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. 2010 Feb 8;11:11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-11

Table 2.

Demographic Characteristics of Respondents

Number Percent Population
Gender
Male 95 50.8% 76.0%^/64.9%*
Female 92 49.2% 24%^/35.1%*

187 100%

Native U.S
U.S 170 91% 81%^
Non-U.S 17 9% 19%^

187 100%

Race
White 164 88% 44-86%'
Asian/Pacific Islander 9 5% 8%'
Black 4 2% 2%'
Other 10 5% ~2%'

187 100%

Hispanic/Latino
Non-Hispanic 179 95.7% 98%'
Hispanic/Latino 8 4.3% 3%'

187 100%

Medical School
Attended U.S. Medical School 177 94.6% 74.5%^/83.7%*
Attended non-U.S. Medical School 10 5.4% 25.5%^/16.3%*

187 100%

^ Total U.S. Physician Population, as of 2000 (American Medical Association.) http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/images/373/internettable.gif

* Total membership of American Association of Family Physicians as of 2008 (American Academy of Family Physicians.) http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/aboutus/specialty/facts/2.html

'Distribution of Nonfederal Physicians by Race, 2008, Kaiser Family Foundation. http://www.statehealthfacts.org/comparetable.jsp?ind=431&cat=8