From: Career choices for ophthalmology made by newly qualified doctors in the United Kingdom, 1974–2005
Percentages (numbers) choosing Ophthalmology | |||||||||
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Year One | Year Three | Year Five | |||||||
Cohort | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total |
1974 | 1.7 (24) | 0.9 (5) | 1.5 (29) | 2.1 (22) | 1.4 (6) | 1.9 (28) | 1.5 (19) | 1.8 (9) | 1.6 (28) |
1977 | 2.8 (50) | 2.1 (18) | 2.6 (68) | 1.7 (27) | 1.7 (13) | 1.7 (40) | 1.8 (31) | 1.4 (12) | 1.7 (43) |
1980 | 2.9 (53) | 3.6 (36) | 3.1 (89) | 2.3 (42) | 1.7 (17) | 2.1 (59) | 1.7 (29) | 1.3 (13) | 1.5 (42) |
1983 | 3.3 (62) | 1.8 (23) | 2.7 (85) | 2.5 (45) | 1.1 (13) | 1.9 (58) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
1993 | 4.6 (60) | 2.4 (32) | 3.5 (92) | 2.2 (31) | 1.9 (26) | 2.1 (57) | 2.2 (29) | 1.7 (23) | 1.9 (52) |
1996 | 3.0 (42) | 2.4 (37) | 2.7 (79) | 1.8 (23) | 1.7 (25) | 1.8 (48) | 2.1 (25) | 1.1 (15) | 1.6 (40) |
1999 | 4.0 (46) | 2.1 (33) | 2.9 (79) | 2.9 (32) | 1.7 (24) | 2.2 (56) | 2.4 (28) | 1.3 (19) | 1.8 (47) |
2000 | 4.2 (55) | 2.0 (33) | 3.0 (88) | 3.4 (45) | 1.9 (31) | 2.6 (76) | 2.6 (31) | 1.3 (19) | 1.8 (50) |
2002 | 4.9 (53) | 2.4 (41) | 3.4 (94) | 3.3 (35) | 1.0 (17) | 1.9 (52) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Total | 3.4 (445) | 2.3 (258) | 2.9 (703) | 2.4 (302) | 1.6 (172) | 2.0 (474) | 2.0 (192) | 1.4 (110) | 1.7 (302) |