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. 2013 Sep 17;10(9):e1001513. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001513

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%

Data sources: World Health Organization [5]; American Medical Association [115].

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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.