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Environmental Scan 2017: Human Capital Issues within the Medical Devices Sector 3.1.1 Demographic of the Industry Workforce Full time employees Companies in the surgical / medical gloves segment and non-consumables segment engage more male employees than female, whereas those in the other medical consumables segment have a higher tendency of hiring females. Figure 3-4: Breakdown of full time employees by gender, Dec 2016 TOTAL (n=68, representing 19,951 full time employees) 52% Surgical/Medical Gloves (n=12, representing 10,832 full time employees) Other Medical Consumables (n=35, representing 6,716 full time employees) Non-consumables (n=21, representing 2,403 full time employees) 48% 60% 40% 34% 66% 64% Male 36% Female In the medical devices industry, majority of the full time employees are Malaysians. Surgical/Medical gloves manufacturers have the highest ratio of foreign workers, while other non-consumables segment employ significantly lesser foreign workers. The engagement of expatriates/PRs is less prominent across the industry. 89