Table 2.
Characteristics of dissertations by M.Med specialty and disease or condition
| Main disease or condition
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| HIV/AIDS n (%) | Infection n (%) | Malig. | TB | DM | Any Disease n (%) | Total N (%) | |
| M.Med: | |||||||
| Surgery | 6 (18.2) | 3 (16.7) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 (21.2) | 36 (27.3) |
| Paediatrics | 10 (30.3) | 11 (61.1) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 24 (36.4) | 35 (26.5) |
| Internal Medicine | 16 (48.5) | 2 (11.1) | 2 | 3 | 23 (34.8) | 32 (24.2) | |
| Obstetrics and Gynaecology | 1 (3.0) | 1 (5.6) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 (4.5) | 24 (18.2) |
| Orthopaedic Surgery | 0 (0) | 1 (5.6) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (3.0) | 5 (3.8) |
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| All M.Med | 33 (100) (25) | 18 (100) (13.6) | 6 (4.5) | 5 (3.8) | 4 (3.0) | 66 (100) (50) | 132 (100) (100) |
TB=Tuberculosis; Malig=Malignancy; DM=Diabetes Mellitus; *Percentage
Data are number (% of disease total) for disease column; number (% of study total) for Total column.
For All M.Med row (% by disease of Total). Note this applies to 66 (50%) of dissertations that studied a specific disease.