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General practitioners are the largest employment capacity group of medical practitioners, accounting for 34.2 percent of the medical workforce who responded to the annual workforce survey. There were 3006 active practitioners who were working mainly as general practitioners in New Zealand in 2003.

Number of active general practitioners, by sex, 1984–2003.

Year	Males		Females		Total
	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
2003	1830	60.9	1176	39.1	3006
2002	1825	62.6	1092	37.4	2917
2001	1915	63.1	1122	36.9	3037
2000	2002	63.2	1164	36.8	3166
1999	2037	63.8	1154	36.2	3191
1998	2051	64.9	1108	35.1	3159
1997	2077	66.6	1042	33.4	3119
1996	1979	67.4	956	32.6	2935
1995	1971	69.2	879	30.8	2850
1994	1946	71.3	784	28.7	2730
1993	1906	72.4	725	27.6	2631
1992	1894	73.0	700	27.0	2594
1991	1918	75.2	632	24.8	2550
1990	1856	76.4	573	23.6	2429
1989	1846	77.5	537	22.5	2383
1988	1811	79.0	482	21.0	2293
1987	1804	79.2	474	20.8	2278
1986	1735	81.0	406	19.0	2141
1985	1725	81.9	381	18.1	2106
1984	1677	83.9	321	16.1	1998
Source: New Zealand Medical Council.

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