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59% More Female Registered Pharmacists

There are 59% more female registered pharmacists (18,179 or 61.35% of total registrations) in Australia than male (11,455 - 38.65%), according to the latest data from the Pharmacy Board of Australia.  Increased growth of the female dominance is demonstrated by the number of provisional registrations and those under postgrad training or supervised practice.

There are twice as many women as men with provisional status and 10 women are in postrgrad training or supervised practice versus one male.  The Board releases these statistics once per quarter and posts them on the website.

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Source:pharmacydaily.com.au, Wednesday 8 June 2016