Table 3.
Radiologists and Nuclear Medicine Physicians per million population, by country income group
| Nuclear Medicine Physicians |
Radiologists | |
|---|---|---|
| High-Income Countries | ||
| Highest value | 26.2 | 194.0 |
| Upper Quartile (75th percentile) | 11.8 | 129.3 |
| Mean | 10.9 | 97.9 |
| Median | 6.5 | 93.1 |
| Lower Quartile (25th percentile) | 1.8 | 51.3 |
| Minimum Value | 0 | 13.9 |
| Interquartile range (IQR) | 9.1 | 46.6 |
| Standard deviation (SD) | 10.5 | 56.2 |
| Upper-Middle-Income Countries | ||
| Highest value | 6.5 | 118 |
| Upper Quartile (75th percentile) | 3 | 61 |
| Mean | 2.7 | 66.8 |
| Median | 1.5 | 30.6 |
| Lower Quartile (25th percentile) | 0.2 | 15.6 |
| Minimum Value | 0 | 1.5 |
| Interquartile range (IQR) | 2.8 | 45.4 |
| Standard deviation (SD) | 3.4 | 65.3 |
| Lower-Middle-Income Countries | ||
| Highest value | 1.2 | 68.4 |
| Upper Quartile (75th percentile) | 0.6 | 30.9 |
| Mean | 0.5 | 22.3 |
| Median | 0.1 | 6.9 |
| Lower Quartile (25th percentile) | 0 | 3 |
| Minimum Value | 0 | 0.4 |
| Interquartile range (IQR) | 0.6 | 27.9 |
| Standard deviation (SD) | 0.9 | 36.4 |
| Low-Income Countries | ||
| Highest value | 0.09 | 3.9 |
| Upper Quartile (75th percentile) | 0.04 | 3.3 |
| Mean | 0.06 | 1.9 |
| Median | 0 | 1.1 |
| Lower Quartile (25th percentile) | 0 | 0.5 |
| Minimum Value | 0 | 0.1 |
| Interquartile range (IQR) | 0.04 | 2.8 |
| Standard deviation (SD) | 0.1 | 2.5 |
Data source: IMAGINE Database49