Table 1.

Definition and size of cohorts

		Number of psychiatrists (% of total workforce)
Cohort	Birth years	1995	2003
Pre-Depression	Before 1929	244 (8%)	83 (3%)
War and Depression	1929–1945	661 (28%)	513 (17%)
Older Baby Boomers	1946–1956	708 (30%)	738 (24%)
Younger Baby Boomers	1957–1964	630 (26%)	864 (29%)
Generation X	1965–1975	143 (6%)	720 (24%)
Generation Y	After 1975	0	108 (4%)
Total workforce		2389	3026

Generation Y, the oldest aged 28 in 2003, had not completed its entry into the workforce in 2003. Similarly, not all of Generation X (the youngest aged <25 in 1995) had entered the workforce in 1995.