Table displays the number of doctors at three periods in Australia, and bar charts illustrate the proportion of them in terms gender and country of origin. It is evident that, the total number of doctors experienced a significant increase over 20 years, while other figures saw a fluctuant trend.
Overall, there was 300000 of specialists in healthcare in 1986, and then this figure doubled in 1996 and reached 800000 in 2006. In terms of gender distribution, male accounted for the largest ratio of doctors, at almost 55%, in 1986, while the remaining was female. However, the figure for men dropped by 10% in 1996, while women doctors experienced a remarkable rise to above 55%. In the next ten years, the ratio of male rose slightly to just above 50% and outnumbered women, which figure decreased to below 50%.
In terms of the country of origin, the majority of doctors were local, at exactly 60%, while the remaining was from other countries. However, the proportion of non-domestic doctors had increased to 45% by 1996, while the figure for locals had declined by almost 5%. Nevertheless, by 2006, the ratio of workers from Australia and foreign countries had returned to the level of 1986.