Survival analysis of Rural Clinical School of Western Australia graduates: the long-term work of building a long-term rural medical workforce

Table 1 Key characteristics of study sample, stratified by RCS cohort

Demographics	RCS cohort	Categories	n	%	95% Confidence Interval
Age	2002–2006 (n = 120)	<25 years	102	85.0%	(78.6, 91.4%)
	2007–2009 (n = 196)	<25 years	138	70.4%	(64.0, 76.8%)
	2010–2011 (n = 152)	<25 years	93	61.2%	(53.4, 68.9%)
Gender	2002–2006 (n = 120)	Female	68	56.7%	(47.8, 65.5%)
	2007–2009 (n = 196)	Female^a	130	66.3%	(59.7, 72.9%)
	2010–2011 (n = 152)	Female^a	100	65.8%	(58.2, 73.3%)
Rural background	2002–2006 (n = 120)	Yes^a	28	23.3%	(15.8, 30.9%)
	2007–2009 (n = 196)	Yes^b	46	23.5%	(17.5, 29.4%)
	2010–2011 (n = 152)	Yes	25	16.4%	(10.6, 22.3%)

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