Table 1 Age and gender distribution of the final year medical students according to geopolitical zones
Gender | Age | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Geopolitical zones | Male N (%) | Female N (%) | Total N (%) | Minimum age (years) | Maximum age (years) | Mean age (years) | Median age (years) |
North Central | 151 (69.6) | 66 (30.4) | 217 (28.7) | 19 | 35 | 25.60 ± 2.47 | 25.00 |
North West | 70 (56.9) | 53 (43.1) | 123 (16.3) | 22 | 42 | 26.26 ± 2.64 | 26.00 |
South East | 95 (60.9) | 61 (39.1) | 156 (20.6) | 21 | 39 | 25.14 ± 2.80 | 25.00 |
South South | 77 (55.8) | 61 (44.2) | 138 (18.2) | 19 | 38 | 25.30 ± 75 | 24.00 |
South West | 64 (52.0) | 59 (48.0) | 123 (16.3) | 20 | 31 | 24.03 ± 2.43 | 24.00 |
Total | 457 (60.4) | 300 (39.6) | 757 (100) | 19 | 42 | 25.30 ± 2.90 | 25.00 |