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Table 2 Median (and mean) orthotist/prosthetist age, proportion of workforce who were female, number and proportion who worked in a regional/remote location, and practitioner prevalence according to service location

From: The changing demographics of the orthotist/prosthetist workforce in Australia: 2007, 2012 and 2019

State Age Gender Service location
Median (mean) practitioner age Post -hoc Proportion (%) female Post -hoc Number (proportion; %) of practitioners in a regional/remote location Practitioner prevalence i.e., number of practitioners per 100,000 population
2007 2012 2019 2007 2012 2019 2007 2012 2019 2007 2012 2019
Metro Regional/ remote Metro Regional/ remote Metro Regional/ remote
ACT 43 (43) 27 (33) 32 (35)   0 0 29   0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0.58 0.00 0.80 0.00 1.64 0.00
NSW 49 (47) 48 (45) 34 (37) ca, c 17 23 39 ca, b, c 2 (4) 2 (4) 7 (10) 0.91 0.11 0.85 0.11 1.18 0.40
NTa,b  – 37 (37) 52.5 (53)    – 0 0   – 2 (100a) 2 (100a) – – N/A 0.85 N/A 0.81
QLD 44 (44) 34.5 (42) 33 (37)   22 18 42 c 4 (17) 3 (11) 9 (15) 0.75 0.25 0.88 0.17 1.52 0.50
SA 32 (38) 33 (36) 27 (33)   45 50 71   2 (10) 2 (10) 3 (10) 1.57 0.47 1.48 0.45 2.17 0.65
TASa 34.5 (39) 45 (44) 45 (44)   40 33 62   5 (100a) 9 (100a) 13 (100a) N/A 1.01 N/A 1.76 N/A 2.43
VIC 38 (39) 34 (37) 37 (39)   36 49 53 ca 10 (14) 21 (17) 24 (13) 1.54 0.80 2.38 1.59 3.18 1.66
WA 42 (42) 47 (46) 34.5 (38)   45 31 47   1 (9) 1 (8) 0 (0) 0.62 0.20 0.64 0.18 1.46 0.00
Australia 41.5 (42) 37 (39) 35 (38) ca 30 38 49 ca, c 13 16 14 1.06 0.38 1.29 0.60 1.92 0.84
  1. Metro.  metropolitan service location, ACT Australian Capital Territory, NSW New South Wales, NT Northern Territory, QLD Queensland, SA South Australia, TAS Tasmania, VIC Victoria, WA Western Australia
  2. aAll of the Northern Territory and Tasmania is considered regional/remote
  3. bThere were no AOPA members in the Northern Territory in 2007
  4. cSignificant main effect in the Kruskal Wallis H test or Pearson Chi Square test. Results of post-hoc testing: a = statistically significant difference between 2007 and 2019; b = statistically significant difference between 2007 and 2012; c = statistically significant difference between 2012 and 2019
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