NZn | NZ% | NSW % | |
---|---|---|---|
Gender | |||
Male | 533 | 49.0 | 52.1 |
Female | 555 | 51.0 | 47.9 |
Missing data | 1 | ||
Ethnicity (multiple identification possible) | N/A | ||
Māori | 22 | 2.0 | - |
Pacific | 2 | 0.2 | - |
Asian | 134 | 12.4 | - |
NZ European/European | 933 | 86.4 | - |
Other | 15 | 1.4 | - |
Missing data | 9 | ||
Location | N/A | ||
Metropolitan centres with a medical school | 547 | 50.2 | - |
All other | 542 | 49.8 | - |
Missing data | 0 | ||
Latitude bands for location of practice | N/A | ||
Upper N: 34 to 36.59° | 344 | 31.8 | - |
Mid-N: 37 to 39.59° | 282 | 26.0 | - |
Lower N/upper S: 40 to 41.59° | 199 | 18.4 | - |
Mid-S: 42 to 44.59° | 171 | 15.8 | - |
Lower S: 45 to 47° | 87 | 8.0 | - |
GP practice (years) | |||
< 5 | 94 | 8.7 | 5.0 |
5 to 10 | 159 | 14.7 | 9.8 |
11 to 20 | 324 | 29.9 | 25.9 |
> 20 | 505 | 46.7 | 59.3 |
Missing data | 7 | ||
Practice sessions per week | |||
1 to 3 | 117 | 11.1 | - |
4 to 7 | 388 | 36.7 | - |
≥ 8 (‘full time’) | 553 | 52.3 | *81.5 |
Missing data | 31 | ||
Place of medical graduation | |||
NZ | 767 | 70.4 | - |
US/UK/other European | 191 | 17.6 | - |
SE Asian | 30 | 2.8 | - |
S Africa | 39 | 3.6 | - |
All other | 31 | 2.9 | - |
Australia | 28 | 2.6 | 72.9 |
Missing data | 3 | ||
Highest medical qualification | |||
Medical degree | 173 | 15.9 | 33.5 |
Graduate certificate/diploma | 76 | 7.0 | 11.1 |
Master’s degree | 21 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
College fellowship | 799 | 73.4 | 46.4 |
Research doctorate | 16 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
Other | 3 | 0.3 | 4.0 |
Missing data | 1 | ||
Year received highest medical qualification | |||
Before 1980 | 88 | 8.2 | 30.4 |
1980-1999 | 478 | 44.7 | 44.8 |
2000 and after | 504 | 47.1 | 24.9 |
Missing data | 19 | ||
Skin cancer course completion | |||
Yes | 190 | 17.4 | 10.1 |
Confidence about vitamin D knowledge | |||
Very confident | 34 | 3.2 | 13.5 |
Confident | 583 | 54.0 | 77.3 |
Not at all confident | 462 | 42.8 | 9.2 |
Missing data | 10 | ||
Information sources read (multiple responses possible in NZ survey)) | |||
CSNZ (Cancer Council Australia) | 219 | 20.1 | 20.0 |
WHO | 51 | 4.7 | - |
Clinical Practice Guidelines (melanoma) | 476 | 43.7 | - |
NHMRC NMSC guidelines | 123 | 11.3 | - |