Table 1. Socio-demographic characteristics of Brooklyn, New York physicians serving minority youth, 2010-2012 (N=121).
Region of Origin | ||
Latin America | 4% | |
Caribbean | 10% | |
Eastern Europe | 13% | |
Asia | 18% | |
United States | 38% | |
Other | 17% | |
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Ethnicity | ||
Hispanic | 12% | |
Non-Hispanic | 47% | |
Other* | 41% | |
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Race | ||
Afro-Caribbean | 8% | |
Black/African American | 14% | |
Asian | 28% | |
White | 50% | |
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Primary Language | ||
Spanish | 6% | |
Russian | 9% | |
English | 62% | |
Other** | 23% | |
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Ability to Speak English (n=46)*** | ||
Well | 17% | |
Very Well | 83% | |
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Graduate Medical School | ||
US | 40% | |
Outside the US | 60% |
Reponses include any ethnicity the subject self reported.
15 other Primary languages were reported, the maximum number of physicians reporting each of those languages was 2.
Physicians who reported English as their primary language did not respond to this question.