Table 1 Percentage (and numbers) of respondents who specified Ophthalmology as their first choice of eventual career at one (1974–2002), three (1974–2000) and five (1974–1980, 1993 & 1996) years after graduation
From: Career choices for ophthalmology made by newly qualified doctors in the United Kingdom, 1974–2005
Percentages (numbers) choosing Ophthalmology | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year One | Year Three | Year Five | |||||||
Cohort | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total |
1974 | 0.9 (13) | 0.8 (4) | 0.9 (17) | 1.3 (14) | 1.4 (6) | 1.3 (20) | 1.2 (15) | 1.2 (6) | 1.2 (21) |
1977 | 1.4 (25) | 0.9 (8) | 1.3 (33) | 1.5 (24) | 1.4 (11) | 1.5 (35) | 1.5 (26) | 1.2 (11) | 1.4 (37) |
1980 | 2.0 (36) | 2.5 (25) | 2.1 (61) | 1.7 (31) | 1.4 (14) | 1.6 (45) | 1.4 (25) | 1.0 (10) | 1.3 (35) |
1983 | 2.2 (42) | 1.0 (12) | 1.7 (54) | 2.2 (40) | 0.8 (10) | 1.6 (50) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
1993 | 3.5 (45) | 2.2 (29) | 2.8 (74) | 1.9 (27) | 1.8 (25) | 1.9 (52) | 2.0 (27) | 1.7 (23) | 1.8 (50) |
1996 | 1.9 (27) | 1.3 (20) | 1.6 (47) | 1.7 (21) | 1.5 (22) | 1.6 (43) | 2.1 (25) | 1.0 (14) | 1.5 (39) |
1999 | 2.7 (31) | 1.7 (27) | 2.1 (58) | 2.4 (26) | 1.4 (20) | 1.8 (46) | 2.4 (28) | 1.2 (18) | 1.7 (46) |
2000 | 3.1 (40) | 1.4 (23) | 2.1 (63) | 3.0 (40) | 1.7 (28) | 2.3 (68) | 2.4 (29) | 1.2 (18) | 1.7 (47) |
2002 | 3.6 (39) | 1.6 (27) | 2.4 (66) | 2.9 (31) | 0.8 (14) | 1.6 (45) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Total | 2.3 (298) | 1.5 (175) | 1.9 (473) | 2.0 (254) | 1.4 (150) | 1.7 (404) | 1.8 (175) | 1.2 (100) | 1.6 (275) |