The table provided the number of doctors, while the bar charts show the percentage of doctors in Australia by gender and place birth in 1986, 1996, and 2006. Overall, the number of doctors initially grow steadily year by year, while male and borning in Australia made up the biggest percentages by giving year.
Focusing on the number of doctors in Australia generally shown an upward trend, while in 1986 were 23,720 and in the next given year experienced a modest rise to 29,060, it was followed by another increase, albeit exponentially 35,450 in the final year.
In contrast, the percentage of doctors by gender and place birth, male and born in Australia made up the majority of percentage in the starting year at 73% and 63%, respectively, while figure for female and born overseas also start at 25% and 35%, respectively. Similarly, while less there was a drop in the percentage of male at 60%, however figure for female saw a rise and reach a peak at 40%. Furthermore, figures for doctors who born overseas and born in Australia bear certain parallels at 50% in the final year.
