6 Employed persons aged 16-66 with health care education working in the
health care industry5by category if personnel and sector. 4th quarter 2008

Total Local
administration
County
administration
Central
government6
Private sector
and public
enterprises
Unspecified
Total 242 520 116 561 2 721 83 352 39 870 16
Medical secretary 7 710 1 558 13 3 227 2 912 -
Auxilliary nurse 58 188 45 272 21 8 646 4 249 -
Care worker 12 532 11 615 6 311 600 -
Pharmacy technician 267 157 1 47 62 -
Chiropodist 900 211 - 38 651 -
Child care worker 1 325 967 2 163 193 -
Dental secretary 3 268 265 1 264 112 1 627 -
Unqualified occupational
therapist
2 323 1 886 - 204 233 -
Other health care
education, secondary level1
3 124 333 3 1 969 819 -
Occupational therapist 2 658 1 516 - 817 325 -
Physiotherapist 8 635 1 949 - 1 617 5 069 -
Midwife and public
health nurse
5 525 3 052 - 2 273 200 -
Radiographer 2 335 71 - 1 971 293 -
Nurse 71 496 27 590 4 36 997 6 905 -
Social educator 8 799 6 490 1 1 488 820 -
Dental nurse 874 53 372 10 439 -
Medical laboratory
technologist
4 554 135 - 3 952 467 -
Child welfare officer 5 626 3 116 2 1 623 885 -
Social worker 8 223 4 947 - 2 180 1 096 -
Other health care
education, college level2
6 266 3 480 2 1 757 1 027 -
Pharmacist and
dispensing chemist
93 6 - 61 26 -
Physician3 8 709 1 103 6 5 246 2 352 2
Specialised physician 9 716 301 - 5 510 3 891 14
Dentist and
specialist in dentistry
3 866 79 1 021 29 2 737 -
Psychologist 4 093 155 - 2 554 1 384 -
Other health care
education, univ. level4
1 415 254 3 550 608 -