Table 2

Total enrolment, medical schools in Mexico, 1990–2001. In general, enrolment in the career of medicine in Mexico has shown non-linear behavior for the past 25 years. It was at the beginning of the 1990s when it showed a downward trend, mainly because of the official policy implemented in the mid-1980s to halt the high demand to enrol that was evident at that time. Yet on average, enrolment increased by 22.8% during the 1990–2001 period.

Year
1977
1980
1983
1986
1990
1993
1996
1999
2001

Total
85 822
77 474
76 424
64 853
57 667
55 591
59 645
64 594
70 830

Source: ANUIES, Anuarios estadísticos, 1990–2001

Nigenda et al. Human Resources for Health 2005 3:3   doi:10.1186/1478-4491-3-3

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