The table and chart demonstrate how the number of doctors and proportion of doctors with different gender and nationality changed in Australia from 1986 to 2006.
Overall, the common trend is a stable rise in the number of doctors. In terms of different categories of physicians, the ratio of male and female doctors is almost equal, whereas Australians predominate in comparison with other nationalities.
To begin, the rate of doctors in Australia was rising during the entire considered period of time. In 1986 there were 300,000 medics. By 1996 this quantity had risen more than a half. Then, the number of physicians had reached the rate of 800,000 by 2006.
In addition, the share of male and female doctors fluctuated about 50% from 1986 to 2006. In 1986 the ratio of men whose profession was a doctor was approximately 55%, while the share of women among doctors was just above 40%. By 1996 this situation had become the opposite. In 2006 the proportion of male doctors became more than female doctors but the difference between these two genders was negligible (less than 5%).
Besides, Australian doctors prevail in Australia during the whole period. The share of native physicians varied within the interval from 50% to 60%. The difference between Australian doctors and ones with other nationality altered from 10% to 20%.