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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 19.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg. 2014 Jan;259(1):82–88. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182a58fa4

TABLE 2.

Demographic and Practice Characteristics

Age, yr
  Median 53 (10.6)
  <40 120 (11.3%)
  40–49 288 (27.2%)
  50–59 369 (34.8%)
  60+ 283 (26.7%)
  Missing 90
Sex
  Women 176 (15.8%)
  Men 937 (84.2%)
  Missing 37
Years in practice
Median 20
  <10 215 (20.8%)
  10–19 290 (28.0%)
  ≥20 530 (51.2%)
  Missing 115
Practice setting
  Private practice 520 (46.7%)
  Academic practice 408 (36.7%)
  Military 18 (1.6%)
  Veterans 15 (1.4%)
  Other* 152 (9.7%)
How do you think your well-being compares with other physicians?
  Poor (bottom 30% of physicians) 25 (2.2%)
  Below average (31st–40th percentile) 95 (8.5%)
  Average (41st–60th percentile) 329 (29.6%)
  Above average (61st–70th percentile) 325 (29.2%)
  Excellent (top 30% of physicians) 339 (30.5%)
  Missing 37

Values given are number (percentage) unless indicated otherwise.

*

Other category includes those working in other practice settings, other areas (eg, industry), or retired.