ABC | Volume 113, Nº1, July 2019

Original Article Faganello et al The profile of the brazilian cardiologist Arq Bras Cardiol. 2019; 113(1):62-68 Figure 1 – Demographic characteristics. 35% 25% 15% 5% 0% 30% 20% 10% 1.5% 4.9% 23.9% 29.9% 24.0% 28.2% 21.3% 27.0% 12.3% 7.0% 0.7% 19.4% Age Marital status Number of children 30-39 ages 40-49 ages 50-59 ages 60-69 ages > 70 ages < 30 ages Men Women Widower ≥ 3 2 1 0 Divorced Single Married 0% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 1.0% 8.1% 25.0% 28.5% 22.8% 18.4% 16.2% 40.5% 0.5% 11.1% 6.6% 28.0% 8.2% 59.8% 84.7% 45% Figure 2 – Professional characteristics. BSC: Brazilian Society of Cardiology Main place of work 60% Men Women 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 0% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Working hours/week Main place of work Private office Specialist title from the BSC 44.0% Public hospital ≤ 40h > 40h < 50 ages ≥ 50 ages Private hospital Private office Public health centers Others 53.0% 29.2% 31.0% 48.1% 69.1% 51.9% 10.10% 31.70% 73.5% 62.8% 26.8% 23.9% 14.0% 0.3% 0.3% 2.6% 5.8% Despite the increase of women among medical professionals, 7 there is a remarkable predominance of men among Brazilian cardiologists, similar to what is observed in other countries. 6,8,9 Most respondents in our study was men (71.8% versus 28.2%), which is in agreement with the 2018 medical demography in Brazil, 7 showing a distribution of 69.7% of and 30.3% of women, and mean age of 48.9 ± 12.1 years among Brazilian cardiologists. This difference is greater among cardiologists older than 50 years and less pronounced in younger subjects. Differences between sexes were observed for marital status, number of children, income and workload. 64