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Table 1 Gender, age and place of work among respondents (< 70) compared to doctors working in Norway (< 70)

From: Duty to treat and perceived risk of contagion during the COVID-19 pandemic: Norwegian physicians’ perspectives and experiences—a questionnaire survey

 

Respondents in the present study (< 70 years)

Doctors working in Norway 2021 (< 70 years)

Gender, women (%, 95%CI)

56.0% (862/1540)

54.4% 1

Average age (years, SD)

44.3 (SD 12.1) (N = 1540)

43.9 (SD 11.4) 1

Place of work

Doctors working in "COVID-exposed specialties" (%, 95%CI)

8,3% (123/1487)

9.1% (1528/16851) 2

Doctors working in other somatic hospital specialties (%, 95%CI)

42.0% (624/1487)

43.1% (7257/16851) 2

Doctors working as General practitioners (%, 95%CI

22,1% (329/1487)

23.9% (4031/16851) 2

Doctors working in psychiatry/ laboratory/diagnostic medicine (%, 95%CI)

27,6% (411/1487)

23.9% (4035/16851) 2

  1. 1 N for all doctors < 70 years in Norway = 30,360
  2. 2 N for certified specialists < 70 years = 16,851