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. 2015 Mar 7;12:7. doi: 10.1186/s12954-015-0044-3

Table 1.

Prevalence of demographic and practice characteristics of primary care provider sample—DocStyles survey, 2011

Characteristics N a % 95% CI
Sex
  Men 883 70.5 67.9, 73.0
  Women 370 29.5 27.0, 32.1
Age
  26–35 147 11.7 9.9, 13.5
  36–45 541 43.2 40.4, 45.9
  46–55 340 27.1 24.7, 29.6
  ≥56 225 18.0 15.8, 20.1
Race/ethnicity
  Non-Hispanic white 802 64.0 61.3, 66.7
  Non-Hispanic black 56 4.5 3.3, 5.6
  Hispanic 63 5.0 3.8, 6.2
  Non-Hispanic other 332 26.5 24.1, 28.9
Primary care provider type
  Family/general practitioners 584 46.6 43.8, 49.4
  Internists 418 33.4 30.7, 36.0
  Obstetrician/gynecologists 251 20.0 17.8, 22.2
Teaching privileges
  Yes 637 50.8 48.1, 53.6
  No 616 49.2 46.4, 51.9
Type of practice
  Individual 221 17.6 15.5, 19.7
  Group 812 64.8 62.2, 67.4
  Hospital/clinic 220 17.6 15.5, 19.7
Years in practice
  ≤5 109 8.7 7.1, 10.3
  6–10 353 28.2 25.7, 30.7
  11–20 472 37.7 35.0, 40.4
  ≥21 319 25.5 23.0, 27.9
Number of physicians in practice
  1–2 316 25.2 22.8, 27.6
  3–5 345 27.5 25.1, 30.0
  6–10 247 19.7 17.5, 21.9
  11–25 181 14.4 12.5, 16.4
  ≥26 164 13.1 11.2, 15.0
Number of patients per week
  1–75 242 19.3 17.1, 21.5
  76–100 479 38.2 35.5, 40.9
  101–150 394 31.4 28.9, 34.0
  ≥151 138 11.0 9.3, 12.7
Total 1,253 -- --

CI confidence interval.

aTotal unweighted number of respondents.