Table 8. Sub-Saharan African-born physicians who graduated from US-based medical schools (SSA-USMGs).
| Birth Country | SSA-USMGs Age ≤70 | Women SSA-USMGs Age ≤70 | Graduated in 2000 and Later | |||||
| n | Mean Age (SD) in 2013 | Mean Age (SD) at Graduation | n | Mean Age (SD) in 2013 | Mean Age (SD) at Graduation | n | Women (%) | |
| Ghana | 398 | 44.4 (10.5) | 30.4 (4.3) | 152 | 40.0 (7.5) | 28.9 (3.1) | 216 | 101 (46.8%) |
| Nigeria | 384 | 56 (9) | 30.4 (4.4) | 84 | 46.7 (9.0) | 29.0 (4.3) | 18 | 10 (55.6%) |
| Kenya | 292 | 42 (8.3) | 28.3 (3.1) | 111 | 40.5 (7.8) | 28.6 (3.3) | 162 | 71 (44%) |
| Ethiopia | 235 | 44.5 (8.6) | 29.6 (3.9) | 110 | 41.3 (6.8) | 29.0 (3.7) | 96 | 58 (60.4%) |
| South Africa | 174 | 46.4 (6.4) | 27.9 (2.9) | 59 | 46.3 (6.5) | 27.8 (3.4) | 12 | 4 (33.3%) |
| Liberia | 92 | 43.2 (9.6) | 28.6 (3.3) | 50 | 40.6 (8.4) | 27.9 (3.1) | 46 | 29 (63%) |
| Zambia | 82 | 39 (7.2) | 26.6 (2) | 32 | 38.0 (6.6) | 26.8 (2.2) | 44 | 20 (45.5%) |
| Uganda | 69 | 46.6 (7.6) | 29 (4.6) | 21 | 43.4 (5.4) | 27.9 (4.4) | 18 | 4 (22.2%) |
| Cameroon | 66 | 40.7 (10.7) | 29.4 (3.5) | 30 | 35.4 (5.1) | 29.1 (3.7) | 51 | 29 (57%) |
| Zimbabwe | 40 | 52.3 (8) | 28.1 (3.1) | 14 | 50.2 (8.6) | 27.6 (2.2) | 1 | 1 (100%) |
| Tanzania | 35 | 56.3 (6.6) | 27.6 (3.1) | 9 | 54.6 (6.1) | 27.9 (3.3) | 0 | 0 |
| Sudan | 31 | 41.6 (10.7) | 28.4 (2.9) | 17 | 36.5 (4.7) | 27.9 (2.9) | 24 | 16 (66.7%) |
| Other (n = 24)a | 155 | 43.9 (10.8) | 29.2 (3.8) | 66 | 40.8 (9.2) | 28.3 (2.7) | 87 | 44 (50.6%) |
| Total | 2,053 | 46.3 (10.5) | 29.3 (3.9) | 755 | 42.2 (8.6) | 28.5 (3.4) | 775 | 387 (49.9%) |
Data source: American Medical Association [115].
a
Each of these 24 sub-Saharan African countries had <20 USMGs, except Somalia which had 32 USMGs but had <15 SSA-IMGs in the 2011 AMA Physician Masterfile, and as such was not included among the top 12 sub-Saharan African source countries.