Health care personnel

1   Number of persons aged 16-66 with health care education, by category of personnel and employment. 1 October 2000 and 2001. Absolute figures and as per cent of employed1
  Persons with health care education Employed persons Per cent of employed
  2000 2001 Change in per cent 2000 2001 Change in per cent 2000 2001 Change in per cent point
Total  264 463  271 946 2.8  229 968  235 225 2.3 87.0 86.5 -0.5
Medical secretary 4 867 4 936 1.4 3 806 3 892 2.3 78.2 78.8 0.6
Auxiliary nurse 73 485 73 697 0.3 61 119 60 444 -1.1 83.2 82.0 -1.2
Care worker 11 172 11 024 -1.3 9 542 9 447 -1.0 85.4 85.7 0.3
Paramedic  819  927 13.2  797  900 12.9 97.3 97.1 -0.2
Pharmacy technican 1 613 1 774 10.0 1 271 1 393 9.6 78.8 78.5 -0.3
Chiropodist 1 437 1 488 3.5 1 136 1 138 0.2 79.1 76.5 -2.6
Child care worker 16 193 17 041 5.2 12 514 13 171 5.3 77.3 77.3 0.0
Dental secretary 2 517 2 564 1.9 2 028 2 065 1.8 80.6 80.5 0.0
Dental technician  393  463 17.8  353  421 19.3 89.8 90.9 1.1
Unqualified occupational therapist 4 079 4 278 4.9 3 349 3 496 4.4 82.1 81.7 -0.4
Auxiliary nursing personnel 3 064 3 181 3.8 2 906 3 050 5.0 94.8 95.9 1.0
Occupational therapist 2 187 2 323 6.2 1 971 2 056 4.3 90.1 88.5 -1.6
Physiotherapist 8 269 8 507 2.9 7 485 7 680 2.6 90.5 90.3 -0.2
Midwife 2 415 2 485 2.9 2 151 2 221 3.3 89.1 89.4 0.3
Radiographer 1 610 1 729 7.4 1 483 1 610 8.6 92.1 93.1 1.0
Nurse 71 394 73 772 3.3 63 910 65 693 2.8 89.5 89.0 -0.5
Professional health worker for the mentally retarded 6 336 6 930 9.4 5 888 6 384 8.4 92.9 92.1 -0.8
Health visitor 3 236 3 267 1.0 2 911 2 930 0.7 90.0 89.7 -0.3
Dental nurse  973  998 2.6  844  860 1.9 86.7 86.2 -0.6
Audiologist  180  189 5.0  152  163 7.2 84.4 86.2 1.8
Medical laboratory technologist 4 965 5 110 2.9 4 507 4 611 2.3 90.8 90.2 -0.5
Optometrist  996 1 038 4.2  902  934 3.5 90.6 90.0 -0.6
Certified prosthetist  119  126 5.9  108  113 4.6 90.8 89.7 -1.1
Child welfare worker 4 540 4 890 7.7 4 066 4 353 7.1 89.6 89.0 -0.5
Sosial worker 6 528 6 769 3.7 5 780 5 969 3.3 88.5 88.2 -0.4
Pharmacist's assistent2  950  666 -29.9  869  592 -31.9 91.5 88.9 -2.6
Auxiliary nursing personnel, college level 2 463 2 980 21.0 2 276 2 740 20.4 92.4 91.9 -0.5
Clinical nutritionist 88 93 5.7 79 87 10.1 89.8 93.5 3.8
Pharmacist2 1 275 1 718 34.7 1 157 1 568 35.5 90.7 91.3 0.5
Chiropractor  261  267 2.3  233  253 8.6 89.3 94.8 5.5
Perfusionist - 11 - - 11 - -  100.0 -
Physician 8 093 8 330 2.9 7 183 7 379 2.7 88.8 88.6 -0.2
Specialised physician 8 667 8 900 2.7 8 461 8 684 2.6 97.6 97.6 -0.1
Dentist 4 043 4 010 -0.8 3 710 3 694 -0.4 91.8 92.1 0.4
Specialist in dentistry  303  306 1.0  296  299 1.0 97.7 97.7 0.0
Psychologist 3 746 3 948 5.4 3 546 3 725 5.0 94.7 94.4 -0.3
Auxiliary nursing personnel, university level 1 187 1 211 2.0 1 179 1 199 1.7 99.3 99.0 -0.3
1  Per cent of employed is employed persons in per cent of total.
2  Pharmacist assistents could be approved as pharmasists since 2001.

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