Demographic characteristics of applicants and findings for second assessment by type of licence requested (% in parentheses)
| Type of licence | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Total | Private | Professional | Significance |
| *χ2 (Yates’s corrected) = 8.14; p = 0.0043. | ||||
| Age (years) | ||||
| 50–59 | 16 | – | 16 | |
| 60–69 | 31 | 19 | 12 | |
| 70–79 | 48 | 37 | 11 | p<0.001 |
| 80–84 | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
| Total | 100 | 60 | 40 | |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 87 | 47 | 40 | |
| Female | 13 | 13 | – | p<0.01* |
| Response to request for additional medical data (%) | 66 | 42 (64) | 24 (36) | NS |
| Examining physician at second assessment (%) | ||||
| Same as first assessment | 39 | 27 (69) | 12 (31) | |
| Another physician | 27 | 15 (56) | 12 (44) | NS |
| Report of additional medical data (%) | 28 | 19 (68) | 9 (32) | NS |
| Additional medical data indicating rejection (%) | 11 | 5 (45) | 6 (55) | NS |