Table 2

Doctors' age, sex and medical speciality on entry to the NHS by country of qualification region

Country of qualification region
Sex N (%)
Age in years N (%)
Specialty N (%)



M
F
Average
<30
30 – 39
40 – 49
50 – 59
Gen. Prtc.
Hospital

United Kingdom
27 877 (52.0)
25 739 (48.0)
27.7
40 941 (77.2)
8361 (15.8)
2256 (4.2)
1505 (2.8)
3434 (6.4)
50 184 (93.6)
European Economic Area
5267 (58.7)
3701 (41.3)
32.4
2955 (33.6)
4999 (56.8)
632 (7.2)
212 (2.4)
867 (9.7)
8102 (90.3)
Australasia
1793 (65.3)
954 (34.7)
32.4
955 (35.1)
1526 (56.2)
160 (5.9)
66 (2.8)
118 (4.3)
2629 (95.7)
Americas
619 (59.9)
414 (40.1)
33.3
370 (35.9)
488 (47.3)
131 (12.7)
42 (4.1)
12 (1.2)
1021 (98.8)
Sub-Saharan Africa
3474 (68.9)
1568 (31.1)
34.0
1555 (31.0)
2521 (50.3)
757 (15.1)
182 (3.6)
219 (4.3)
4822 (95.7)
Asia
11 885 (71.8)
4679 (28.2)
35.5
3193 (19.3)
9623 (58.3)
2705 (16.4)
982 (6.0)
688 (4.2)
15 876 (95.8)
Other European (non-EEA)
756 (58.2)
543 (41.8)
36.4
218 (16.8)
732 (56.6)
255 (19.7)
89 (6.9)
60 (4.6)
1239 (95.4)
Middle East
1299 (78.0)
367 (22.0)
37.5
165 (9.9)
944 (56.9)
449 (27.1)
102 (6.1)
78 (4.7)
1588 (95.3)
Northern Africa
1534 (88.1)
207 (11.9)
38.7
63 (3.6)
992 (57.2)
592 (34.1)
88 (5.1)
54 (3.1)
1687 (96.9)

ALL REGIONS
54 504 (58.8)
38 172 (41.2)
30.6
50 415 (54.9)
30 186 (32.9)
7937 (8.6)
3278 (3.6)
5530 (6.0)
87 148 (94.0)

Note: Gen. Prtc. = general practice-based

Hann et al. Human Resources for Health 2008 6:9   doi:10.1186/1478-4491-6-9

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