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Table 1 Descriptive statistics

From: The distribution and transitions of physicians in Japan: a 1974–2004 retrospective cohort study

  

1974

1984

1994

2004

Number of physicians

Total

125 249

178 197

227 775

270 353

 

Hospitals

54 005

100 018

142 309

170 386

 

Clinics

65 099

70 662

76 596

92 982

Number per 100 000 population

 

113

148

182

212

Working at hospitals (%)

 

43

56

62

63

Female (%)

 

9

10

13

17

Working in rural areas (%)

 

14

14

13

11

Average age (± SD)

Total

47.6 (14.0)

46.9 (14.9)

46.7 (15.4)

47.8 (15.2)

 

Hospital-based physicians

40.4 (14.5)

39.4 (12.5)

40.2 (13.2)

42.0 (12.6)

 

Office-based physicians

53.2 (10.4)

57.0 (11.2)

58.1 (12.3)

57.5 (13.8)