Table 1. Demographics of questionnaire participants comparisons with GMC data.

	Number of participants	Percentage of participants	NumberGMC data	PercentageGMC data
Sex^a
Female	259	53.4%	1911	56.0%
Male	222	45.8%	1502	44.0%
Total	481		3413
Age
25–29	44	9.1%	203	5.9%
30–34	195	40.4%	1164	34.1%
35–39	144	29.4%	1019	29.9%
40+	102	21.1%	1026	30.1%
Total	485		3412
Subregion PMQ
Africa	173	35.7%	1162	34.0%
Europe and Oceania	72	14.8%	521	15.3%
EAA Europe	59	12.2%	402	11.8%
Non-EAA Europe	11	2.3%	117	3.4%
Oceania	2	0.4%	2	0.1%
Middle East	49	10.1%	263	7.7%
Rest of the World	35	7.2%	207	6.1%
Rest of Asia	22	4.5%	130	3.8%
South/ Central/ Latin America and Caribbean	13	2.7%	77	2.3%
South Asia	156	32.2%	1260	36.9%
Total	485		3413

EAA = European Economic Area. GMC = General Medical Council. PMQ = primary medical qualification.
^a’Prefer not to say’, n = 4.