Table 5 The proportion of general practitioners in practice (assistant) physicians in China in 2012–2017 (%)

Total

4.20

5.21

5.21

6.21

6.55

7.45

Eastern region

5.65

6.70

6.70

7.62

8.09

9.09

Beijing

10.94

10.97

10.97

9.70

9.40

9.10

Tianjin

3.57

4.45

4.45

5.98

6.36

9.12

Hebei

2.44

4.48

4.48

5.56

5.28

5.22

Liaoning

3.27

3.40

3.40

3.47

3.82

5.42

Shanghai

9.54

10.28

10.28

11.67

12.18

12.50

Jiangsu

9.54

10.40

10.40

11.01

12.30

12.70

Zhejiang

9.43

12.32

12.32

13.68

13.42

17.05

Fujian

3.89

5.00

5.00

6.57

7.26

8.21

Shandong

3.38

3.33

3.33

4.18

4.64

5.13

Guangdong

3.99

5.59

5.59

6.54

7.54

8.80

Hainan

2.71

3.47

3.47

4.60

4.96

5.46

Middle region

2.85

3.60

3.60

4.98

5.27

6.34

Shanxi

2.92

3.35

3.35

4.45

4.55

6.76

Jilin

2.00

2.71

2.71

4.30

4.86

7.27

Heilongjiang

2.65

3.59

3.59

5.22

5.28

5.08

Anhui

3.47

4.38

4.38

6.83

7.65

8.63

Jiangxi

3.10

3.46

3.46

4.32

4.60

6.30

Henan

2.82

3.56

3.56

5.21

5.87

7.07

Hubei

3.44

4.30

4.30

5.13

4.95

6.09

Hunan

2.22

3.09

3.09

4.06

4.06

4.07

Western region

3.20

4.42

4.42

5.15

5.30

5.83

Inner Mongolia

2.82

3.83

3.83

4.80

4.79

5.67

Guangxi

3.96

4.85

4.85

5.10

5.28

6.20

Chongqing

3.14

3.97

3.97

4.71

4.83

5.64

Sichuan

2.86

5.17

5.17

5.73

5.59

5.82

Guizhou

2.10

2.70

2.70

4.96

5.38

6.64

Yunna

4.69

5.69

5.69

5.39

5.52

5.59

Tibet

0.84

1.29

1.29

2.59

3.09

3.25

Shaanxi

2.63

2.66

2.66

2.67

3.20

3.84

Gansu

3.23

4.69

4.69

6.68

7.15

6.81

Qinghai

3.88

5.73

5.73

6.97

7.26

7.93

Ningxia

2.00

2.74

2.74

3.56

3.83

5.09

Xinjiang

3.81

5.12

5.12

6.47

6.67

7.12