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Table 3 Rates of labor wastage in physicians and nurses, by gender; Mexico

From: Gender inequality in the health workforce in the midst of achieving universal health coverage in Mexico

Rates × 1 000**

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

AAR

AAGR

Physicians (N)

216 073

235 672

219 424

255 268

262 094

284 615

264 306

266 915

264 245

241 550

246 442

234 733

292 035

  

 Women (%)

35.4

35.0

42.1

36.9

38.8

41.3

41.7

40.6

43.4

40.9

40.8

46.4

48.5

  

 Men (%)

64.6

65.0

57.9

63.1

61.2

58.7

58.3

59.4

56.6

59.1

59.2

53.6

51.5

  

Physicians (rate)

253

274

229

243

263

291

291

267

268

263

319

260

273

269

1.23

 Women

336

379

258

332

336

400

369

352

282

372

379

315

318

341

1.31

 Men

208

218

207

190

217

214

235

210

257

187

278

212

230

220

2.64

Nurses (N)

313 245

337 709

335 117

351 807

393 197

368 618

359 431

388 177

428 357

436 853

455 892

482 463

591 801

  

 Women (%)

95.8

94.2

93.6

93.2

93.6

91.9

93.7

89.7

91.0

88.7

89.3

88.3

87.8

  

 Men (%)

4.2

5.8

6.4

6.8

6.4

8.1

6.3

10.3

9.0

11.3

10.7

11.7

12.2

  

Nurses (rate)

467

446

430

456

435

457

506

422

451

439

421

452

482

451

0.57

 Women

477

448

426

468

439

469

520

429

450

454

432

464

493

459

0.63

 Men

233

420

478

285

377

321

308

359

461

325

331

357

402

358

8.71

  1. AAR average annual rate, AAGR average annual growth rate
  2. **Includes employment, quantitative and qualitative underemployment, underemployment, and household activities