Employed medical practitioners

Employed medical practitioners: selected characteristics, 2004 to 2013

OECD Health Workforce - Overall number of doctors

		Average age(years)					Average age(years)
Year	Number	Men	Women	Persons	Women (per cent)	Indigenous (per cent)(a)	Men	Women	Persons	FTE rate(b)
2004	58,211	47.7	40.9	45.5	32.4	n.p.	47.1	37.6	44.0	321.2
2005	60,252	47.3	40.6	45.1	32.9	n.p.	46.7	37.6	43.7	326.2
2006	62,425	48.3	41.7	46.1	33.7	0.3	46.2	37.6	43.3	330.4
2007	67,208	48.1	41.7	45.9	34.0	0.4	45.9	37.6	43.1	347.7
2008	68,455	47.9	41.6	45.7	34.9	0.2	45.4	37.6	42.7	343.9
2009	72,739	47.8	41.5	45.6	35.7	0.2	44.9	37.5	42.2	353.8
2011	78,960	47.9	41.6	45.5	37.5	0.3	45.9	38.7	43.2	381.5
2012	79,653	48.3	42.1	46.0	37.9	0.3	45.3	38.3	42.7	373.9
2013	82,498	48.3	42.2	46.0	38.6	0.4	45.4	38.8	42.8	381.8

1. Percentages exclude the ‘Not stated’ category.
2. Full-time equivalent (FTE) number per 100,000 population. FTE number is based on total weekly hours worked. Standard working week

Notes:

1. Data prior to 2010 have been presented to show trends for the period before the introduction of the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme. In 2010, due to transitional arrangements, survey data were not available for Western Australia and Queensland. As a result, national data are not available.
2. Data prior to 2010 were based on state/territory-based registration systems and, as a result, treatment of provisional registrants was not consistent across the jurisdictions. Data for 2011 include provisional registrants. From 2012, data exclude provisional registrants.
3. For 2004 and 2005, data for Indigenous status were not published due to quality issues. The data are denoted by 'n.p.' in the table.

Sources: AIHW Medical Labour Force Survey, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009; NHWDS: medical practitioners, 2011, 2012 and 2013.