Table 1.
Clinician Characteristics
| Percent Race, Ethnicity | |||||||||
| Number | Percent Female | African American | Asian | Hispanic | White | Other | Missing | Age, Years Mean (SD) | |
| California | |||||||||
| Family physicians | 8,153 | 20.3 | 1.8 | 13.2 | 4.7 | 45.4 | 1.9 | 33.1 | 53.1 (12.5) |
| General pediatricians | 4,462 | 44.9 | 2.1 | 17.7 | 3.7 | 40.0 | 2.1 | 34.5 | 49.1 (10.8) |
| General internists | 7,984 | 23.5 | 2.1 | 15.7 | 2.6 | 39.8 | 2.6 | 37.2 | 48.9 (11.4) |
| Obstetrician-gynecologists | 3,693 | 27.9 | 3.9 | 13.7 | 3.9 | 48.5 | 1.5 | 28.5 | 51.8 (11.1) |
| Nurse practitioners | 2,509 | 96.1 | 3.7 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 78.6 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 46.4 (8.2) |
| Physician assistants | 833 | 54.6 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 15.7 | 62.4 | 4.8 | 1.6 | 43.5 (8.3) |
| Certified nurse-midwives | 419 | 98.6 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 84.3 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 45.6 (7.1) |
| Washington | |||||||||
| Family physicians | 2,323 | 24.8 | 0.8 | 6.7 | 2.0 | 75.8 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 47.7 (10.3) |
| General pediatricians | 637 | 41.9 | 0.9 | 9.7 | 2.2 | 69.9 | 8.5 | 8.8 | 46.9 (10.2) |
| General internists | 1,164 | 29.7 | 0.9 | 10.1 | 2.1 | 68.6 | 6.9 | 11.3 | 44.8 (10.1) |
| Obstetrician-gynecologists | 569 | 33.9 | 2.1 | 8.1 | 1.9 | 74.9 | 5.4 | 7.6 | 48.4 (10.0) |
| Nurse practitioners | 442 | 92.1 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 89.6 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 47.1 (7.4) |
| Physician assistants | 485 | 38.8 | 2.7 | 5.8 | 4.5 | 81.6 | 4.5 | 0.8 | 45.4 (8.8) |
SD = standard deviation.