Table 10. Aggregate stock and overall emigration fraction of Sub-Saharan African physicians in the US physician workforce in 2011.
Source Countries (Top 12) | SSA-IMGsa | SSA-USMGsa | Other IMGsa | Aggregate Stock of SSA Physicians in the 2011 AMA-PM | Physicians Reported in Source Countries | Overall Emigration Fraction (%) | Potentially Active SSA Physicians in the AMA-PM (Age ≤70) | “Active” Emigration Fraction (%) | Potential Gain in Source Countries in Case of 50% Return Migration |
Liberia | 56 | 96 | 23 | 175 | 51 | 77.4% | 170 | 76.9% | 166.7% |
Ghana | 721 | 404 | 118 | 1,243 | 2,033 | 37.9% | 1,226 | 37.6% | 30.2% |
Tanzania | 24 | 35 | 95 | 154 | 300 | 33.9% | 141 | 32.0% | 23.5% |
Ethiopia | 531 | 240 | 91 | 862 | 2,152 | 28.6% | 844 | 28.2% | 19.6% |
Zambia | 81 | 82 | 59 | 222 | 836 | 25.5% | 221 | 25.4% | 17.0% |
Zimbabwe | 112 | 43 | 9 | 164 | 827 | 16.5% | 155 | 15.8% | 9.4% |
Cameroon | 63 | 66 | 70 | 199 | 1,346 | 12.9% | 199 | 12.9% | 7.4% |
Kenya | 173 | 296 | 394 | 863 | 7,549 | 10.3% | 830 | 9.9% | 5.5% |
Uganda | 145 | 70 | 126 | 341 | 3,361 | 9.2% | 321 | 8.7% | 4.8% |
Nigeria | 3,271 | 407 | 139 | 3,817 | 55,376 | 6.4% | 3,763 | 6.4% | 3.4% |
South Africa | 1,786 | 178 | 43 | 2,007 | 38,236 | 5.0% | 1,789 | 4.5% | 2.3% |
Sudan | 329 | 31 | 43 | 403 | 10,813 | 3.6% | 390 | 3.5% | 1.8% |
Other (n = 16) | 78 | 178 | 113 | 369 | 21,666 | 1.7% | 328 | 1.5% | 0.8% |
Total | 7,370 | 2,126 | 1,323 | 10,819 | 144,546 | 7.0% | 10,377 | 6.7% | 3.5% |
SSA-IMGs, sub-Saharan African-trained medical graduates; SSA-USMGs, US-trained medical graduates born in sub-Saharan Africa; Other IMGs, sub-Saharan African-born internationals medical graduates trained outside sub-Saharan Africa.