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. 2023 Sep 12;13(9):e075598. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075598

Table 2.

Demographic subanalysis of students intending to leave the medical profession and of students intending to emigrate to practise medicine

Demographic subgroup Number intending to leave medicine (%) Number intending to emigrate (%)
Ethnicity
White 147 (2.52) 1938 (33.20)
Asian or Asian British 99 (3.27) 911 (30.10)
Black, Black British, Caribbean or African 15 (2.84) 176 (33.27)
Mixed or multiple ethnic groups 24 (4.32) 191 (34.41)
Other 10 (2.44) 141 (34.39)
Prefer not to say 8 (6.30) 35 (27.56)
Gender
Female 134 (1.92) 2183 (31.29)
Male 167 (4.87) 1191 (34.73)
Non-binary 1 (1.56) 12 (18.75)
Prefer not to say 1 (6.25) 6 (37.50)
Level of education
Postgraduate 44 (2.35) 669 (35.72)
Undergraduate 259 (3.01) 2723 (31.62)
Previous schooling
Private education 118 (3.27) 1287 (35.70)
State education 170 (2.57) 2024 (30.62)
Prefer not to say 15 (5.51) 81 (29.78)
Fee status
Home 276 (3.00) 2774 (30.13)
 European Union (EU) 15 (3.58) 217 (51.79)
International (non-EU) 12 (1.40) 401 (46.63)
Current year of study
Year 1 21 (1.07) 645 (32.86)
Year 2 42 (1.95) 713 (33.13)
Year 3 53 (2.72) 596 (30.53)
Year 4 (not penultimate year) 46 (4.86) 326 (34.42)
Penultimate year 75 (3.77) 616 (30.97)
Final year 66 (4.45) 396 (33.45)
Total 303 (100.00) 3392 (100.00)