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Table 16

Median and mean 2007 individual income before taxes (in thousands of dollars) of family physicians who practiced obstetrics, July 2008


  N Median Mean
Total Respondents      
  OB 328 $140.0 $153.1
  No OB 561 $150.0 $166.0
Census Division      
  New England      
    OB 11 $130.0 $123.5
    No OB 28 $141.8 $140.3
  Mid Atlantic      
    OB 22 $116.8 $124.3
    No OB 61 $140.0 $158.4
  East North Central      
    OB 64 $149.7 $158.5
    No OB 104 $150.0 $178.6
  West North Central      
    OB 64 $169.2 $190.5
    No OB 54 $150.0 $166.6
  South Atlantic      
    OB 51 $120.0 $128.9
    No OB 96 $150.0 $156.1
  East South Central      
    OB 18 $110.0 $140.1
    No OB 36 $178.2 $198.8
  West South Central      
    OB 21 $175.7 $171.0
    No OB 71 $160.0 $179.8
  Mountain      
    OB 36 $140.4 $149.8
    No OB 40 $140.0 $145.3
  Pacific      
    OB 42 $130.4 $139.4
    No OB 71 $145.3 $157.6
Type of practice      
  Solo      
    OB 23 $131.5 $144.2
    No OB 62 $148.9 $150.9
  Two-person partnership      
    OB 13 $150.0 $164.3
    No OB 34 $150.0 $161.9
  Family Medicine group      
    OB 100 $160.0 $161.2
    No OB 211 $150.0 $176.1
  Multispecialty group      
    OB 45 $169.1 $178.6
    No OB 80 $154.8 $165.5
Location      
  Urban      
    OB 228 $135.0 $139.5
    No OB 432 $150.0 $166.6
  Rural      
    OB 104 $150.0 $180.4
    No OB 125 $145.0 $165.0
Completion of FM residency      
  FM graduate      
    OB 199 $150.0 $156.4
    No OB 416 $150.0 $171.6
  Not an FM graduate      
    OB 135 $130.0 $146.2
    No OB 145 $140.0 $149.6
Sex      
  Male      
    OB 187 $167.9 $175.5
    No OB 382 $165.0 $185.2
  Female      
    OB 147 $120.0 $122.7
    No OB 179 $122.8 $124.6
Physician age      
  Under 36      
    OB 108 $130.0 $148.0
    No OB 108 $140.0 $143.8
  36 to 45      
    OB 91 $140.0 $152.0
    No OB 151 $150.0 $167.3
  46 to 55      
    OB 91 $156.2 $154.3
    No OB 188 $160.0 $176.5
  56 to 65      
    OB 35 $158.1 $162.0
    No OB 99 $150.0 $170.0
  Over 65      
    OB 6 $145.1 $150.0
    No OB 10 $120.0 $138.8

Source: American Academy of Family Physicians, Practice Profile I Survey, July 2008.