Table 1 Characteristics of applications and admissions to UK medical school 2003-9

149,296 (43.6%)

29,962 (43.7%)

n.s.

17,400 (42.1%)

2,343 (43.0%)

n.s.

193,005 (56.4%)

38,647 (56.3%)

23,911 (57.9%)

3,110 (57.0%)

294,458 (86.0%)

11,423 (16.8%)

36,890 (89.3%)

969 (17.7%)

25,888 (8.0%)

29,383 (42.8%)

2,539 (6.1%)

2,330 (42.7%)

20,561 (6.0%)

25,903 (37.8%)

<0.001

1,797 (4.3%)

2,067 (37.9%)

<0.001

1,394 (0.4%)

1,900 (2.8%)

85 (0.2%)

87 (1.6%)

163,994 (60.4%)

38,820 (63.9%)

25,101 (68.2%)

3,949 (76.5%)

13,826 (5.1%)

5,004 (8.2%)

860 (2.3%)

260 (5.0%)

49,660 (18.3%)

8,668 (14.3%)

5,609 (15.2%)

435 (8.4%)

21,730 (8.0%)

3,423 (5.6%)

<0.001

2,598 (7.1%)

183 (3.5%)

<0.001

10,091 (3.7%)

2,169 (3.6%)

1,292 (3.5%)

188 (3.6%)

12,099 (4.5%)

2,703 (4.4%)

1,328 (3.6%)

146 (2.8%)

46,670 (14.4%)

9,989 (14.9%)

6,126 (15.5%)

809 (15.1%)

56,775 (17.6%)

14,101 (21.1%)

7,609 (19.2%)

1,224 (22.8%)

57,568 (17.8%)

14,016 (21.0%)

8,025 (20.3%)

1,313 (24.4%)

60,032 (18.6%)

17,374 (26.0%)

<0.001

6,542 (16.5%)

1,397 (26.0%)

<0.001

12,278 (3.8%)

2,611 (3.9%)

1,770 (4.5%)

264 (4.9%)

24,085 (7.4%)

1,747 (2.6%)

4,154 (10.5%)

108 (2.0%)

13,857 (4.3%)

860 (1.3%)

2,553 (6.4%)

44 (0.8%)

26,992 (8.3%)

4,377 (6.5%)

993 (2.5%)

169 (3.1%)

25,247 (7.8%)

1,781 (2.7%)

1,849 (4.7%)

43 (0.8%)

44,339 (18.5%)

16,851 (67.7%)

2,312 (6.8%)

1,275 (54.7%)

45,103 (18.9%)

3,886 (15.0%)

4,909 (13.3%)

439 (18.8%)

53,790 (22.6%)

2,341 (9.0%)

<0.001

8,235 (24.4%)

291 (12.5%)

<0.001

95,083 (39.9%)

2,143 (8.2%)

18,286 (54.2%)

327 (14.1%)