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Persons in the labour force with a health care education, by category of personnel, status of employment and age¹
	2015
	In the labour force, total	Employed			Unemployed
	All ages	All ages	15-66 years	67+	All ages
¹As from 2015, the statistics are based on new data sources. This gives a change in the time series.
²Health worker is a new health care education from 2009
³From 2011 only clinical psychologists are included
Total, health care education	400 326	397 818	387 420	10 398	2 508
Medical secretary	11 729	11 555	11 426	129	174
Auxilliary Nurse	59 217	58 811	55 688	3 123	406
Health workers²	18 468	18 225	18 162	63	243
Care worker	12 966	12 854	12 448	406	112
Paramedic	4 303	4 284	4 231	53	19
Pharmacy technician	5 236	5 132	5 076	56	104
Chiropodist	1 888	1 866	1 810	56	22
Child care worker	23 308	23 033	22 922	111	275
Dental secretary	5 060	4 982	4 865	117	78
Dental technician	727	714	664	50	13
Unqualified occupational therapist	3 628	3 600	3 495	105	28
Health care education, secondary level	6 753	6 748	6 719	29	5
Occupational therapist	4 602	4 568	4 522	46	34
Physioterapist	12 417	12 354	11 875	479	63
Midwives	3 197	3 189	3 096	93	8
Radiographer	3 584	3 565	3 544	21	19
Nurse	101 839	101 572	99 727	1 845	267
Social educator	15 643	15 564	15 453	111	79
Health visitor	4 485	4 479	4 340	139	6
Dental nurses	1 414	1 406	1 377	29	8
Audiologist	511	498	495	3	13
Medical laboratory technologist	7 002	6 955	6 836	119	47
Optometrist	1 700	1 688	1 648	40	12
Certified prosthetist	220	220	215	5	0
Child welfare officer	12 000	11 909	11 805	104	91
Social worker	15 548	15 428	15 045	383	120
Pharmacist	36	36	27	9	0
Other health care education, university level	13 424	13 414	13 373	41	10
Clinical nutritionist	746	739	725	14	7
Dispensing pharmacist	1 742	1 734	1 707	27	8
Dispensing pharmacist	2 999	2 984	2 925	59	15
Chiropractor	776	775	762	13	1
Perfusionist	41	41	39	2	0
Licenced medical student	386	384	384	0	2
Physician³	12 665	12 533	12 337	196	132
Specialised physician	14 092	14 082	12 609	1 473	10
Dentist	4 626	4 607	4 239	368	19
Specialist in dentistry	599	599	523	76	0
Psychologist	7 253	7 224	6 838	386	29
Other health care education, college/university	3 496	3 467	3 448	19	29

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