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Table 3 Applicants and registered first year students in medical schools per gender and ratio male/female and ratio of applicants to registered students

From: The rise of medical training in Portuguese speaking African countries

Country

Origin

Applicants

Ratio male/female

Registered students

Ratio male/female

Ratio applicant/registered student

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Total

Angola (n = 3)

National

1,150

1,135

2,285

1.0

123

153

276

0.8

8.3

 

Foreign

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

-

-

 

Total

1,150

1,135

2,285

1.0

123

153

276

0.8

8.3

Guinea Bissau

National

25

31

56

0.8

45

40

85

1.1

-

 

Foreign

1

6

7

0.2

1

6

7

0.2

-

 

Total

26

37

63a

0.7

46

46

92

1

-

Mozambique

National

52b

105b

157b

0.5

58d

84d

172d

-

-

 

Foreign

2b

0b

2b

2.0

3d

1d

4d

-

-

 

Total

54c

105c

159 + 400 + 2,094

-

71c

85c

176 + 168 + 169

-

-

  1. aData from only one of the two medical schools; bdata from three of the four medical schools studied; cdata refer to only one of the schools. On the total column, data is presented for the three schools; ddata from the four medical schools.
  2. + signs mean more than 159, 400 etc.