The value of survival analyses for evidence-based rural medical workforce planning

Table 1 Characteristics of all family physicians who worked in rural NSW between 2003 and 2012

Variable	Category	Frequency	Percent
Gender	Male	1,864	67.0
Gender	Female	919	33.0
Country of primary medical degree	Australia	1,533	55.1
	UK, Ireland, Canada, US, NZ	266	9.6
	Other	914	32.8
	Missing	70	2.5
Date of birth	Prior to 1950	463	16.6
	1950–1954	311	11.2
	1955–1959	396	14.2
	1960–1964	381	13.7
	1965–1969	386	13.9
	1970–1974	289	10.4
	During or after 1975	214	7.7
	Missing	343	12.3
Age at graduation	25 or younger	1,523	54.7
	Between 25 and 30	596	21.4
	30 or older	250	9.0
	Missing	414	14.9
	Total of each variable	2,783	100.0

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