2.
Basic demographic characteristics
Physicians
in the middle age of the life are an important group in the Spanish
workforce (figure 3), as a result of the numerous promotions in 1970’s
and 1980’s; it will originate an elevated rate of retirements in the
next 15-20 years. Women
percentage is about 47%, but in progressive increase, since in last
promotions this percentage is over 70%.
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Figure 3.
Basic demographic characteristics of
Spanish physician workforce, 2004.
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3. Specialty
distribution
Table
2 shows the specialty distribution of Spanish doctors, according to our
data, as well as its corresponding aging and feminization percentages.
If a physician posses more than one specialty, the last one has
been attributed to him.
|
SPECIALTY
|
NUMBER
|
RATIO*
|
AGING**
|
FEMINIZ.***
|
|
ALLERGOLOGY
|
748
|
1,75
|
8,82%
|
58,12%
|
|
ANAESTHETICS
|
4.592
|
10,75
|
31,25%
|
48,82%
|
|
ANGIOLOGY
/ VASCULAR SURGERY
|
357
|
0,84
|
17,37%
|
25,63%
|
|
BIOLOGICAL
CHEMISTRY
|
422
|
0,99
|
5,92%
|
65,32%
|
|
CARDIOLOGY
|
1.717
|
4,02
|
34,25%
|
25,66%
|
|
CARDIO-VASCULAR
SURGERY
|
215
|
0,50
|
48,37%
|
8,37%
|
|
CLINICAL
BIOLOGY
|
1.227
|
2,87
|
40,18%
|
64,24%
|
|
CLINICAL
NEUROPHISIOLOGY
|
479
|
1,12
|
21,92%
|
59,83%
|
|
CLINICAL
ONCOLOGY
|
696
|
1,63
|
6,18%
|
51,23%
|
|
COMMUNITY MEDICINE
|
771
|
1,80
|
9,60%
|
56,81%
|
|
DERMATO-VENEREOLOGY
|
1.015
|
2,38
|
19,80%
|
50,99%
|
|
DIAGNOSTIC
RADIOLOGY
|
3.100
|
7,26
|
22,55%
|
45,85%
|
|
ENDOCRINOLOGY
|
885
|
2,07
|
24,07%
|
47,85%
|
|
FAMILY
MEDICINE
|
20.021
|
46,87
|
1,74%
|
61,32%
|
|
FORENSIC
MEDICINE
|
283
|
0,66
|
10,25%
|
46,64%
|
|
GASTROENTEROLOGY
|
1.642
|
3,84
|
26,86%
|
38,74%
|
|
GENERAL AND GASTRO-ENTEROLOGICAL SURGERY
|
3.553
|
8,32
|
35,04%
|
19,37%
|
|
GENERAL HAEMATOLOGY
|
1.688
|
3,95
|
32,58%
|
57,30%
|
|
GENERAL PRACTICE HABILITATIONS
|
76.180
|
178,34
|
17,01%
|
47,65%
|
|
GERIATRICS
|
409
|
0,96
|
6,36%
|
62,10%
|
|
HIDROLOGY
|
228
|
0,53
|
6,58%
|
57,46%
|
|
INMUNOLOGY
|
237
|
0,55
|
8,02%
|
48,10%
|
|
INTENSIVE
MEDICINE
|
1.745
|
4,09
|
27,34%
|
35,69%
|
|
INTERNAL
MEDICINE
|
5.661
|
13,25
|
35,59%
|
34,19%
|
|
MAXILLO-FACIAL
SURGERY
|
347
|
0,81
|
13,26%
|
17,05%
|
|
MICROBIOLOGY AND BACTERIOLOGY
|
1.048
|
2,45
|
20,99%
|
60,42%
|
|
NEUROLOGY
|
1.429
|
3,35
|
19,66%
|
39,86%
|
|
NEUROSURGERY
|
332
|
0,78
|
47,29%
|
13,55%
|
|
NUCLEAR
MEDICINE
|
532
|
1,25
|
14,47%
|
53,69%
|
|
OBSTETRICS AND GINECOLOGY
|
4.094
|
9,58
|
29,26%
|
47,12%
|
|
OCCUPATIONAL
MEDICINE
|
2.910
|
6,81
|
12,03%
|
52,61%
|
|
OPHTALMOLOGY
|
2.298
|
5,38
|
21,89%
|
43,64%
|
|
OTO-RHINO-LARINGOLOGY
|
1.710
|
4,00
|
25,38%
|
29,74%
|
|
PAEDIATRICS
|
6.846
|
16,03
|
30,88%
|
59,63%
|
|
PATHOLOGICAL
ANATOMY
|
1.556
|
3,64
|
29,11%
|
51,74%
|
|
PEDIATRIC
SURGERY
|
351
|
0,82
|
50,71%
|
31,91%
|
|
PHARMACOLOGY
|
289
|
0,68
|
8,65%
|
53,29%
|
|
PHYSIOTERAPY
|
1.500
|
3,51
|
25,00%
|
66,22%
|
|
PLASTIC
SURGERY
|
601
|
1,41
|
30,78%
|
29,22%
|
|
PSICHIATRY
|
2.570
|
6,02
|
20,74%
|
47,04%
|
|
RADIOTHERAPY
|
595
|
1,39
|
11,26%
|
52,53%
|
|
RENAL
DISEASES
|
1.044
|
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Index
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