Table 1.

Demographic and practice characteristics of GPs in this study, and all GPs in Australia

	GP survey (n=640)		Australia (n=34 606)15	P values (X2 test)
	n	Valid %	%
Age (n=640)				<0.001
<35	57	8.9	13.4
35–44	134	20.9	24.9
45–54	177	27.7	24.9
55–64	185	28.9	23.1
65+	87	13.6	13.7
Sex (n=636)				<0.001
Female	428	67.3	44.7
GP registrar (n=611)				0.08
Yes	48	7.9	10.0
State/territory (n=627)				0.001
New South Wales	175	27.9	30.6
Victoria	193	30.8	24.1
Queensland	129	20.6	21.7
South Australia	81	12.9	7.8
Western Australia	39	6.2	10.2
Geographical area (n=611)
Metropolitan	381	62.4	68.2	0.01
Regional	206	33.7	28.0
Remote	24	3.9	3.9
Years as GP (n=637)
<2	38	6.0
2–5	90	14.1
6–15	148	23.2
16–25	136	21.4
26+	225	35.3

GP, general practitioner.