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Table 16

Median and mean 2005 individual income before taxes (in thousands of dollars) of family physicians who practiced obstetrics, October 2006.


  N Median Mean
Total Respondents      
  OB 270 $145.0 $153.9
  No OB 852 $150.0 $155.7
Census Division      
  New England      
    OB 22 $134.0 $144.9
    No OB 83 $120.0 $127.4
  Mid Atlantic      
    OB 9 $145.0 $152.6
    No OB 124 $140.0 $145.4
  East North Central      
    OB 41 $147.0 $140.1
    No OB 100 $147.5 $149.7
  West North Central      
    OB 71 $180.0 $182.8
    No OB 85 $162.0 $175.9
  South Atlantic      
    OB 13 $125.0 $136.1
    No OB 90 $150.0 $156.4
  East South Central      
    OB 17 $150.0 $167.9
    No OB 101 $145.0 $174.7
  West South Central      
    OB 17 $172.0 $175.4
    No OB 87 $165.0 $176.4
  Mountain      
    OB 58 $132.0 $144.8
    No OB 87 $130.0 $139.2
  Pacific      
    OB 22 $125.0 $128.0
    No OB 95 $147.0 $148.6
Type of practice      
  Solo      
    OB 22 $135.0 $146.4
    No OB 157 $150.0 $155.1
  Two-person partnership      
    OB 13 $162.0 $164.0
    No OB 68 $150.0 $160.8
  Family Medicine group      
    OB 109 $150.0 $163.5
    No OB 277 $150.0 $160.1
  Multispecialty group      
    OB 44 $180.0 $174.9
    No OB 146 $160.0 $169.4
Location      
  Urban      
    OB 163 $140.0 $145.2
    No OB 656 $150.0 $156.5
  Rural      
    OB 105 $160.0 $169.1
    No OB 190 $147.0 $153.1
Completion of FM residency      
  FM graduate      
    OB 267 $145.0 $153.9
    No OB 779 $150.0 $155.1
  Not an FM graduate      
    OB 3 $180.0 $158.4
    No OB 73 $150.0 $162.9
Sex      
  Male      
    OB 174 $160.0 $170.2
    No OB 599 $160.0 $171.3
  Female      
    OB 96 $125.0 $126.1
    No OB 253 $115.0 $117.1
Physician age      
  Under 36      
    OB 56 $130.0 $124.6
    No OB 93 $125.0 $130.4
  36 to 45      
    OB 98 $135.0 $144.9
    No OB 228 $140.0 $149.2
  46 to 55      
    OB 92 $170.0 $174.0
    No OB 350 $150.0 $163.8
  56 to 65      
    OB 23 $162.0 $186.3
    No OB 156 $150.0 $163.9
  Over 65      
    OB 1 $200.0 $200.0
    No OB 25 $126.0 $142.5

Source: American Academy of Family Physicians Practice Profile I Survey, October 2006.