Statistics Norway

Nursing and social care services

1 Institutions for the aged and disabled1. 1996-2008
  1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008*
Number of institutions           1 052 1 032 1 024 1 019 1 011 1 003 1 006 1 000
Rooms                          
Total number of rooms 36 831       37 216       37 300       37 668       37 715       38 145       38 250       38 424       38 857       39 016       39 308       39 636       40 291
Single rooms (per cent) 81.7 83.1 83.8 85.0 86.0 87.8 89.2 91.3 93.2 94.6 95.3 95.9 96.7
Beds                          
Beds, total 43 735 43 377 43 196 43 240 42 876 42 741 42 319 41 718 41 402 41 027 41 078 41 217 41 542
Beds in nursing homes (per cent) 79.6 80.9 82.3 84.2 85.8 87.7 89.8 91.2 93.0 94.0 94.4 94.7 95.2
Beds in old people's homes (per cent) 20.4 19.1 17.7 15.8 14.2 12.3 10.2 8.8 7.0 6.0 5.6 5.3 4.8
Private beds (per cent of total)           10.7 10.3 9.6 10.0 9.7 9.5 9.8 10.3
1  Operational institutions by December 31st.

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