Fig. 1

Age distribution of the 1313 hospital department anesthesiologists. The black bar represents the graduates of Israeli medical schools. The hatched bar represents graduates of former USSR medical schools who are Israeli citizens or permanent residents. The white bar represents graduates of other medical schools who are Israeli citizens or permanent residents. The gray bar represents non-Israeli citizens or permanent residents. The graph shows a U-shaped distribution with a higher prevalence of anesthesiologists between the ages of 55–65 years and 30–40 years, with a dip between the ages of 40–55 years