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Table 1 Distribution of physicians (%) by age groups and ethnicity among Estonian physicians by gender, 1982–2014

From: Physicians’ views on the role of smoking in smoking-related diseases: findings from cross-sectional studies from 1982–2014 in Estonia

Characteristic

1982

2002

2014

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

n = 850

n = 2654

n = 465

n = 2229

n = 518

n = 2347

Age group

  − 34

26.7

26.3

13.1

13.6

13.5

16.8

 35–44

25.9

33.6

32.0

29.2

16.2

14.9

 45–54

27.8

27.4

26.9

28.4

23.9

25.6

 55–64

14.5

11.2

17.0

22.7

23.8

24.3

 65+

5.2

1.6

11.0

6.1

22.6

18.5

Ethnicity

 Estonian

71.4

70.4

80.2

84.5

77.0

83.3

 Non-Estonian

28.5

29.7

18.1

15.3

22.8

16.5

 Missing answer

0.1

-

1.7

0.3

0.2

0.1