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Workforce Planning for Dentistry in Scotland:
A Strategic Review: Interim Report and Recommendations
Table 5 – Projected Numbers of UK-Qualified Dentists by
Gender
(Source: Information & Statistics Division 2000)
New ISD Projections of UK qualified dentists on the GDC register
|
Year
|
1996
|
2001
|
2006
|
2011
|
2016
|
2021
|
2026
|
2031
|
2036
|
|
|
|
Females
|
7979
|
9291
|
10430
|
11397
|
12127
|
12564
|
12769
|
12766
|
12693
|
|
Males
|
16791
|
16770
|
16495
|
15883
|
15192
|
14505
|
13813
|
13388
|
13153
|
|
% female
|
32.2
|
35.7
|
38.7
|
41.8
|
44.4
|
46.4
|
48.0
|
48.8
|
49.1
|
|
|
|
Total number of dentists
|
24769
|
26061
|
26925
|
27281
|
27319
|
27070
|
26582
|
26154
|
25846
|
Figure 5
Table 6 - Dental Student Intake of Scottish
Dental Schools
(Source: ISD Scotland except for 1999 figures from dental schools)
|
DENTAL STUDENT INTAKE IN SCOTTISH DENTAL SCHOOLS
(UK + EU STUDENTS)1975-99
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Male
|
Female
|
Total
|
|
1975
|
131
|
48
|
179
|
|
1980
|
108
|
59
|
167
|
|
1985
|
81
|
65
|
146
|
|
1990
|
75
|
68
|
143
|
|
1995
|
55
|
68
|
123
|
|
1999
|
65
|
65
|
130
|
Figure 6
Table 7 – Proportion of Male and Female
Principal Dentists Working in the GDS in Scotland by Age ( WTE unknown)
(Source: Scottish Dental Practice Board Annual Report 1998/99. Edinburgh:
SDPB, 1999)
|
Age of dentist
|
|
|
under 30
|
30-40
|
40 - 49
|
50 - 59
|
60 +
|
|
|
Male
|
146
|
433
|
414
|
254
|
30
|
|
|
Female
|
155
|
257
|
115
|
41
|
4
|
|
|
Total
|
301
|
690
|
529
|
295
|
34
|
1849
|
Figure 7
Table 8–UK-Qualified Dentists Leaving
the Register
(Source: Information & Statistics Division 2000)
Net leaving Rate (%) of UK Qualified Dentists by Age
|
Age
|
24
|
26
|
28
|
30
|
32
|
34
|
36
|
38
|
40
|
42
|
44
|
46
|
48
|
50
|
52
|
54
|
56
|
58
|
60
|
62
|
64
|
|
Females
|
0.64
|
0.92
|
0.92
|
0.74
|
0.74
|
0.74
|
0.61
|
0.61
|
0.68
|
0.68
|
0.68
|
1.23
|
1.23
|
1.74
|
1.74
|
1.74
|
6.30
|
6.30
|
10.05
|
10.05
|
100
|
|
Males
|
0.57
|
0.72
|
0.72
|
0.55
|
0.55
|
0.55
|
0.69
|
0.69
|
0.69
|
0.69
|
0.69
|
0.58
|
0.58
|
0.75
|
0.75
|
0.75
|
5.05
|
5.05
|
8.75
|
8.75
|
100
|
Figure 8
Table 9 – UK Dental Graduates 1976-2000
(Source: General Dental Council registration department)
|
UK Dental Graduates 1976-2000
|
|
Year of Graduation
|
1976
|
1977
|
1978
|
1979
|
1980
|
1981
|
1982
|
1983
|
1984
|
1985
|
1986
|
1987
|
1988
|
|
No of Grads
|
747
|
774
|
798
|
828
|
911
|
896
|
953
|
894
|
958
|
913
|
1009
|
971
|
984
|
|
|
|
Year of Graduation
|
1989
|
1990
|
1991
|
1992
|
1993
|
1994
|
1995
|
1996
|
1997
|
1998
|
1999
|
2000
|
|
|
No of Grads
|
879
|
864
|
841
|
814
|
804
|
814
|
783
|
589
|
684
|
762
|
741
|
749
|
|
Figure 9
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