almost identical to the national rate). Only 4% of cardiologist reported obesity.

Fewer than 1% of cardiologists smoke, compared to 18% of Americans.

Top 5 cars driven by cardiologists, in descending order: Toyota (for real??), Lexus, Honda, BMW, Mercedes (Subaru was least favorite)

Physicians in general:

Happiest speciality: rheumatology (dermatology was a close second). Neurology was dead last, but GI, internal medicine, oncology and general surgery were close behind.

Apparently, sewing and knitting is a common pastime among all physician respondents.

Anesthesiologists and radiologists get the most yearly vacation.

Overall, 85% of male physicians are married, compared to 71% of female physicians.

Dermatologists rated their overall physical health the highest; critical care physicians and pediatricians ranked the lowest.

More, about 40%, consider themselves fiscally conservative but socially liberal, the most popular combination.