Internal migration of physicians who graduated in Brazil between 1980 and 2014

Table 2 Physicians who graduated between 1980 and 2014 who migrated and did not migrate according to gender, time since graduation, specialization and characteristics of the graduating schools

	Did not migrate	Percent	Migrated	Percent	Total
Physicians’ characteristics
Age
≤ 30 years	25 096	48.0	27 201	52.0	52 297
30–35 years	22 303	41.2	31 805	58.8	54 108
35–40 years	16 521	39.3	25 490	60.7	42 011
40–45 years	13 751	42.2	18 870	57.8	32 621
45–50 years	13 098	42.9	17 419	57.1	30 517
50–55 years	13 497	43.6	17 439	56.4	30 936
55–60 years	10 838	41.7	15 162	58.3	26 000
60–65 years	2 014	36.1	3 572	63.9	5 586
65–70 years	407	37.8	669	62.2	1 076
≥ 70 years	273	42.5	369	57.5	642
Gender
Female	59 529	45.8	70 421	54.2	129 950
Male	58 274	40.0	87 577	60.0	145 851
Time since graduation
≤ 5 years	29 591	47.8	32 327	52.2	61 918
5–10 years	19 601	39.2	30 392	60.8	49 993
10–15 years	14 895	39.0	23 264	61.0	38 159
15–20 years	13 627	42.3	18 558	57.7	32 185
20–25 years	13 265	43.2	17 425	56.8	30 690
25–30 years	13 428	43.4	17 523	56.6	30 951
30–35 years	11 990	41.0	17 258	59.0	29 248
≥ 35 years	1 405	52.9	1 248	47.1	2 653
Specialist
No	43 531	40.3	64 469	59.7	108 000
Yes	74 272	44.3	93 529	55.7	167 801
Total	117 803	42.7	157 998	57.3	275 801
School characteristics
Greater region
North	6 903	47.6	7 593	52.4	14 496
Northeast	30 676	60.3	20 196	39.7	50 872
Southeast	54 591	35.7	98 378	64.3	152 969
South	18 704	41.1	26 845	58.9	45 549
Central-West	6 929	58.2	4 986	41.8	11 915
Municipality
Capital	93 034	60.2	61 624	39.8	154 658
LM interior^a	23 822	22.3	82 939	77.7	106 761
SM interior^b	947	6.6	13 435	93.4	14 382
Legal nature of school
Public	80 356	50.3	79 339	49.7	159 695
Private	37 438	32.2	78 653	67.8	116 091
No information	9	60.0	6	40.0	15
Total	117 803	42.7	157 998	57.3	275 801

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