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Open Access 01-12-2017 | Correction
Correction to: a comparison of physician emigration from Africa to the United States of America between 2005 and 2015
Published in: Human Resources for Health | Issue 1/2017
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Table 2 in the published version of this article [1] is incorrect and contains some typographical errors. The table is shown as it should be below.
Table 2
African-educated IMGs in the US physician workforce by country of citizenship at entry to medical school
|
2005
|
2015
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Number
|
% of total
|
Number
|
% of total
|
% change
|
|
|
EGYPT
|
3655
|
34.27
|
4189
|
30.92
|
+14.61
|
|
NIGERIA a
|
2203
|
20.66
|
3232
|
23.85
|
+46.71
|
|
SOUTH AFRICA
|
1633
|
15.31
|
1485
|
10.96
|
−9.06
|
|
GHANA
|
547
|
5.13
|
730
|
5.39
|
+33.46
|
|
ETHIOPIA
|
355
|
3.33
|
666
|
4.92
|
+87.61
|
|
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
|
313
|
2.94
|
537
|
3.96
|
+71.57
|
|
JORDAN
|
220
|
2.06
|
201
|
1.48
|
−8.64
|
|
SUDAN
|
218
|
2.04
|
410
|
3.03
|
+88.07
|
|
UNITED KINGDOM
|
180
|
1.69
|
208
|
1.54
|
+15.56
|
|
KENYA
|
151
|
1.42
|
206
|
1.52
|
+36.42
|
|
INDIA
|
140
|
1.31
|
184
|
1.36
|
+31.43
|
|
ZIMBABWE
|
113
|
1.06
|
122
|
0.9
|
+7.96
|
|
UGANDA
|
90
|
0.84
|
114
|
0.84
|
+26.67
|
|
LIBYA
|
78
|
0.73
|
278
|
2.05
|
+256.41
|
|
ALGERIA
|
77
|
0.72
|
100
|
0.74
|
+29.87
|
|
PAKISTAN
|
60
|
0.56
|
71
|
0.52
|
+18.33
|
|
MOROCCO
|
59
|
0.55
|
96
|
0.71
|
+62.71
|
|
CAMEROON
|
52
|
0.49
|
105
|
0.77
|
+101.92
|
|
SYRIA
|
52
|
0.49
|
72
|
0.53
|
+38.46
|
|
LEBANON
|
48
|
0.45
|
45
|
0.33
|
−6.25
|
|
Other sub-Saharan
|
173
|
1.62
|
200
|
1.48
|
+15.61
|
|
Other African (non sub-Saharan)
|
59
|
0.55
|
64
|
0.47
|
+8.47
|
|
Other (non-African)
|
188
|
1.76
|
234
|
1.73
|
+24.47
|
|
Total sub-Saharana
|
5535
|
51.90
|
7270
|
53.66
|
+31.35
|
|
Total African (non sub-Saharan)
|
3928
|
36.83
|
4727
|
34.88
|
+20.34
|
|
Total other (non-African)
|
1201
|
11.26
|
1552
|
11.45
|
+29.23
|