Table 5.

Mean time after completion of medical residency training among infectious diseases specialists according to Brazilian regions, 2015.

Region	Residency	ID (n)	ID (%)	RCt (mean)	RCt 95% CI
					Lower	Lower
Northern	δ	30	21.0	8.4	7.1	9.9
	†	113	79.0	11.8	9.6	14.3
	Total	143	100
Northeastern	δ	78	22.3	8.7	7.9	9.5
	†	272	77.7	13.6	11.8	15.5
	Total	350	100
Southeastern	δ	1524	97.4	11.8	11.3	12.2
	†	40	2.6	14.8	10.0	17.4
	Total	1564	100
Southern	δ	83	35.2	8.9	7.5	10.5
	†	153	64.8	11.5	9.7	13.2
	Total	236	100
Center-western	δ	67	38.7	10.8	10.4	11.2
	†	106	61.3	9.7	7.7	11.6
	Total	173	100
Total	2466

δ, physicians living in the same region where specialty training was completed; †, physicians living in a different region from where specialty training was completed; RCt, time since residency completion (years), ID, infectious diseases specialists; OS, other specialist medical doctors; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; ID, infectious disease specialist.