Table 1.

Characteristics of physician assistant population

Capacity report and surveyPAs in education 2012–2019
Gender
Women73%a472 (79.7%)a
Men27%120 (20.3%)
Profession prior to PA career, n=1,056b
Nurse375 (35%)c
Allied healthcare professional296 (28%)
Surgical/anaesthetist assistant289 (27%)
Other206 (19%)
Total number of PAs per 100,000 inhabitants6.3a
Employment, n=1,207b
Employed as PA1,058 (88%)
Employed in healthcare, not as PA66 (6%)
Employed outside healthcare66 (6%)
Unemployed17 (1%)

  • ↵aData from the capacity report.6

  • ↵bData from the survey; total number of respondents varied per question.7

  • ↵cMore than one option possible, percentage higher than 100%. PA = physician assistant.