Table 2.

Comparison of Family Medicine Emergency Physicians by Sex, n = 4354

	All Family Medicine EPs,
	Male (n = 3823)		Female (n = 531)
Characteristics	n	%	n	%	P Value^*
Demographics
Age, y (median [IQR])	3823	65 (59 to 69)	531	62 (54 to 67)	<0.001
Age categories, y					<0.001
25 to 44	101	3	37	7
45 to 64	1691	44	300	57
≥65	2031	53	194	37
International medical graduate	630	16	71	13	0.07
Geography
US Census division					0.87
New England	148	4	27	5
Mid Atlantic	302	8	39	7
East North Central	519	14	71	13
West North Central	340	9	51	10
South Atlantic	789	21	114	22
East South Central	371	10	44	8
West South Central	512	13	74	14
Mountain	321	8	45	9
Pacific	498	13	63	12
MSA population size					0.03
≥1,000,000	1503	39	219	41
250,000 to 999,999	815	21	124	23
100,000 to 249,999	433	11	41	8
<100,000	52	1	13	2
Unknown	1020	27	134	25
Urban influence					0.77
Urban	2993	79	409	77
Large rural	487	13	73	14
Small rural	325	9	47	9
Training
Residency					<0.001
Emergency medicine	322	8	81	15
Family medicine	3232	85	414	78
Internal medicine	59	2	7	1
Pediatrics	8	0.2	3	0.6
Surgery	57	1	5	0.9
Internship only	57	1	1	0.2
Other residency	12	0.3	1	0.2
None	76	2	19	4
Years since completed medical training					<0.001
<5	29	0.8	15	3
5 to 9	76	2	22	4
10 to 19	421	11	99	19
≥20	3221	86	376	73
Primary specialty of emergency medicine	2244	59	319	60	0.55

EPs, emergency physicians; IQR, interquartile range; MSA, metropolitan statistical area.
↵* Bivariate comparisons were tested using Kruskal-Wallis, χ², and Fisher's exact tests, as appropriate.