Table 1.
Percentages of respondents choosing psychiatry as their first, second or third choice of career at 1 (1974–2009), 3 (1974–2005) and 5 (1974–2000) years after graduationa
| Percentages choosing psychiatry as
first choice |
Percentages choosing psychiatry as
first, second or third choice |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 1 |
Year 3 |
Year 5 |
Year 1 |
Year 3 |
Year 5 |
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| Cohort | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total |
| 1974 |
3.8 |
4.9 |
4.1 |
3.5 |
5.1 |
4.0 |
3.8 |
5.8 |
4.4 |
8.7 |
11.7 |
9.5 |
5.4 |
8.2 |
6.2 |
4.8 |
8.9 |
5.9 |
| 1977 |
3.6 |
6.0 |
4.4 |
3.4 |
7.4 |
4.8 |
3.7 |
7.3 |
4.9 |
7.3 |
10.8 |
8.5 |
5.5 |
11.4 |
7.5 |
5.8 |
9.5 |
7.1 |
| 1980 |
3.5 |
3.9 |
3.7 |
5.2 |
5.5 |
5.3 |
4.9 |
6.5 |
5.5 |
7.4 |
8.2 |
7.7 |
7.2 |
8.4 |
7.6 |
6.5 |
8.4 |
7.2 |
| 1983 |
4.2 |
5.1 |
4.6 |
4.3 |
6.6 |
5.3 |
n/ab |
n/ab |
n/ab |
8.8 |
12.5 |
10.3 |
6.8 |
10.7 |
8.3 |
n/ab |
n/ab |
n/ab |
| 1993 |
4.6 |
4.3 |
4.4 |
3.8 |
5.1 |
4.5 |
4.3 |
5.7 |
5.0 |
7.4 |
7.8 |
7.6 |
5.4 |
7.6 |
6.5 |
4.9 |
6.9 |
5.9 |
| 1996 |
4.2 |
4.2 |
4.2 |
5.1 |
4.6 |
4.9 |
5.2 |
4.7 |
5.0 |
7.2 |
6.7 |
7.0 |
6.8 |
6.2 |
6.5 |
6.1 |
5.6 |
5.8 |
| 1999 |
4.6 |
4.9 |
4.7 |
4.5 |
5.5 |
5.1 |
4.8 |
5.9 |
5.4 |
6.7 |
7.3 |
7.1 |
5.3 |
8.0 |
6.8 |
5.6 |
6.4 |
6.1 |
| 2000 |
4.4 |
3.8 |
4.1 |
5.3 |
5.1 |
5.2 |
5.6 |
4.8 |
5.1 |
6.3 |
5.8 |
6.0 |
7.0 |
7.3 |
7.2 |
6.2 |
5.7 |
5.9 |
| 2002 |
4.6 |
3.9 |
4.2 |
3.6 |
4.5 |
4.1 |
4.2 |
4.1 |
4.2 |
7.1 |
6.1 |
6.5 |
4.4 |
5.8 |
5.3 |
4.3 |
4.5 |
4.4 |
| 2005 |
3.7 |
3.3 |
3.5 |
4.5 |
3.6 |
3.9 |
n/ab |
n/ab |
n/ab |
6.2 |
5.7 |
5.9 |
6.2 |
4.8 |
5.4 |
n/ab |
n/ab |
n/ab |
| 2008 |
4.9 |
4.0 |
4.3 |
n/ab |
n/ab |
n/ab |
n/ab |
n/ab |
n/ab |
7.7 |
6.6 |
7.0 |
n/ab |
n/ab |
n/ab |
n/ab |
n/ab |
n/ab |
| 2009 |
3.3 |
4.6 |
4.2 |
n/ab |
n/ab |
n/ab |
n/ab |
n/ab |
n/ab |
5.7 |
8.3 |
7.4 |
n/ab |
n/ab |
n/ab |
n/ab |
n/ab |
n/ab |
| Total | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 6.1 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 6.1 |
a.
Numbers of respondents were: 16 488 (men), 17 486 (women) and 33 974 (total) in year 1; 13 429 (men), 12 745 (women) and 26 174 (total) in year 3; and 10 544 (men), 9695 (women) and 20 239 (total) in year 5.
b.
Third- and fifth-year choices not yet available for graduates of 2008/9; fifth-year choices not yet available for graduates of 2005; the 1983 cohort was not surveyed in year 5.