Table D30: New fellows: Proportion of females by state/territory, 2000-2014
Year
NSW
VIC
QLD
SA
WA
TAS
NT
ACT
AUS
2000
42.1
36.2
42.6
40.0
41.7
27.6
27.3
51.7
40.3
2001
37.7
40.0
43.0
44.8
49.1
44.4
40.0
52.6
41.5
2002
42.1
43.9
34.3
41.7
40.6
44.7
60.0
48.0
41.4
2003
44.0
42.2
40.1
33.6
42.8
39.5
62.5
22.2
41.6
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
44.4
47.7
41.1
41.9
35.5
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
44.8
2013
49.4
46.1
40.3
48.5
42.6
45.9
45.5
42.9
45.4
2014
50.2
47.8
44.2
46.7
39.7
46.9
47.1
45.1
46.7
Source: Medical colleges
Table D31: Fellows by medical speciality, 2008-2014
Medical specialty
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Change 2008–2014
Change 2008–2014 (%)
Addiction medicine
..
171
164
167
182
(b)155
151
..
..
Adult medicine
6,436
6,765
6,284
6,861
7,754
(b)6,823
7,004
568
8.8
Anaesthesia
3,448
3,197
3,425
3,612
3,815
4,043
4,163
715
20.7
Anaesthesia - pain medicine
187
191
212
221
239
252
270
83
44.4
Dermatology
354
434
390
411
491
(c)495
531
177
50.0
Emergency medicine
1,009
1,106
1,134
1,204
1,340
1,453
1,601
592
58.7
General practice
RACGP
9,956
14,748
14,651
(a)16,563
(a)17,822
(d)17,261
18,472
8,516
85.5
ACRRM
1,392
1,356
1,352
(a)1,363
1,443
(e)1459
1,443
51
3.7
Intensive care
642
554
584
634
640
(f)713
703
61
9.5
Medical administration
436
441
299
(a)458
485
411
329
-107
-24.5
Obstetrics and gynaecology
1,330
1,696
1,492
1,497
1,559
1,586
1,678
348
26.2
Occupational and environmental medicine
265
323
245
253
252
(b)240
244
-21
-7.9
Ophthalmology
767
784
796
797
822
827
924
157
20.5
Oral and maxillofacial surgery
..
..
..
..
..
172
181
..
..
Paediatrics
1,923
2,013
1,723
1,955
2,325
(b)1,984
2,054
131
6.8
Palliative medicine
..
210
181
227
261
(b)220
252
..
..
Pathology
1,416
1,488
1,379
1,381
1,263
1,241
1,258
-158
-11.2
Pathology and RACP (jointly)
..
..
225
236
410
501
552
..
..
Psychiatry
2,588
2,741
2,949
3,101
3,073
3,154
3,314
726
28.1
Public health medicine
454
799
725
(a)574
571
(b)402
405
-49
-10.8
Radiation oncology
249
253
269
293
314
327
335
86
34.5
Radiodiagnosis
1,284
1,457
1,562
1,674
1,741
1,786
1,842
558
43.5
Rehabilitation medicine
317
323
354
365
398
400
428
111
35.0
Sexual health medicine
..
130
111
(a)156
145
(b)111
115
..
..
Sport and exercise medicine
..
..
140
(a)119
(a)155
70
122
..
..
Surgery
3,841
3,912
4,089
4,281
4,467
4,618
4,727
886
23.1
Total
38,294
45,092
44,735
48,403
51,967
50,704
53,098
14,804
38.7
Includes fellows living overseas.
Numbers are down from 2012 due mainly to the inclusion in 2012 of 'Retired' and 'Life' fellows (i.e. fellows aged 70+). These fellows have been excluded from the count in 2013.
Excludes 17 fellows who live overseas.
Excludes 1,729 fellows who live overseas.
Excludes19 fellows who live overseas.
Excludes 197 fellows who live overseas.
Source: Medical colleges
Table D32: Fellows by state/territory, 2008-2014
Year
NSW
VIC
QLD
SA
WA
TAS
NT
ACT
AUS
2008
11,820
9,311
7,033
3,350
3,327
869
179
519
36,408
2009
13,261
10,538
7,930
3,573
3,927
999
360
814
42,739
2010
14,233
11,323
8,577
3,824
4,232
1,059
386
879
44,513
2011
14,843
11,911
9,088
3,938
4,404
1,103
394
922
46,603
2012
15,143
12,307
9,628
4,029
4,629
1,137
441
972
50,215
2013
15,816
12,948
10,188
4,170
4,971
1,178
454
977
50,704
2014
16,531
13,554
10,718
4,311
5,273
1,215
462
1,034
53,098
Change 2008-2014 (%)
39.9
45.6
52.4
28.7
58.5
39.8
158.1
99.2
45.8
Source: Medical colleges
Table D33: Female fellows by state/territory, 2008-2014
Year
NSW
VIC
QLD
SA
WA
TAS
NT
ACT
AUS
2008
3,534
2,861
2,121
989
990
278
79
141
10,993
2009
4,155
3,393
2,458
1,068
1,233
327
164
290
13,586
2010
4,575
3,764
2,725
1,165
1,367
362
172
316
14,446
2011
4,827
4,044
2,916
1,206
1,433
385
174
333
15,318
2012
5,179
4,365
3,218
1,310
1,565
406
201
374
17,271
2013
5,534
4,680
3,435
1,382
1,719
435
215
383
17,783
2014
5,959
4,991
3,734
1,470
1,845
454
220
413
19,086
Change 2008-2014 (%)
68.6
74.4
76.0
48.6
86.4
63.3
178.5
192.9
73.6
Source: Medical colleges
Table D34: Fellows: Proportion of females by medical speciality, 2008-2014
Medical specialty
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Addiction medicine
..
25.1
25.0
24.6
24.2
25.8
26.5
Adult medicine
24.7
25.4
24.2
25.1
28.6
29.8
30.3
Anaesthesia
21.1
24.4
25.1
25.6
26.9
27.9
28.3
Anaesthesia - pain medicine
17.6
18.8
19.8
20.8
20.5
21.4
22.6
Dermatology
39.3
36.2
39.5
40.4
39.7
40.4
45.6
Emergency medicine
27.2
28.7
28.9
29.4
31.0
31.3
32.3
General practice
RACGP
44.4
43.5
45.8
45.3
45.8
46.7
47.1
ACRRM
29.1
19.9
19.5
19.6
20.8
21.3
22.9
Intensive care
15.0
14.4
14.9
14.7
15.8
16.8
17.1
Medical administration
24.5
24.5
27.8
24.0
26.4
27.0
32.2
Obstetrics and gynaecology
32.2
34.9
36.2
37.1
38.7
39.8
41.5
Occupational and environmental medicine
17.7
18.0
18.8
19.0
19.0
19.2
18.9
Ophthalmology
16.7
17.3
17.3
17.6
19.2
19.5
19.8
Oral and maxillofacial surgery
..
..
..
..
..
9.3
8.8
Paediatrics
41.8
42.2
40.9
42.8
46.8
47.2
48.6
Palliative medicine
..
47.1
44.2
48.0
47.5
51.8
55.2
Pathology
34.5
35.7
35.9
37.2
40.5
41.7
43.3
Pathology and RACP (jointly)
..
..
45.3
45.3
36.6
36.9
37.3
Psychiatry
34.1
33.9
34.7
35.9
38.3
37.6
38.3
Public health medicine
36.8
36.5
38.1
40.8
36.3
42.0
41.7
Radiation oncology
34.5
35.2
35.7
39.2
40.1
41.3
42.1
Radiodiagnosis
22.7
22.8
24.3
24.0
25.0
25.6
25.7
Rehabilitation medicine
37.9
38.4
40.7
40.8
43.2
44.0
46.5
Sexual health medicine
..
46.9
47.7
51.3
53.1
54.1
54.8
Sport and exercise medicine
..
..
16.4
22.7
19.4
37.1
21.3
Surgery
7.3
7.7
8.2
8.6
9.2
9.7
10.5
Total
30.1
31.8
32.5
33.1
34.6
35.1
35.9
Source: Medical colleges
Table D35: Fellows: Proportion of females by state/territory, 2008-2014
Year
NSW
VIC
QLD
SA
WA
TAS
NT
ACT
AUS
2008
29.9
30.7
30.2
29.5
29.8
32.0
44.1
27.2
30.2
2009
31.3
32.2
31.0
29.9
31.4
32.7
45.6
35.6
31.8
2010
32.1
33.2
31.8
30.5
32.3
34.2
44.6
35.9
32.5
2011
32.5
34.0
32.1
30.6
32.5
34.9
44.2
36.1
32.9
2012
34.2
35.5
33.4
32.5
33.8
35.7
45.6
38.5
34.4
2013
35.0
36.1
33.7
33.1
34.6
36.9
47.4
39.2
35.1
2014
36.0
36.8
34.8
34.1
35.0
37.4
47.6
39.9
35.9
Source: Medical colleges
Table D36: Overseas trained doctors with section 19AB exemptions, 2002-2015
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Total
1,303
1,722
2,290
2,878
3,634
4,476
5,483
5,914
6,892
7,785
9,053
10,459
11,138
12,495
Source: The Australian Government Department of Health administrative data