Statistics Norway

Nursing and social care services

6 Users of home-based services and residents in institutions for the elderly and disabled. Need for assistance and kind of service. 2007-2011
  Number of users1 Total Small need for assistance Average to much need for assistance Extensive need for assistance Unspecified need for assistance1
  20071 20082 2009 2010 2011* 2011 - Per cent
Total  252 289  260 824  266 409  265 723  268 813  100 38.4 31.9 22.0 7.7
Users of home help only 45 504 45 907 45 317 44 558 43 346  100 63.1 21.3 9.6 6.0
Users of home nursing only 58 050 62 698 66 482 67 376 70 166  100 48.1 35.1 7.5 9.3
Users of both home help and home nursing 57 005 58 888 62 678 62 636 63 570  100 26.4 49.8 22.9 1.0
Other services 49 820 51 274 47 533 47 645 48 300  100 48.6 22.0 8.7 20.8
Residents in institutions, short term stay 7 319 7 829 9 597 9 039 9 199  100 13.1 40.6 40.8 5.4
Residents in institutions, long term stay 34 591 34 228 34 802 34 469 34 232  100 2.2 17.4 79.6 0.8
1  Three municipalities have not delivered IPLOS-data, these are not included in the figures.
2  Three municipalities have not delivered IPLOS-data, these are not included in the figures.

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