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Table 1a: GPs (excluding retainers and registrars) as at 2004-06: percentages by age, region and gender
		Under 40 years			40-55 years			Over 55 years			Total
		2004	2005	2006	2004	2005	2006	2004	2005	2006	2004	2005	2006
	Male GPs
	England	19.3	18.7	18.7	57.9	57.0	56.6	22.8	24.3	24.8	—	—	—
Q30	North East	20.8	19.4	19.8	58.7	58.6	59.2	20.5	22.0	21.0	—	—	—
Q31	Northwest	21.7	19.7	19.9	55.0	55.3	54.9	23.3	25.0	25.2	—	—	—
Q32	Yorkshire and the Humber	18.4	18.3	18.3	59.6	58.9	57.8	22.0	22.8	23.9	—	—	—
Q33	East Midlands	21.1	21.1	20.5	61.5	59.9	60.2	17.4	19.0	19.3	—	—	—
Q34	West Midlands	18.4	18.6	19.2	54.3	53.3	52.7	27.3	28.1	28.1	—	—	—
Q35	East of England	17.8	17.3	17.1	61.2	60.0	59.2	20.9	22.7	23.6	—	—	—
Q36	London	18.0	18.1	17.1	48.3	47.2	46.4	33.7	34.7	36.5	—	—	—
Q37	South East Coast	18.1	16.8	17.1	60.5	60.0	58.6	21.5	23.2	24.4	—	—	—
Q38	South Central	19.7	19.1	18.9	61.3	59.1	58.5	18.9	21.8	22.6	—	—	—
Q39	South West	19.7	18.9	19.4	63.9	63.0	63.9	16.4	18.2	16.7	—	—	—
	Female GPs
	England	38.0	37.4	36.7	52.7	52.8	53.3	9.3	9.8	10.0	—	—	—
Q30	North East	44.9	43.4	43.4	50.0	51.4	50.5	5.1	5.2	6.0	—	—	—
Q31	North West	38.0	37.5	37.9	52.8	52.2	52.0	9.2	10.4	10.1	—	—	—
Q32	Yorkshire and the Humber	39.3	39.3	37.4	53.2	52.6	54.8	7.6	8.2	7.8	—	—	—
Q33	East Midlands	42.9	40.7	38.9	51.4	53.1	54.2	5.7	6.2	7.0	—	—	—
Q34	West Midlands	36.9	35.9	34.4	51.8	52.8	53.0	11.3	11.3	12.5	—	—	—
Q35	East of England	34.0	34.4	32.8	56.7	56.8	57.6	9.3	8.8	9.6	—	—	—
Q36	London	37.0	37.0	36.4	46.2	46.0	46.4	16.7	17.0	17.2	—	—	—
Q37	South East Coast	38.7	37.6	36.5	53.1	53.4	54.6	8.3	9.0	8.9	—	—	—
Q38	South Central	34.3	35.0	35.9	58.8	57.4	56.2	7.0	7.6	7.8	—	—	—
Q39	South West	38.8	37.4	37.0	56.2	56.8	57.2	5.0	5.8	5.9	—	—	—
	All GPs
	England	26.6	26.2	26.1	55.9	55.3	55.2	17.6	18.5	18.7	100.0	100.0	100.0
Q30	North East	30.0	28.9	29.5	55.4	55.8	55.6	14.6	15.4	14.8	100.0	100.0	100.0
Q31	North West	27.7	26.5	27.0	54.2	54.1	53.7	18.1	19.4	19.2	100.0	100.0	100.0
Q32	Yorkshire and the Humber	26.3	26.5	25.9	57.1	56.4	56.6	16.5	17.1	17.5	100.0	100.0	100.0
Q33	East Midlands	28.9	28.3	27.2	57.9	57.4	58.0	13.2	14.3	14.8	100.0	100.0	100.0
Q34	West Midlands	24.9	24.9	24.9	53.4	53.1	52.8	21.6	22.0	22.3	100.0	100.0	100.0
Q35	East of England	23.8	23.7	23.2	59.6	58.8	58.6	16.7	17.5	18.3	100.0	100.0	100.0
Q36	London	26.6	26.8	26.1	47.4	46.7	46.4	26.0	26.5	27.4	100.0	100.0	100.0
Q37	South East Coast	26.0	25.2	25.0	57.6	57.3	57.0	16.4	17.5	18.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Q38	Central	25.9	26.1	26.7	60.2	58.4	57.4	13.8	15.5	15.8	100.0	100.0	100.0
Q39	South West	27.1	26.3	26.7	60.9	60.5	61.1	12.0	13.2	12.2	100.0	100.0	100.0
Notes: 1. General Medical Practitioners (excluding retainers and registrars) includes GP Providers and GP Others. 2. Five GP ages were returned unknown in 2005 and one in 2006, these have been excluded from percentage calculations. Source: The Information Centre for health and social care.

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