Table 2.
Invited ISC speaker characteristics, all years combined.
| Speaker Characteristics | Females N=364 (%) |
Males N=919 (%) |
Univariate Analysis P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speaker Degree | |||
| Physicians | 170 (17.7) | 789 (82.3) | <0.0001 |
| Research Scientists | 59 (48.4) | 63 (51.6) | |
| Allied Health Professionals | 13 (81.3) | 3 (18.7) | |
| Midlevels | 64 (100) | 0 (0) | |
| Nurses | 18 (100) | 0 (0) | |
| All Other Degrees | 3 (37.5) | 5 (62.5) | |
| Speaker Race | |||
| Alaskan Native/Native American | 0 (0) | 2 (100) | 0.0002 |
| Asian | 30 (20.0) | 120 (80.0) | |
| Black, not of Hispanic Origin | 6 (16.7) | 30 (83.3) | |
| White | 299 (32.7) | 616 (67.3) | |
| Hispanic | 6 (12.0) | 44 (88.0) | |
| Other/Two or More Races | 3 (15.0) | 17 (85.0) | |
| Pacific Islander | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | |
| Speaker Session Type | |||
| Case Theater | 1 (5.6) | 17 (94.4) | 0.0012 |
| Debate | 8 (13.1) | 53 (86.9) | |
| Invited Symposium | 322 (30.4) | 738 (69.6) | |
| ISC Pre-Conference Symposium | 33 (22.9) | 111 (77.1) | |
| Speaker Institution Continent | |||
| Africa | 0 (0) | 5 (100) | <0.0001 |
| Asia | 4 (8.3) | 44 (91.7) | |
| Australia | 15 (34.9) | 28 (65.1) | |
| Europe | 27 (14.4) | 161 (85.6) | |
| North America | 312 (31.6) | 676 (68.4) | |
| South America | 5 (50.0) | 5 (50.0) | |
| Speaker Category Group | |||
| Acute, In-hospital Care | 73 (19.0) | 311 (81.0) | 0.0002 |
| Basic Science | 38 (26.4) | 106 (73.6) | |
| Stroke Rehabilitation, Recovery, Prevention, and Health Services | 80 (33.5) | 159 (66.5) | |