| 6 Employed persons aged 16-66 with health care education who are working in the |
| health care industry5by category if personnel and sector. 4th quarter 2006 |
| Total | Local administration |
County administration |
Central government6 |
Private sector and public enterprises |
Unspecified | |
| Total | 234 769 | 111 209 | 2 893 | 83 618 | 37 000 | 49 |
| Medical Secretary | 6 873 | 1 556 | 12 | 2 806 | 2 471 | 28 |
| Auxilliary nurse | 57 872 | 43 796 | 26 | 9 893 | 4 151 | 6 |
| Care worker | 12 438 | 11 536 | 8 | 321 | 570 | 3 |
| Pharmacy technician | 257 | 145 | 4 | 53 | 55 | - |
| Chiropodist | 808 | 195 | - | 38 | 575 | - |
| Child care worker | 1 438 | 983 | 5 | 235 | 215 | - |
| Dental secretary | 3 112 | 263 | 1 319 | 113 | 1 414 | 3 |
| Unqualified occupational therapists |
2 484 | 1 976 | - | 258 | 250 | - |
| Other health care education, secondary level1 |
2 960 | 356 | 4 | 1 651 | 949 | - |
| Occupational therapists | 2 491 | 1 345 | 1 | 844 | 301 | - |
| Physiotherapists | 8 185 | 1 841 | 1 | 1 603 | 4 740 | - |
| Midwife and public health nurse |
5 430 | 2 981 | - | 2 252 | 197 | - |
| Radiographer | 2 205 | 61 | - | 1 878 | 266 | - |
| Nurse | 69 234 | 25 573 | 5 | 37 386 | 6 266 | 4 |
| Professional health worker for the mentally retarded |
8 050 | 5 957 | 6 | 1 396 | 691 | - |
| Dental nurse | 812 | 49 | 392 | 12 | 358 | 1 |
| Medical laboratory technologist |
4 527 | 130 | - | 3 908 | 488 | 1 |
| Child welfare officer | 5 219 | 2 863 | 3 | 1 542 | 811 | - |
| Social worker | 7 695 | 4 579 | 3 | 2 085 | 1 028 | - |
| Other health care education, college level2 |
6 690 | 3 471 | 6 | 2 190 | 1 023 | - |
| Pharmacist and dispensing chemist |
93 | 10 | - | 57 | 26 | - |
| Physician3 | 7 931 | 873 | 6 | 4 971 | 2 081 | - |
| Specialised physician | 9 236 | 229 | 1 | 5 267 | 3 736 | 3 |
| Dentists and specialised dentists |
3 806 | 70 | 1 085 | 33 | 2 618 | - |
| Psychologists | 3 633 | 125 | 2 | 2 309 | 1 197 | - |
| Other health care education, univ. level4 |
1 290 | 246 | 4 | 517 | 523 | - |
| 1Paramedic and Dental technician are included |
| 2Audiologist, Optometrist and Certified prosthetist are included. College level courses of shorter duration are included from 2006 |
| 3Medicine students are included |
| 4Clinical nutritionist, Chiropractor and Perfusionist are included |
| 5Health care services except veterinary services, child care activities, school-age child care and recreation centres for children adolescents, work practice for ordinary employment, social welfare organisations, permanent sheltered employment and foundations/legacies that support social purposis |
| 6Regional Health Authorities and Health Enterprises are included in central government administration and not in Public Enterprises. |
| Source: Registerbased employment statistics for health care personnel, Statistics Norway |