Table 3 |
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Characteristics of sub-Saharan African international medical graduates in the United States by graduation year cohort |
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| 1969 or earlier |
1970–1979 |
1980–1989 |
1990–2000 |
OVERALL |
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| Number |
720 |
1167 |
2268 |
1179 |
5334 |
| Currently in residency (%) |
0 |
2.3 |
17.6 |
59.7 |
21.2 |
| Gender (% male) |
90.0 |
86.5 |
76.7 |
66.3 |
78.3 |
| Generalists (%) |
19.0 |
28.3 |
47.8 |
57.9 |
41.9 |
| current practice location: |
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| Urban (%) |
95.3 |
94.1 |
93.7 |
95.7 |
94.4 |
| Large rural (%) |
2.4 |
3.3 |
3.6 |
2.6 |
3.1 |
| Small rural (%) |
1.7 |
2.1 |
1.8 |
1.1 |
1.7 |
| Isolated rural (%) |
0.7 |
0.6 |
0.9 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
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Note: includes residents. Source of data: American Medical Association: Physicians' professional record (AMA-PPD) 2002. |
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Hagopian et al. Human Resources for Health 2004 2:17 doi:10.1186/1478-4491-2-17 |
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