Impact of the workforce distribution on the viability of the osteopathic profession in Australia: results from a national survey of registered osteopaths

Table 1 Comparison between characteristics of registered osteopaths in Australian in 2013 and survey respondents

Characteristic	Registered osteopaths*	Survey respondents	p value
Characteristic	% (n)	% (n)	p value
Gender
Female	52.8% (963)	56.5% (244)	0.17
Male	47.2% (860)	43.5% (188)	0.17
Principal place of practice
New South Wales	28.4% (518)	27.3% (118)	0.69
Victoria	52.7% (961)	52.1% (225)
Other states	18.9% (344)	20.6% (89)

^aData extracted from December 2013 Quarterly Registration Osteopathy Workforce Report provided by the Osteopathy Board of Australia [13]

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