Table 1

Descriptive Statistics of Family Physicians Providing Care to Children, 2006–2009

Characteristic	2006		2007		2008		2009

	No.	%^a	No.	%^a	No.	%^a	No.	%^a
All respondents	8,263	74	9,507	74	9,692	72	9,558	68
Sex
Female	2,632	77	3,146	75	3,218	72	3,324	71
Male	5,631	73	6,361	73	6,474	72	6,234	67
Age-group
<40y	1,868	82	2,095	81	1,877	79	1,580	76
40–60y	5,749	73	6,522	73	6,739	71	6,717	68
>60y	646	65	890	62	1,076	62	1,261	62
International medical graduate	865	73	1,142	67	1,297	65	1,457	67
Organization type
Administration	91	13	105	11	111	7	101	5
Educator	438	83	493	73	456	74	460	73
Government	512	48	634	50	698	49	681	43
Group	3,580	80	4,138	80	4,249	78	4,116	75
HMO	277	57	315	58	298	58	287	56
Solo	1,548	77	1,786	78	1,859	74	1,914	71
Other	736	47	829	48	895	49	921	47
Partnership	1,081	86	1,207	85	1,126	86	1,078	81
Rural	1,598	82	1,720	82	1,821	81	1,744	76
High poverty area^b	3,960	76	4,595	76	4,586	74	4,552	70
Census region
Northeast	1,213	74	1,399	76	1,392	74	1,374	71
Midwest	2,233	80	2,529	78	2,555	74	2,453	71
South	2,765	71	3,167	70	330	68	3,243	64
West	1,980	73	2,336	73	2,352	70	2,407	67

Note: P <.01.
HMO = health maintenance organization.
↵a Percentage of those in the indicated category who provide care for children.
↵b Community where >20% of the population is at or below 200% of the federal poverty line.