Table 2: Rural and urban-origin students according to their course of study (n=1633).

Course of Study Rural % Urban % Total %
Medicine 230 14.1 417 25.5 647 39.6
Pharmacy 40 2.4 131 8.0 171 10.4
Physiotherapy 51 3.1 104 6.4 155 09.5
Occupational Therapy 49 3.0 106 6.5 155 09.5
Sports Science 9 0.6 56 3.4 65 04.0
Dentistry 35 2.1 24 1.5 59 03.6
Speech language pathology 13 0.8 39 2.4 52 03.2
Dental therapist 25 1.5 25 1.5 50 03.0
Dietetics 24 1.5 14 0.9 38 02.4
Audiology 10 0.6 24 1.5 34 02.1
Nursing 9 0.6 9 0.6 18 01.2
Optometry 0 0.0 1 0.1 1 00.1
Not indicated 159 9.7 29 1.8 188 11.5
TOTAL 654 40.0 979 60.0 1633 100.0