|
Childhood rural background
|
Current Practice Location (Community Size)*
|
|---|
| |
Metropolitan
|
Large regional
|
Large rural
|
Medium rural
|
Small rural
|
Very small rural
|
|---|
|
GPs (n)*
|
1716
|
341
|
318
|
214
|
274
|
204
|
|
0 years (70%)
|
61%
|
11%
|
9%
|
7%
|
7%
|
5%
|
|
1-5 years (7%)
|
58%
|
10%
|
9%
|
10%
|
7%
|
6%
|
|
6-10 years (6%)
|
44%
|
9%
|
14%
|
7%
|
14%
|
12%
|
|
11-18 years (17%)
|
39%
|
13%
|
17%
|
8%
|
13%
|
10%
|
|
Large/medium rural (10%)
|
43%
|
12%
|
18%
|
10%
|
8%
|
9%
|
|
Small/very small rural (13%)
|
43%
|
11%
|
14%
|
7%
|
15%
|
10%
|
|
Specialists (n)*
|
1434
|
527
|
288
|
139
|
26
|
-
|
|
0 years (73%)
|
62%
|
22%
|
10%
|
5%
|
1%
|
-
|
|
1-5 years (5%)
|
63%
|
21%
|
12%
|
2%
|
2%
|
-
|
|
6-10 years (5%)
|
55%
|
27%
|
13%
|
3%
|
2%
|
-
|
|
11-18 years (17%)
|
48%
|
22%
|
19%
|
10%
|
1%
|
-
|
|
Large/medium rural (9%)
|
54%
|
19%
|
19%
|
6%
|
2%
|
-
|
|
Small/very small rural (11%)
|
56%
|
22%
|
15%
|
6%
|
1%
|
-
|
- * Current practice location missing for 14 GPs and 11 specialists; Rural childhood years missing for 75 GPs and 54 specialists
- Doctors who grew up in a metropolitan or large regional location (GPs - 77%, specialists - 80%) are distributed near identically to those with 0 years rural background
