Family and community physicians in Brazil, December 2018
Characteristics | N | % |
Gender | ||
Female | 3563 | 57.1 |
Male | 2546 | 40.8 |
Not inferred | 129 | 2.1 |
Mode of specialisation* | ||
Certification | 2321 | 37.2 |
Medical residency | 3917 | 62.8 |
Year of specialisation | ||
2014–2018 | 2364 | 37.9 |
2009–2013 | 1573 | 25.2 |
2004–2008 | 1368 | 21.9 |
1999–2003 | 370 | 5.9 |
1981–1998 | 563 | 9.0 |
Region of specialisation | ||
North | 314 | 5.0 |
Northeast | 825 | 13.2 |
Southeast | 2794 | 44.8 |
South | 1943 | 31.3 |
Central-West | 317 | 5.1 |
Unknown | 45 | 0.7 |
*Whichever came first, for physicians specialising through both modes.