Health care personnel

7   Employed persons aged 16-66 with health care education, by category of personnel and settled man-years. 1 October 2001. Per cent of employed and per cent of settled man-years1
  Employed persons Settled man-years Settled man-years without persons in maternity leave Settled man-years deducted doctor certified sickness absence Settled man-years deducted doctor certified sickness absence and maternity leave
  2001 Per cent of employed 2001 Per cent of settled man-years 2001 Per cent of settled man-years 2001 Per cent of settled man-years 2001 Per cent of settled man-years
Total  235 225 86.5  203 869 75.0  199 181 73.2  186 583 68.6  182 103 67.0
Medical secretary 3 892 78.8 3 233 65.5 3 115 63.1 2 894 58.6 2 782 56.4
Auxiliary nurse 60 444 82.0 44 911 60.9 44 199 60.0 39 517 53.6 38 841 52.7
Care worker 9 447 85.7 7 172 65.1 6 941 63.0 6 290 57.1 6 077 55.1
Paramedic  900 97.1  986 106.4  979 105.6  925 99.8  918 99.0
Pharmacy technican 1 393 78.5 1 207 68.0 1 163 65.6 1 096 61.8 1 055 59.5
Chiropodist 1 138 76.5 1 038 69.8  999 67.1  925 62.2  888 59.7
Child care worker 13 171 77.3 10 616 62.3 10 249 60.1 9 467 55.6 9 123 53.5
Dental secretary 2 065 80.5 1 750 68.2 1 706 66.5 1 592 62.1 1 550 60.5
Dental technician  421 90.9  433 93.6  426 92.0  418 90.3  411 88.7
Unqualified occupational therapist 3 496 81.7 2 782 65.0 2 713 63.4 2 519 58.9 2 454 57.4
Auxiliary nursing personnel 3 050 95.9 2 433 76.5 2 393 75.2 2 185 68.7 2 147 67.5
Occupational therapist 2 056 88.5 1 885 81.1 1 825 78.5 1 749 75.3 1 692 72.8
Physiotherapist 7 680 90.3 7 600 89.3 7 425 87.3 7 244 85.1 7 074 83.2
Midwife 2 221 89.4 1 830 73.7 1 794 72.2 1 676 67.4 1 641 66.0
Radiographer 1 610 93.1 1 537 88.9 1 491 86.2 1 433 82.9 1 389 80.3
Nurse 65 693 89.0 56 145 76.1 54 655 74.1 51 548 69.9 50 113 67.9
Professional health worker for the mentally retarded 6 384 92.1 6 040 87.2 5 885 84.9 5 480 79.1 5 331 76.9
Health visitor 2 930 89.7 2 533 77.5 2 501 76.6 2 350 71.9 2 318 71.0
Dental nurse  860 86.2  774 77.6  752 75.4  729 73.1  707 70.9
Audiologist  163 86.2  154 81.5  146 77.4  146 77.3  138 73.2
Medical laboratory technologist 4 611 90.2 4 223 82.6 4 114 80.5 4 017 78.6 3 911 76.5
Optometrist  934 90.0  932 89.8  914 88.0  899 86.6  881 84.9
Certified prosthetist  113 89.7  112 88.6  112 88.6  108 85.6  108 85.6
Child welfare worker 4 353 89.0 4 132 84.5 3 986 81.5 3 724 76.2 3 588 73.4
Sosial worker 5 969 88.2 5 727 84.6 5 597 82.7 5 224 77.2 5 102 75.4
Pharmacist's assistent  592 88.9  542 81.4  523 78.5  515 77.3  496 74.4
Auxiliary nursing personnel, college level 2 740 91.9 2 715 91.1 2 675 89.7 2 521 84.6 2 482 83.3
Clinical nutritionist 87 93.5 88 94.1 87 93.0 79 85.4 78 84.3
Pharmacist 1 568 91.3 1 585 92.2 1 548 90.1 1 532 89.2 1 496 87.1
Chiropractor  253 94.8  285 106.9  283 106.1  277 103.6  274 102.8
Physician 7 379 88.6 8 307 99.7 8 043 96.5 8 064 96.8 7 805 93.7
Specialised physician 8 684 97.6 10 613 119.2 10 574 118.8 10 307 115.8 10 270 115.4
Dentist 3 694 92.1 4 071 101.5 4 014 100.1 3 918 97.7 3 863 96.3
Specialist in dentistry  299 97.7  345 112.8  341 111.6  337 110.3  334 109.1
Psychologist 3 725 94.4 4 070 103.1 3 977 100.7 3 893 98.6 3 805 96.4
Auxiliary nursing personnel, university level 1 210 99.0 1 064 86.9 1 037 84.6  986 80.5  959 78.3
1  Per cent of employed and per cent of settled man years is respectively employed persons and settled man years in per cent og total.

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