Year | NSW | Vic | Qld | SA | WA | Tas | NT | ACT | Australia |
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(a) Australian total is higher because state/territory data on 20 positions were not available. Source: Medical colleges and GPET | |||||||||
1997 | 1,827 | 1,447 | 947 | 497 | 540 | 115 | 70 | 164 | 5,665 |
1998 | 1,825 | 1,407 | 939 | 534 | 534 | 108 | 73 | 166 | 5,561 |
1999 | 1,839 | 1,438 | 950 | 476 | 555 | 121 | 79 | 146 | 5,645 |
2000 | 1,826 | 1,487 | 947 | 498 | 581 | 112 | 77 | 138 | 5,680 |
2001 | 1,839 | 1,472 | 930 | 580 | 572 | 116 | 80 | 148 | 5,661 |
2002 | 1,971 | 1,524 | 968 | 502 | 556 | 109 | 86 | 140 | 5,874 |
2003 | 2,044 | 1,656 | 1,020 | 543 | 562 | 94 | 99 | 100 | 6,126 |
2004 | 2,185 | 1,786 | 1,051 | 531 | 565 | 103 | 81 | 76 | 6,378 |
2005 | 2,093 | 1,673 | 1,030 | 486 | 513 | 111 | 76 | 77 | 6,059 |
2006 | 2,188 | 1,770 | 1,144 | 524 | 529 | 116 | 102 | 98 | 6,514 |
2007 | 2,312 | 1,831 | 1,220 | 525 | 619 | 121 | 101 | 107 | 6,833 |
2008(a) | 2,486 | 2,040 | 1,351 | 599 | 689 | 147 | 120 | 129 | 7,581 |
2009(b) | 2,727 | 2,190 | 1,486 | 623 | 722 | 156 | 130 | 122 | 8,249 |
2010 | 3,033 | 2,448 | 1,780 | 740 | 700 | 170 | 176 | 252 | 9,277 |
2011 | 3,314 | 2,596 | 2,042 | 852 | 912 | 207 | 151 | 139 | 10,194 |
2012 | 3,580 | 2,769 | 2,244 | 888 | 983 | 239 | 178 | 151 | 10,996 |
2013 | 3,859 | 2,916 | 2,476 | 914 | 1052 | 250 | 208 | 143 | 11,832 |
Change 1997-2013 (%) | 111.2 | 101.5 | 161.5 | 83.9 | 94.8 | 117.4 | 197.1 | -12.8 | 108.9 |
Medical specialty | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
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(a) Addiction medicine, palliative medicine, sexual health medicine and sports and exercise medicine were recognised as specialties in 2009. Source: Medical colleges and GPET | |||||||||||||||||
Addiction medicine(a) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
Adult medicine | 148 | 118 | 192 | 204 | 166 | 184 | 228 | 257 | 274 | 247 | na | na | 384 | 432 | 408 | 418 | 437 |
Anaesthesia | 145 | 165 | 148 | 141 | 158 | 134 | 219 | 153 | 159 | 159 | 155 | 145 | 159 | 214 | 193 | 196 | 201 |
Anaesthesia - pain medicine | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 | 24 | 19 | 22 | 26 | 26 | 29 |
Dermatology | 13 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 28 | 28 | 16 |
Emergency medicine(b)(c) | 120 | 121 | 150 | 150 | 98 | 115 | 91 | 108 | 122 | 110 | 102 | na | 305 | 282 | 262 | 293 | 332 |
General practice | 400 | 400 | 410 | 450 | 450 | 450 | 600 | 624 | 626 | 648 | 648 | 648 | 684 | 814 | |||
- GPET | ![]() | 918 | (e)1,006 | (i)1,152 | |||||||||||||
- ACRRM | 6 | (f)43 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Intensive care | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | na | na | 156 | 60 | 58 | 82 | 96 |
Medical administration | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 30 | 19 | 15 | 32 | 8 | 25 | 24 | 32 |
Obstetrics and gynaecology | 55 | 55 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 47 | 47 | 48 | 56 | 69 | 65 | 56 | 65 | 59 | 58 | 66 | 89 |
Occupational and environmental medicine | 12 | na | 10 | na | na | na | 8 | na | na | na | na | na | 6 | 27 | 19 | 23 | 0 |
Ophthalmology | 21 | 24 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 26 | 28 | 25 | 22 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 20 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 29 |
Paediatrics | 59 | 43 | 68 | 68 | 50 | 48 | 63 | 97 | 89 | 119 | na | na | 162 | 131 | 170 | 141 | 119 |
Palliative medicine(a) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 41 | 11 | 9 | 67 |
Pathology(d) | 50 | 43 | 49 | 48 | 71 | 54 | 44 | 46 | 58 | 87 | 90 | 85 | 66 | 50 | 40 | 51 | 65 |
Pathology and RACP (jointly) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 41 | 49 | 54 |
Psychiatry | 118 | 122 | 118 | 117 | 126 | 127 | 106 | 115 | 142 | 131 | 39 | 102 | 99 | 129 | 112 | (g)216 | 119 |
Public health medicine | 24 | 24 | 24 | na | na | 16 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 28 | 22 | 12 | 0 |
Radiation oncology | .. | 4 | na | 11 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 25 | 15 | 24 | 15 | 27 | 24 | 27 |
Radiodiagnosis | 43 | 50 | 62 | 41 | 41 | 34 | 37 | 21 | 9 | 51 | 48 | 32 | 47 | 56 | 96 | 70 | 65 |
Rehabilitation medicine | 13 | 14 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 20 | 38 | 30 | 34 | 57 | 0 |
Sexual health medicine(a) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 |
Sport and exercise medicine(a) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 1 | 7 |
Surgery | 128 | 139 | 139 | 162 | 184 | 185 | 188 | 197 | 240 | 208 | 421 | 218 | 299 | 250 | 207 | 246 | (j)238 |
Total | 1,369 | 1,350 | 1,483 | 1,509 | 1,483 | 1,489 | 1,752 | 1,782 | 1,898 | 1,956 | 1,719 | 1,419 | 2,589 | 2,696 | 2,817 | (h)3,114 | 3,184 |
Year | NSW | Vic | Qld | SA | WA | Tas | NT | ACT | Australia |
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Source: Medical colleges and GPET | |||||||||
1997 | 378 | 321 | 187 | 108 | 130 | 24 | 15 | 42 | 1,205 |
1998 | 403 | 324 | 242 | 133 | 133 | 28 | 21 | 46 | 1,330 |
1999 | 469 | 384 | 233 | 120 | 148 | 31 | 17 | 35 | 1,437 |
2000 | 478 | 392 | 250 | 111 | 129 | 41 | 17 | 41 | 1,459 |
2001 | 474 | 397 | 252 | 124 | 139 | 31 | 19 | 47 | 1,483 |
2002 | 485 | 394 | 247 | 110 | 142 | 27 | 23 | 45 | 1,473 |
2003 | 507 | 416 | 265 | 157 | 129 | 34 | 29 | 12 | 1,549 |
2004 | 511 | 445 | 259 | 120 | 144 | 38 | 39 | 17 | 1,573 |
2005 | 561 | 448 | 286 | 119 | 153 | 37 | 32 | 21 | 1,657 |
2006 | 669 | 492 | 351 | 157 | 176 | 49 | 33 | 29 | 1,956 |
2007 | 364 | 290 | 235 | 94 | 102 | 24 | 25 | 9 | 1,143 |
2008 | 471 | 364 | 271 | 110 | 135 | 31 | 22 | 15 | 1,419 |
2009 | 830 | 717 | 473 | 201 | 229 | 64 | 32 | 44 | 2,590 |
2010 | 856 | 687 | 581 | 227 | 243 | 53 | 46 | 40 | 2,733 |
2011 | 1,022 | 724 | 522 | 190 | 214 | 70 | 30 | 45 | 2,817 |
2012 | 1,034 | 788 | 657 | 222 | 257 | 77 | 44 | 41 | 3,114 |
2013 | 1,070 | 747 | 662 | 248 | 290 | 64 | 62 | 44 | 3,184 |
Medical specialty | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
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(a) Addiction medicine, palliative medicine, sexual health medicine and sport and exercise medicine were recognised as specialties in 2009. Source: Medical colleges and GPET | |||||||||||||||||
Addiction medicine(a) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 36.4 | 30.8 | 44.4 | 46.0 |
Adult medicine | 34.2 | 39.5 | 36.7 | 39.2 | 43.9 | 42.0 | 47.8 | 40.3 | 41.2 | 43.2 | 43.0 | 43.1 | 40.2 | 42.3 | 43.0 | 45.6 | 48.0 |
Anaesthesia | 39.7 | 55.0 | 55.6 | 36.8 | 35.0 | 37.0 | 44.3 | 37.4 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 39.7 | 37.1 | 50.7 | 39.9 | 43.1 | 44.0 | 44.9 |
Anaesthesia - pain medicine | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 26.5 | 31.1 | 35.8 | 29.4 | 27.6 | 38.9 | 52.3 |
Dermatology | 38.1 | 32.5 | 36.0 | 41.1 | 43.6 | 54.7 | 50.0 | 49.2 | 55.0 | 54.7 | 51.6 | 66.7 | 59.0 | 55.6 | 61.1 | 73.7 | 63.3 |
Emergency medicine | 30.7 | 28.0 | 39.4 | 37.8 | 38.4 | 39.5 | 39.9 | 39.9 | 39.1 | 41.4 | 44.2 | 43.5 | 41.9 | 38.6 | 41.1 | 40.9 | 41.4 |
General practice | 56.6 | 59.7 | 58.9 | 60.3 | 60.8 | 60.6 | 60.5 | 59.1 | 58.2 | 58.9 | 58.9 | 62.0 | 63.8 | 64.9 | |||
- GPET | 65.8 | 64.9 | 64.9 | ||||||||||||||
- ACRRM | 33.3 | 27.5 | 25.0 | ||||||||||||||
Intensive care | 11.1 | 9.5 | 19.0 | 24.5 | 18.3 | 22.3 | 36.0 | 28.1 | 23.5 | 20.0 | 34.7 | 24.5 | 24.3 | 27.1 | 26.9 | 30.5 | 32.7 |
Medical administration | 34.6 | 25.7 | 25.7 | 41.2 | 49.5 | 50.0 | 44.4 | 37.5 | 35.8 | 33.3 | 20.9 | 10.0 | 14.1 | 27.6 | 41.9 | 39.8 | 40.2 |
Obstetrics and gynaecology | 48.9 | 61.2 | 56.8 | 49.5 | 60.0 | 62.5 | 60.5 | 59.6 | 63.2 | 65.5 | 65.7 | 68.8 | 67.9 | 65.0 | 60.1 | 65.4 | 69.2 |
Occupational and environmental medicine | 25.0 | na | 16.3 | 19.6 | 23.9 | 34.1 | 24.5 | 24.2 | 25.0 | 23.0 | 23.7 | 16.4 | 25.5 | 14.9 | 21.3 | 20.2 | 24.5 |
Ophthalmology | 20.0 | 18.2 | 19.8 | 23.1 | 25.0 | 31.4 | 34.3 | 41.9 | 39.6 | 48.0 | 31.9 | 34.3 | 31.2 | 38.8 | 38.4 | 23.8 | 40.0 |
Paediatrics | 62.0 | 66.7 | 66.7 | 65.2 | 63.3 | 65.0 | 57.9 | 63.4 | 62.0 | 64.1 | 63.6 | 60.1 | 58.7 | 61.4 | 65.9 | 65.3 | 67.0 |
Palliative medicine(a) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 53.4 | 63.8 | 60.0 | 67.5 |
Pathology(b) | 46.0 | 43.3 | 42.7 | 42.8 | 48.7 | 50.2 | 51.8 | 55.7 | 55.3 | 77.5 | 53.9 | 45.3 | 64.5 | 80.1 | 59.2 | 64.3 | 58.8 |
Pathology and RACP (jointly) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 47.4 | 35.7 | 56.3 |
Psychiatry | 44.6 | 45.8 | 45.9 | 46.0 | 48.4 | 47.6 | 49.4 | 52.3 | 55.2 | 47.8 | 52.5 | 26.3 | 53.1 | 55.1 | 63.0 | 55.6 | 55.0 |
Public health medicine | 50.7 | 50.7 | 50.7 | 48.2 | 48.1 | 51.6 | 66.7 | 64.6 | 66.2 | 68.8 | 69.3 | 54.7 | 59.0 | 61.7 | 52.8 | 67.0 | 65.0 |
Radiation oncology | .. | .. | 51.0 | 48.1 | 56.9 | 60.1 | 55.1 | 58.8 | 54.5 | 70.2 | 44.8 | 52.9 | 57.4 | 58.2 | 51.8 | 56.7 | 53.2 |
Radiodiagnosis | 27.8 | 25.8 | 24.9 | 26.7 | 32.3 | 34.1 | 33.5 | 31.5 | 33.1 | 33.0 | 30.4 | 30.9 | 34.8 | 31.8 | 31.4 | 46.5 | 34.0 |
Rehabilitation medicine | 34.0 | 30.8 | 26.8 | 42.9 | 57.1 | 54.3 | 52.6 | 55.1 | 51.7 | 60.8 | 60.3 | 60.3 | 61.6 | 61.5 | 64.8 | 68.9 | 69.0 |
Sexual health medicine(a) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 52.6 | 28.6 | 80.0 | 70.0 |
Sport and exercise medicine(a) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 22.2 | 25.0 | 20.5 |
Surgery | 17.2 | 13.3 | 12.6 | 12.8 | 13.4 | 12.1 | 14.4 | 17.1 | 16 | 18 | 18.3 | 23.3 | 23.1 | 22.8 | (b)23.8 | 25.5 | 28.1 |
Total (%) | 45.9 | 47.2 | 49.6 | 48.8 | 50.7 | 51.4 | 52.5 | 45.9 | 45.5 | 46.3 | 46.6 | 46.7 | 48.1 | 47.6 | 49.9 | 50.4 | 52.0 |
Total number | 2,322 | 2,393 | 2,488 | 2,456 | 2,538 | 2,650 | 2,845 | 2,930 | 2,758 | 3,015 | 3,181 | 3,421 | 3,967 | 4,494 | 5,116 | 5,536 | 6,160 |
Year | NSW | Vic | Qld | SA | WA | Tas | NT | ACT | Australia |
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Source: Medical colleges and GPET | |||||||||
1997 | 41.8 | 39.5 | 40.0 | 37.7 | 39.1 | 38.3 | 57.1 | 44.4 | 41.0 |
1998 | 43.5 | 41.3 | 40.7 | 43.4 | 44.2 | 35.2 | 39.5 | 53.3 | 43.0 |
1999 | 44.8 | 43.3 | 41.6 | 44.7 | 45.1 | 45.1 | 50.6 | 45.2 | 44.1 |
2000 | 42.6 | 43.9 | 43.0 | 45.2 | 43.5 | 43.8 | 40.3 | 42.8 | 43.2 |
2001 | 45.5 | 46.3 | 42.0 | 45.2 | 41.1 | 48.3 | 46.3 | 45.9 | 44.8 |
2002 | 46.1 | 47.8 | 40.9 | 41.4 | 44.4 | 43.1 | 53.5 | 42.9 | 45.1 |
2003 | 48.0 | 46.1 | 43.6 | 45.3 | 47.2 | 56.4 | 53.5 | 39.0 | 46.4 |
2004 | 46.3 | 46.7 | 44.0 | 44.1 | 46.0 | 52.4 | 50.6 | 42.1 | 45.9 |
2005 | 45.3 | 46.2 | 44.2 | 41.4 | 46.1 | 51.3 | 55.7 | 40.3 | 45.6 |
2006 | 46.9 | 47.7 | 46.0 | 41.4 | 46.8 | 49.1 | 55.9 | 39.8 | 46.3 |
2007 | 47.5 | 47.5 | 45.2 | 43.6 | 46.0 | 43.8 | 60.4 | 30.8 | 46.6 |
2008 | 46.3 | 45.0 | 44.3 | 44.9 | 42.7 | 46.9 | 59.2 | 33.3 | 45.1 |
2009 | 50.1 | 49.4 | 46.2 | 47.2 | 45.2 | 48.7 | 60.0 | 42.6 | 48.1 |
2010 | 50.0 | 48.8 | 46.1 | 46.4 | 48.9 | 57.6 | 52.3 | 40.1 | 48.4 |
2011 | 53.8 | 49.9 | 47.3 | 48.2 | 47.3 | 51.2 | 61.6 | 34.5 | 50.1 |
2012 | 52.7 | 50.8 | 46.8 | 50.2 | 50.9 | 52.7 | 60.1 | 35.8 | 50.3 |
2013 | 53.4 | 52.5 | 48.8 | 52.2 | 54.2 | 53.6 | 57.7 | 39.9 | 52.1 |
Year | Training positions/trainees | Advanced training positions/trainees | Proportion advanced positions/trainees (%) | Female advanced trainees | Proportion female advanced trainees (%) | Part-time advanced | Proportion part-time advanced (%) |
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(a) Figure for the number of training positions/trainees has been revised from the 2007 report. Source: Medical colleges and GPET | |||||||
1997 | 6,422 | 5,665 | 88.2 | 2,322 | 41.0 | 296 | 5.2 |
1998 | 6,818 | 5,561 | 81.6 | 2,393 | 43.0 | 337 | 6.1 |
1999 | 6,910 | 5,645 | 81.7 | 2,488 | 44.1 | 388 | 6.9 |
2000 | 7,262 | 5,680 | 78.2 | 2,456 | 43.2 | 368 | 6.5 |
2001 | 6,835 | 5,661 | 82.8 | 2,538 | 44.8 | 325 | 5.7 |
2002 | 7,213 | 5,874 | 81.4 | 2,650 | 45.1 | 357 | 6.1 |
2003 | 7,273 | 6,126 | 84.2 | 2,845 | 46.4 | 534 | 8.7 |
2004 | 8,188 | 6,387 | 78.0 | 2,930 | 45.9 | 704 | 11.0 |
2005 | 8,710 | 6,059 | 69.6 | 2,765 | 45.6 | 932 | 15.4 |
2006 | 9,317 | 6,514 | 69.9 | 3,018 | 46.3 | 676 | 10.4 |
2007(a) | 11,249 | 6,833 | 60.7 | 3,181 | 46.6 | 739 | 10.8 |
2008(b) | 11,668 | 7,324 | 62.8 | 3,421 | 46.7 | 556 | 7.6 |
2009 | 12,958 | 8,249 | 63.7 | 3,967 | 48.1 | 1,052 | 12.8 |
2010 | 14,679 | 9,432 | 64.3 | 4,494 | 47.6 | 971 | 10.3 |
2011 | 15,478 | 10,214 | 66.0 | 5,116 | 50.1 | 1,416 | 13.9 |
2012 | 16,740 | 10,996 | 65.7 | 5,536 | 50.3 | 1,379 | 12.5 |
2013 | 17,888 | 11,832 | 66.2 | 6,160 | 52.1 | 1,576 | 13.3 |
Change 1997-2013 (%) | 178.5 | 108.9 | -24.9 | 165.3 | 27.1 | 432.4 | 155.8 |
Medical specialty | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | Change 2000–2012 | Change 2000–2012 (%) |
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(a) Excludes 107 new fellows awarded fellowship but living overseas. Source: Medical colleges | |||||||||||||||
Addiction medicine | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. |
Adult medicine | 159 | 129 | 170 | 168 | 190 | 181 | 247 | 209 | 303 | 397 | 346 | 362 | 456 | 297 | 186.8 |
Anaesthesia | 95 | 123 | 165 | 133 | 128 | 198 | 135 | 150 | 234 | 197 | 243 | 223 | 229 | 134 | 141.1 |
Anaesthesia - pain medicine | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 19 | .. | .. |
Dermatology | 8 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 26 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 150.0 |
Emergency medicine | 40 | 61 | 34 | 82 | 80 | 58 | 78 | 69 | 95 | 82 | 77 | 78 | 135 | 95 | 237.5 |
General practice - RACGP | 365 | 324 | 670 | 746 | 661 | 671 | 628 | 592 | 819 | 928 | 835 | 1,037 | (a)1,216 | 851 | 233.2 |
General practice - ACRRM | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 21 | 22 | 40 | 28 | 38 | 63 | .. | .. |
Intensive care | 11 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 29 | 23 | 36 | 62 | 63 | 60 | 50 | 63 | 52 | 472.7 |
Medical administration | 9 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 111.1 |
Obstetrics and gynaecology | 54 | 49 | 46 | 57 | 29 | 28 | 49 | 46 | 66 | 56 | 83 | 90 | 81 | 27 | 50.0 |
Occupational and environmental medicine | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 33.3 |
Ophthalmology | 25 | 21 | 20 | 30 | 20 | 26 | 16 | 30 | 14 | 11 | 26 | 29 | 38 | 13 | 52.0 |
Paediatrics | 40 | 41 | 51 | 55 | 57 | 74 | 73 | 47 | 114 | 116 | 91 | 102 | 146 | 106 | 265.0 |
Palliative medicine | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 6 | 7 | 16 | .. | .. |
Pathology | 42 | 35 | 37 | 43 | 41 | 48 | 46 | 77 | 68 | 64 | 63 | 59 | 70 | 28 | 66.7 |
Pathology and RACP (jointly) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 31 | 29 | 29 | .. | ![]() |
Psychiatry | 80 | 70 | 82 | 70 | 109 | 85 | 90 | 72 | 147 | 125 | 154 | 131 | 136 | 56 | 70.0 |
Public health medicine | 11 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 7 | -4 | -36.4 |
Radiation oncology | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 42.9 |
Radiodiagnosis | 46 | 26 | 36 | 40 | 37 | 39 | 74 | 54 | 54 | 44 | 54 | 77 | 115 | 69 | 150.0 |
Rehabilitation medicine | 13 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 22 | 23 | 26 | 13 | 100.0 |
Sexual health medicine | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. |
Sport and exercise medicine | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. |
Surgery | 111 | 103 | 108 | 117 | 115 | 155 | 155 | 176 | 171 | 174 | 184 | 212 | 217 | 106 | 95.5 |
Total | 1,126 | 1,059 | 1,506 | 1,606 | 1,553 | 1,656 | 1,700 | 1,680 | 2,262 | 2,396 | 2,401 | 2,629 | 3,134 | 2,008 | 178.3 |
Year | NSW | Vic | Qld | SA | WA | Tas | NT | ACT | Australia |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(a) Australian total includes new fellows who completed their training overseas and so differs from total of states and territories. Source: Medical colleges | |||||||||
2000 | 361 | 301 | 197 | 90 | 108 | 29 | 11 | 29 | 1,126 |
2001 | 360 | 258 | 168 | 94 | 112 | 27 | 10 | 19 | (a)1,071 |
2002 | 499 | 392 | 254 | 115 | 155 | 38 | 15 | 25 | (a)1,506 |
2003 | 518 | 384 | 324 | 140 | 167 | 43 | 8 | 9 | (a)1,610 |
2004 | 476 | 414 | 262 | 161 | 173 | 23 | 4 | 10 | (a)1,553 |
2005 | 501 | 434 | 310 | 157 | 179 | 35 | 10 | 14 | 1,640 |
2006 | 530 | 468 | 308 | 165 | 163 | 30 | 11 | 18 | 1,693 |
2007 | 538 | 470 | 327 | 151 | 135 | 30 | 11 | 15 | 1,677 |
2008 | 635 | 543 | 441 | 213 | 246 | 49 | 15 | 23 | 2,257 |
2009 | 620 | 548 | 471 | 196 | 225 | 47 | 25 | 41 | (a)2,285 |
2010 | 734 | 603 | 479 | 179 | 272 | 52 | 29 | 40 | 2,388 |
2011 | 744 | 713 | 603 | 198 | 242 | 45 | 31 | 41 | 2,614 |
2012 | 863 | 759 | 702 | 241 | 328 | 89 | 43 | 64 | (a)3,103 |
Change 2000-2012 (%) | 139.1 | 152.2 | 256.3 | 167.8 | 203.7 | 206.9 | 290.9 | 120.7 | 175.6 |
Medical specialty | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
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Source: Medical colleges | |||||||||||||
Addiction medicine | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 50.0 | 33.3 | .. | 25.0 |
Adult medicine | 42.1 | 34.1 | 41.8 | 42.3 | 38.4 | 36.8 | 36.8 | 38.3 | 41.6 | 35.8 | 37.6 | 37.0 | 39.9 |
Anaesthesia | 18.9 | 32.5 | 30.9 | 27.8 | 28.9 | 43.0 | 43.0 | 31.3 | 35.0 | 29.4 | 32.5 | 31.8 | 41.5 |
Anaesthesia - pain medicine | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 40.0 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 33.3 | 29.4 | 33.3 | 15.8 |
Dermatology | 37.5 | 42.9 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 66.7 | 42.9 | 42.9 | 34.8 | 90.9 | 90.9 | 53.8 | 57.1 | 65.0 |
Emergency medicine | 25.7 | 29.5 | 25.0 | 39.0 | 42.5 | 31.3 | 30.8 | 33.3 | 36.8 | 36.6 | 44.2 | 34.6 | 45.2 |
General practice - RACGP | 59.2 | 56.8 | 47.9 | 47.7 | 46.8 | 46.8 | 46.8 | 50.0 | 44.8 | 43.3 | 56.0 | 51.9 | 50.8 |
General practice - ACRRM | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14.3 | 31.8 | 27.5 | 39.3 | 22.5 | 31.7 |
Intensive care | 18.2 | 18.2 | 10.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 13.9 | 25.8 | 23.8 | 23.3 | 24.0 | 11.1 |
Medical administration | 22.2 | 28.6 | 66.7 | 50.0 | 53.3 | 30.8 | 30.8 | 27.3 | 50.0 | 11.1 | 27.8 | 11.1 | 42.1 |
Obstetrics and gynaecology | 44.4 | 59.2 | 56.5 | 56.1 | 51.7 | 46.9 | 46.9 | 58.7 | 62.1 | 62.5 | 56.6 | 63.3 | 54.3 |
Occupational and environmental medicine | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 16.7 | 45.5 | 9.1 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 |
Ophthalmology | 24.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 13.3 | 50.0 | 31.3 | 31.3 | 50.0 | 35.7 | 36.4 | 30.8 | 15.8 | 28.9 |
Paediatrics | 77.5 | 53.7 | 64.7 | 55.1 | 64.9 | 45.2 | 45.2 | 57.4 | 56.1 | 47.4 | 57.1 | 63.7 | 64.4 |
Palliative medicine | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 62.5 | 66.7 | 85.7 | 56.3 |
Pathology | 45.2 | 42.9 | 45.9 | 37.2 | 45.0 | 65.2 | 65.2 | 53.2 | 51.5 | 46.9 | 47.6 | 59.3 | 55.7 |
Pathology and RACP (jointly) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 48.4 | 37.9 | 51.7 |
Psychiatry | 32.5 | 45.7 | 42.7 | 42.9 | 45.9 | 48.1 | 54.4 | 43.1 | 42.2 | 42.4 | 46.8 | 50.4 | 52.9 |
Public health medicine | 63.6 | 45.5 | 30.8 | 66.7 | 62.5 | 85.7 | 84.6 | 80.0 | 69.2 | 58.3 | 53.3 | 71.4 | 57.1 |
Radiation oncology | 35.7 | 41.7 | 50.0 | 66.7 | 50.0 | 55.6 | 55.6 | 50.0 | 36.4 | 44.4 | 53.8 | 50.0 | 45.0 |
Radiodiagnosis | 19.6 | 38.5 | 22.2 | 25.0 | 37.8 | 33.8 | 33.8 | 24.1 | 25.9 | 40.9 | 24.1 | 29.9 | 31.3 |
Rehabilitation medicine | 15.4 | 60.0 | 61.5 | 75.0 | 40.0 | 63.2 | 63.2 | 62.5 | 52.4 | 69.2 | 59.1 | 52.2 | 57.7 |
Sexual health medicine | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 100.0 | .. | 100.0 | 33.3 |
Sport and exercise medicine | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 33.3 | 50.0 |
Surgery | 7.2 | 12.6 | 13.0 | 13.7 | 6.1 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 16.5 | 15.2 | 19.5 | 14.1 | 15.1 | 19.4 |
Total (%) | 40.3 | 41.8 | 41.1 | 41.3 | 44.0 | 40.7 | 41.2 | 40.7 | 41.0 | 39.0 | 44.0 | 43.8 | 44.7 |
Year | NSW | Vic | Qld | SA | WA | Tas | NT | ACT | Aust |
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2000 | 42.1 | 36.2 | 42.6 | 40.0 | 41.7 | 27.6 | 27.3 | 51.7 | 40.3 |
2001 | 37.7 | 40.3 | 42.9 | 43.6 | 49.1 | 44.4 | 40.0 | 52.6 | 41.8 |
2002 | 42.1 | 43.8 | 34.3 | 41.7 | 40.6 | 44.7 | 60.0 | 48.0 | 41.1 |
2003 | 44.0 | 42.2 | 40.1 | 33.6 | 42.5 | 39.5 | 62.5 | 22.2 | 41.3 |
2004 | 46.6 | 40.1 | 45.8 | 38.5 | 44.5 | 52.2 | 50.0 | 80.0 | 44.0 |
2005 | 42.5 | 39.4 | 36.8 | 41.4 | 41.3 | 57.1 | 30.0 | 50.0 | 40.7 |
2006 | 44.0 | 41.0 | 38.6 | 44.8 | 33.7 | 40.0 | 27.3 | 50.0 | 41.2 |
2007 | 40.5 | 41.3 | 40.1 | 41.7 | 40.0 | 43.3 | 45.5 | 26.7 | 40.7 |
2008 | 41.1 | 41.4 | 41.3 | 36.6 | 41.5 | 38.8 | 40.0 | 52.2 | 40.9 |
2009 | 41.3 | 42.7 | 37.8 | 42.3 | 40.0 | 61.7 | 44.0 | 34.1 | 39.2 |
2010 | 42.9 | 47.9 | 42.0 | 36.9 | 44.5 | 46.2 | 65.5 | 42.5 | 44.1 |
2011 | 44.5 | 47.7 | 41.1 | 41.9 | 35.7 | 60.0 | 29.0 | 53.7 | 43.8 |
2012 | 45.8 | 46.2 | 42.2 | 42.7 | 45.1 | 42.7 | 44.2 | 54.7 | 44.7 |