Table 2.
Median age at year of attrition
| Median age, y (IQR) at year of attrition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
| Total | 56.2 (44.0–63.5) N=784 | 54.9 (42.9–63.6) N=870 | 52.7 (41.1–63.2) N=918 | 52.4 (41.8–64.5) N=974 | 51.4 (41.3–64.1) N=1,232 | 50.7 (41.4–64.1) N=1,271 | 49.7 (40.6–62.8) N=2,319 |
| Male | 59.2 (46.9–64.8) N=593 | 59.1 (45.3–64.6) N=632 | 57.4 (43.9–65.1) N=626 | 58.1 (45.0–65.8) N=702 | 55.4 (43.8–65.8) N=876 | 55.3 (44.4–65.8) N=908 | 53.5 (43.5–65.3) N=1,568 |
| Female | 45.6 (38.1–56.6) N=191 | 45.4 (38.4–57.2) N=238 | 44.4 (37.8–56.6) N=292 | 43.4 (37.6–52.2) N=272 | 44.2 (37.8–52.2) N=356 | 43.4 (38.1–52.9) N=363 | 43.7 (37.8–52.8) N=751 |
Note – The year listed is the last year the physician was identified to provide clinical services, defined as exhibiting attrition.
Note – The analytic sample was the 36,793 EM physicians with complete ABEM date of birth data.