Table 4: OET medicine candidates 1991 - 1995: top ten first languages

 

Language

Pass

%

Average number of attempts

in Australia

%

Female

%

Total

1

Indian languages*

84

1.2

71.0

56.0

369

2

Chinese languages*

66

1.3

76.0

33.0

330

3

Arabic

82

1.5

82.0

25.8

317

4

English

89

1.1

69.3

50.5

186

5

ex-USSR languages*

75

1.5

96.0

55.5

126

6

Filipino languages*

83

1.1

77.7

59.8

117

7

ex-Yugoslavia languages*

80

1.5

95.3

64.7

85

8

Middle Eastern languages*

71

1.8

85.7

29.9

77

9

Vietnamese

64

1.9

91.2

25.9

58

10

Polish

91

1.4

96.2

77.3

53

* Languages commonly spoken by people originating from this country or region.