Characteristics of Taiwan doctors included in the study from 1990 to 2006
| Taiwan doctors | Deceased doctors | |||
| n (%) | Mean censored age | n (%) | Mean age at death | |
| Total | 37 545 (100) | 46.41±14.47 | 1686 (100) | 69.88±14.28 |
| Status | ||||
| Alive | 35 859 (95.5) | 45.31±13.51 | ||
| Deceased | 1686 (4.5) | 69.88±14.28 | ||
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 32 722 (87.2) | 47.68±14.56 | 1642 (97.4) | 70.06±14.04 |
| Female | 4823 (12.8) | 37.81±10.30 | 44 (2.6) | 62.96±20.21 |
| Age of beginning practice | ||||
| Age <30 | 29 753 (79.2) | 43.39±11.99 | 566 (33.6) | 59.03±14.98 |
| 30≤ age <40 | 5573 (14.8) | 52.28±14.10 | 472 (28.0) | 73.81±11.92 |
| Age ≧40 | 2219 (5.9) | 74.24±10.91 | 648 (38.4) | 76.37±8.62 |
| Specialty | ||||
| Surgeon | 4571 (12.2) | 45.20±13.20 | 161 (9.5) | 65.83±14.54 |
| Internist | 18 664 (49.7) | 48.76±15.97 | 1190 (70.1) | 71.92±12.70 |
| Dermatologist | 901 (2.4) | 43.00±12.92 | 35 (2.1) | 69.79±16.25 |
| Otolaryngologist | 2000 (5.3) | 44.28±11.99 | 45 (2.7) | 65.46±14.36 |
| Ophthalmologist | 1584 (4.2) | 44.72±12.33 | 42 (2.5) | 72.28±19.56 |
| Pathologist | 414 (1.1) | 42.21±12.04 | 5 (0.3) | 49.78±10.87 |
| Paediatrician | 2883 (7.7) | 42.35±11.59 | 54 (3.2) | 66.32±17.12 |
| Psychiatrist | 1214 (3.2) | 40.37±11.81 | 21 (1.2) | 61.85±20.52 |
| Radiologist | 1076 (2.9) | 41.59±11.79 | 18 (1.1) | 63.23±18.18 |
| Obstetrician | 2278 (6.1) | 48.84±12.10 | 85 (5.0) | 63.48±14.44 |
| Orthopaedist | 1128 (3.0) | 43.56±11.07 | 14 (0.8) | 58.78±18.32 |
| Anaesthesiologist | 832 (2.2) | 40.91±10.23 | 16 (0.9) | 45.21±15.67 |
| Region | ||||
| Northern | 18 046 (48.1) | 45.71±14.52 | 659 (39.1) | 68.90±14.32 |
| Central | 7054 (18.8) | 46.25±13.70 | 300 (17.8) | 70.04±15.58 |
| Southern | 11 376 (30.3) | 47.64±14.81 | 667 (39.6) | 70.97±13.57 |
| Eastern | 1069 (2.8) | 46.24±14.12 | 60 (3.6) | 67.67±13.96 |
| Doctor–population ratio | ||||
| >1:500 | 17 185 (45.8) | 45.29±14.34 | 620 (36.8) | 68.21±15.11 |
| 1:700 to 1:500 | 6429 (17.1) | 45.55±14.50 | 285 (16.9) | 69.71±14.19 |
| 1:900 to 1:700 | 11 233 (29.9) | 47.91±14.21 | 589 (34.9) | 70.92±13.61 |
| <1:900 | 2698 (7.2) | 51.08±14.53 | 192 (11.4) | 71.90±13.02 |
| Years of practice | ||||
| Before 1995 | 24 337 (64.8) | 53.62±12.71 | 1640 (97.3) | 70.60±13.52 |
| After 1995 | 13 208 (35.2) | 33.13±5.06 | 46 (2.7) | 44.28±16.86 |