| TABLE 15 | |||||
| AVERAGE NUMBER OF HOURS PRACTICED DURING MOST RECENT COMPLETE | |||||
| WEEK OF PRACTICE BY FAMILY PHYSICIANS,1 MAY 2000 | |||||
| n | Mean Hours per Week | ||||
| Total Respondents | 1,919 | 50.8 | |||
| Census Division | |||||
| New England | 215 | 49.1 | |||
| Middle Atlantic | 195 | 49.3 | |||
| East North Central | 204 | 48.1 | |||
| West North Central | 242 | 52.5 | |||
| South Atlantic | 219 | 51.4 | |||
| East South Central | 199 | 51.0 | |||
| West South Central | 191 | 54.7 | |||
| Mountain | 217 | 51.4 | |||
| Pacific | 201 | 50.5 | |||
| Type of Practice | |||||
| Solo | 184 | 52.6 | |||
| Two-Person | 146 | 51.1 | |||
| FP Group | 686 | 50.5 | |||
| Multispecialty Group | 168 | 50.7 | |||
| Location | |||||
| Urban | 1,436 | 50.8 | |||
| Rural | 483 | 50.8 | |||
| Completion of FP Residency | |||||
| FP Residency Graduate | 1,562 | 51.2 | |||
| Not FP Residency Graduate | 357 | 49.2 | |||
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 1,393 | 52.7 | |||
| Female | 490 | 45.6 | |||
| Physician Age | |||||
| Less than 36 Years | 332 | 50.1 | |||
| 36-45 | 705 | 51.0 | |||
| 46-55 | 592 | 52.2 | |||
| 56-65 | 174 | 50.3 | |||
| 66 or more years | 77 | 43.2 | |||
| 1Includes only active member respondents of the American Academy of Family Physicians who are in office-based direct patient care. | |||||
| Source: American Academy of Family Physicians, Practice Profile I Survey, May 2000. | |||||