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Table 2 Doctors' age, sex and medical speciality on entry to the NHS by country of qualification region

From: Workforce participation among international medical graduates in the National Health Service of England: a retrospective longitudinal study

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)

  1. Note: Gen. Prtc. = general practice-based