Table 1

Sample size for those in the highest band in the medical profession by race/ethnicity: women and men

	Black			Asian			Mixed race/ethnicity			Chinese			White
	Total	Women	Men	Total	Women	Men	Total	Women	Men	Total	Women	Men	Total	Women	Men
Total	64 967	49 424	15 543	106 033	67 338	38 695	18 270	13 209	5061	6234	4157	2077	909 886	723 692	186 194
Profession
Doctor	4252	1860	2392	30 301	11 742	18 559	3265	1512	1753	2674	1316	1358	61 593	30 209	31 384
Consultant	1301	421	880	12 775	3795	8980	992	364	628	894	347	547	28 341	11 032	17 309
Nurses and health visitors	23 931	20 513	3418	26 789	22 551	4238	4038	3487	551	1118	1023	95	237 304	214 067	23 237
Grades 6 to 9	11 096	9227	1869	10 139	8223	1916	1992	1668	324	615	553	62	135 107	120 995	14 112
Support to doctors, nurses and midwives	18 156	14 166	3990	18 754	13 842	4912	4279	3500	779	513	433	80	224 295	197 311	26 984
Grades 5 to 9	825	646	179	953	672	281	238	180	58	63	41	22	10 457	8681	1776