| 1 | A | B | C | D | E |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers in science, engineering, and health fields, by sex and broad field: 2017-19 |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | broad field | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | percent change 2017-19 |
| 4 | all surveyed fields | 28180 | 29284 | 30349 | 7.7 |
| 5 | male | 16580 | 17468 | 17980 | 8.4 |
| 6 | female | 11600 | 11816 | 12369 | 6.6 |
| 7 | science and engineering | 20542 | 21848 | 22728 | 10.6 |
| 8 | science | 17268 | 18278 | 18819 | 9 |
| 9 | agricultural sciences | 496 | 565 | 645 | 30 |
| 10 | biological and biomedical sciences | 8203 | 8250 | 8229 | 0.3 |
| 11 | computer and information sciences | 476 | 515 | 510 | 7.1 |
| 12 | geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1794 | 2106 | 2177 | 21.3 |
| 13 | mathematics and statistics | 240 | 266 | 305 | 27.1 |
| 14 | multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 806 | 832 | 820 | 1.7 |
| 15 | natural resources and conservation | 364 | 580 | 582 | 59.9 |
| 16 | physical sciences | 2871 | 3056 | 3316 | 15.5 |
| 17 | psychology | 494 | 507 | 576 | 16.6 |
| 18 | social sciences | 1524 | 1601 | 1659 | 8.9 |
| 19 | engineering | 3274 | 3570 | 3909 | 19.4 |
| 20 | bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 415 | 440 | 492 | 18.6 |
| 21 | chemical engineering | 281 | 257 | 328 | 16.7 |
| 22 | civil engineering | 422 | 414 | 492 | 16.6 |
| 23 | electrical, electronics, and communications engineering | 557 | 588 | 637 | 14.4 |
| 24 | engineering science, mechanics, and physics | 200 | 220 | 186 | -7 |
| 25 | industrial and manufacturing engineering | 119 | 105 | 137 | 15.1 |
| 26 | mechanical engineering | 458 | 489 | 531 | 15.9 |
| 27 | metallurgical and materials engineering | 181 | 215 | 242 | 33.7 |
| 28 | other engineeringa | 641 | 842 | 864 | 34.8 |
| 29 | health | 7638 | 7436 | 7621 | -0.2 |
| 30 | clinical medicine | 6448 | 6159 | 6273 | -2.7 |
| 31 | other health | 1190 | 1277 | 1348 | 13.3 |

Question: which gender's number of nfrs grew at a faster rate between 2017 and 2019, male or female?
Answer: male

Question: in 2019, how many percentage points of nfrs were male?
Answer: 1.687931

Question: rates of growth in the number of nfrs between 2017 and 2019 in various s&e fields of research varied widely, which broad field had the largest percentage of increasing?
Answer: natural resources and conservation

Question: at the other end of the range, how many percentage points of the number of nfrs in engineering science, mechanics, and physics declined?
Answer: 7