Table 1.

Demographic distribution of survey respondents^a

	N	%		N	%
Age			Ethnicity
< 25	1	<1	White	257	77
25–30	63	19	African American	9	3
31–35	84	25	Hispanic/Latino	8	2
36–40	38	11	Asian	37	11
41–45	32	10	Native American/Pacific Islander	1	<1
> 45	116	35	Combination	22	7
Marital status			Geographic region of practice
Single	106	32	Northeast	98	29
Married	196	59	Southeast	60	18
Widowed	1	<1	Midwest	93	28
Divorced	23	7	Pacific Northwest	33	10
Separated	1	<1	Southwest	39	12
Civil Union	7	2	International	11	3
Surgical specialty			Years in practice
General surgery	213	64	0 (please select if still in training)	126	38
Breast	46	14	1–5	52	16
Cardiothoracic	16	5	6–10	33	10
Transplant	12	4	11–15	39	12
Vascular	24	7	16–20	22	7
No response	23	7	21–25	28	8
Practice settings			26–30	16	5
Rural/small community hospital	25	7	> 30	18	5
Managed care/HMO	12	4	Still in training
VA hospital	18	5	Yes	133	40
Academic/University hospital center	213	64	No	204	60
Private hospital	86	26
No response	12	4

^aSubjects indicated demographic information; only female subjects were included in data analysis.