Health care personnel

30   Employed specialized physicans and dentists, by industry and speciality. 1 October 2000 and 2001. Change in per cent
  Total Employed
  Total Change in per cent Health care service1 Other services
  Total Per cent Total Per cent
$ Total 9 206 2.6 7 810 86.9 1 173 13.1
Specialised physicans, total 8 900 2.7 7 572 87.2 1 112 12.8
General family medicine 1 952 2.3 1 672 86.9  253 13.1
Nuclear medicine 36 0.0 35  100.0 - -
Dermatology  119 0.0 99 84.6 18 15.4
Immunology 37 -2.6 25 78.1 7 21.9
General (internal) medicine  337 2.4  291 89.0 36 11.0
General haematology 42 2.4 38 92.7 3 7.3
Endocrinology 52 4.0 44 86.3 7 13.7
Gastro-enterology  147 3.5  135 93.1 10 6.9
Geriatrics 71 6.0 67 94.4 4 5.6
Cardiology  202 5.2  181 91.0 18 9.0
Communicable diseases 65 6.6 57 87.7 8 12.3
Respiratory medicine  125 1.6  112 90.3 12 9.7
Renal diseases 72 5.9 62 88.6 8 11.4
Anaesthetics  507 2.6  443 89.1 54 10.9
Dental, oral and maxillo-facial surgery 12 -14.3 11 91.7 1 8.3
Social medicine2 1 0.0 - - 1  100.0
Paediatrics  377 1.3  336 90.8 34 9.2
Clinical physiology2 1 -50.0 - - 1  100.0
Biologial chemistry 40 5.3 28 73.7 10 26.3
Clinical neurophysiology 17 0.0 17  100.0 - -
Genetics 22 10.0 18 81.8 4 18.2
Medical microbiology 75 0.0 51 69.9 22 30.1
Radiology  379 4.4  352 96.4 13 3.6
Neurological surgery 42 13.5 33 82.5 7 17.5
Neurology  178 6.6  152 87.4 22 12.6
Histopathology  133 1.5  108 85.7 18 14.3
Plastic surgery 56 -5.1 44 84.6 8 15.4
Child and adolescent psyciatry 92 4.5 79 88.8 10 11.2
Psychiatry  714 6.4  613 89.6 71 10.4
Rheumatology 91 0.0 74 83.1 15 16.9
Community medicine  461 0.2  310 68.1  145 31.9
Radiotherapy 97 5.4 88 91.7 8 8.3
Oto rhino laryngology  245 0.0  214 91.1 21 8.9
Opthalmology  283 1.8  250 90.9 25 9.1
General practitioner NMA2 17 0.0 10 58.8 7 41.2
Occupational medicine  199 4.2 94 48.7 99 51.3
Occupational medicine NMA2 26 0.0 13 61.9 8 38.1
General practitioner NMA, abroad2 1 0.0 1  100.0 - -
Pharmacology 23 -4.2 12 52.2 11 47.8
Psychiatric care  117 -0.8  108 93.1 8 6.9
Psychiatric care - children and adolescents 18 -5.3 15 93.8 1 6.3
Physiotherapy 86 1.2 68 79.1 18 20.9
Obstetrics and gynaecology  439 3.8  395 93.6 27 6.4
General surgery  249 0.0  218 90.5 23 9.5
Paediatric surgery 14 -6.7 11 84.6 2 15.4
Gastro-enterological surgery  139 6.9  130 93.5 9 6.5
Vascular surgery 81 2.5 73 91.3 7 8.8
Thoracic surgery 39 2.6 35 92.1 3 7.9
Urology  104 5.1 99 97.1 3 2.9
Orthopaedic surgery  268 1.9  251 95.4 12 4.6
Speciality in dentistry, total  306 1.0  238 79.6 61 20.4
Orthodontics  175 1.7  147 87.0 22 13.0
Pedodontics 28 3.7 13 46.4 15 53.6
Periodontics 66 -2.9 50 76.9 15 23.1
Oral surgery 37 2.8 28 75.7 9 24.3
1  Health care services except veterinary services, child care activities, school-age child care and recreation centres for children adolescents.
2  Earlier specialities.

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