The table shows the number of doctors in Australia during the given three periods (1986, 1996, and 2006). The bar charts compare the proportions of doctors in Australia by distinguishing origins and places of birth.
Overall, in Australia, the quantity of doctors experienced a sharp increase; this may be due to population growth or increases in illness. Another interesting point is that the bar charts also clearly show that more males worked as doctors than female workers in all three periods. According to the second chart, more doctors were born in Australia than overseas, almost twice as many.
In detail, the percentage of doctors totaled 23,720 in the initial year. While it rose to 29,060 in 1996, the last year showed 35,450 doctors. It grew by about 6000 every ten years.
As for the bar chart representing Australia’s gender distribution, it witnessed more growth among men than women—about 80% and 20%, respectively, in the initial year. While the proportion of Australia’s male workers declined to about 70%, the reverse was true for female workers, with approximately 30% in 1996. Similarly, the proportion of male workers significantly diminished to 60%, while female workers considerably rose to almost 40% in the last year. According to the second bar chart, those born in Australia dominated all three periods. While native-born doctors constituted 60% and 55%, foreign-born doctors comprised the lower levels at 35% and 40% between 1986 and 1996. In 2006, there were equal proportions of doctors born in Australia and overseas—50% each.