Demographic characteristics of applicants and findings for second assessment by type of licence requested (% in parentheses)
Type of licence | ||||
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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 |