Table 1.
Percentage (and numbers) of respondents who specified Ophthalmology as their first choice of eventual career at one (1974–2002), three (1974–2000) and five (1974–1980, 1993 & 1996) years after graduation
| Percentages (numbers) choosing Ophthalmology | |||||||||
| Year One | Year Three | Year Five | |||||||
| Cohort | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total |
| 1974 | 0.9 (13) | 0.8 (4) | 0.9 (17) | 1.3 (14) | 1.4 (6) | 1.3 (20) | 1.2 (15) | 1.2 (6) | 1.2 (21) |
| 1977 | 1.4 (25) | 0.9 (8) | 1.3 (33) | 1.5 (24) | 1.4 (11) | 1.5 (35) | 1.5 (26) | 1.2 (11) | 1.4 (37) |
| 1980 | 2.0 (36) | 2.5 (25) | 2.1 (61) | 1.7 (31) | 1.4 (14) | 1.6 (45) | 1.4 (25) | 1.0 (10) | 1.3 (35) |
| 1983 | 2.2 (42) | 1.0 (12) | 1.7 (54) | 2.2 (40) | 0.8 (10) | 1.6 (50) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1993 | 3.5 (45) | 2.2 (29) | 2.8 (74) | 1.9 (27) | 1.8 (25) | 1.9 (52) | 2.0 (27) | 1.7 (23) | 1.8 (50) |
| 1996 | 1.9 (27) | 1.3 (20) | 1.6 (47) | 1.7 (21) | 1.5 (22) | 1.6 (43) | 2.1 (25) | 1.0 (14) | 1.5 (39) |
| 1999 | 2.7 (31) | 1.7 (27) | 2.1 (58) | 2.4 (26) | 1.4 (20) | 1.8 (46) | 2.4 (28) | 1.2 (18) | 1.7 (46) |
| 2000 | 3.1 (40) | 1.4 (23) | 2.1 (63) | 3.0 (40) | 1.7 (28) | 2.3 (68) | 2.4 (29) | 1.2 (18) | 1.7 (47) |
| 2002 | 3.6 (39) | 1.6 (27) | 2.4 (66) | 2.9 (31) | 0.8 (14) | 1.6 (45) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Total | 2.3 (298) | 1.5 (175) | 1.9 (473) | 2.0 (254) | 1.4 (150) | 1.7 (404) | 1.8 (175) | 1.2 (100) | 1.6 (275) |
Numbers of respondents were 13164 (Men), 11457 (Women) and 24621 (Total) in Year One; 12420 (Men), 11048 (Women) and 23468 (Total) in Year Three; 9559 (Men), 8128 (women) and 17687 (Total) in Year Five. Chi-square test for linear trend – year 1; men χ21 = 27.7 (p < 0.001); women χ21 = 0.9 (p = 0.35); total χ21 = 14.6 (p < 0.001) – year three; men 10.6 (p = 0.001); women 0.4 (p = 0.85); total 3.5 (p = 0.062) – year five; men 10.5 (p = 0.001); women 0.02 (p = 0.90); total 4.1 (p = 0.043).