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released: 21 Nov 2003 media release

This report presents demographic and labour force statistics on the medical profession in Australia. It is based on the main findings of the 2001 national survey of registered medical practitioners.Information presented in this report includes the number of registered practitioners in each geographic region and in each state and territory, their age and sex profiles, areas of practice, medical specialties and hours worked. The report also includes comparisons with the medical profession five years earlier using data from the 1996 national survey of registered medical practitioners.

ISSN 1327-4309; ISBN 978 1 74024 329 2; Cat. no. HWL 28; 32pp.; OUT OF PRINT

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Medical labour force 2001

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material (115K PDF)
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • List of tables
    • List of figures
    • Abbreviations
    • Symbols and other usages
  • Sections (292K PDF)
    1. Main findings
    2. Composition of the medical labour force
      • Size
      • Age and sex
      • Occupation
    3. 3 Working hours
      • Occupation
      • Sex
      • Overall supply of practitioners
    4. Geographic comparisons
      • Regions
        • Practitioner distribution
        • Inter-regional practices in 2001
        • Supply of practitioners
      • States and territories
        • Distribution
        • Supply of practitioners
        • Primary care practitioners
  • End Matter (189K PDF)
    • Appendix A: Detailed tables
    • Appendix B: Explanatory notes
      • Method
      • Scope and coverage
      • Response rate
      • Break in series
      • Notes on the AIHW labour force estimates
    • Glossary (102K PDF)
    • References

Additional tables

  • List of tables, time series 1997-2001(11K PDF) Note 1
    1. All employed practitioners (169K XLS) Note 2
    2. All employed practitioners by region (109K XLS)
    3. Primary care practitioners and hospital non-specialists (156K XLS)
    4. Specialists and specialists-in-training (176K XLS)

Notes and corrections:

  1. Significant changes were made to the survey design in 2000. Data from the 1997 to 1999 surveys have been revised to enable time series comparisons.
  2. New table added August 2005.

Recommended citation

AIHW 2003. Medical labour force 2001. National Health Labour Force Series. Cat. no. HWL 28. Canberra: AIHW.