The table and charts below give information about doctors in Australia between 1986 and 2006. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The table gives information in terms of how many doctors were in Australia, and charts compare gender and place of birth rates over the period of 20 years (1986-2006).

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, in the table, the figure was significantly increased, as the number of international workers slightly

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. In general, in the bar chart of gender, the rate of male workers was nearly double that of females. In 1986, the rate of doctors in Australia was 23,720, which had followed an uninterrupted upward trajectory during

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period (29,060-35,450). Regarding the bar chart, which compares gender, in 1986, the promotion of males was at 75%, which gradually fell to 60%.

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, the female percentage was at 25% and the rate noticeably climbed to less than 40% between 1986-2006. In the second bar chart, which compares local and international doctors, the figure of locals was more than 60%, which gradually decreased to 50% in 2006. International workers promotion was at 35% and had experienced growth to the same percentage as locals in 2006.