| 3 Employed persons aged 15-74 with health care education by category of personnel and settled man-years | 
| Per cent of employed and per cent of settled man-years1. 4. q. 2009 (Corrected 21. September) | 
| Health care service | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employed  all services  | 
Employed | Settled man-years | Settled man- years excl. persons on maternity leave  | 
Settled man- years excl. doctor certified sickness absence  | 
Settled man- years excl. doctor certified absence and maternity leave  | 
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| 2009 | Emplo- yed perc.  | 
2009 | Emplo- yed perc.  | 
2009 | Man- years perc.  | 
2009 | Man- years perc.  | 
2009 | Man- years perc.  | 
2009 | Man- years perc.  | 
|
| Total | 345 114 | 83,8 | 271 701 | 66,0 | 229 480 | 55,7 | 222 243 | 54,0 | 210 675 | 51,2 | 203 438 | 49,4 | 
| Medical secretary | 10 789 | 84,5 | 8 173 | 64,0 | 6 721 | 52,6 | 6 519 | 51,0 | 6 079 | 47,6 | 5 877 | 46,0 | 
| Auxiliary Nurse | 73 919 | 75,0 | 62 165 | 63,0 | 47 929 | 48,6 | 47 246 | 47,9 | 42 846 | 43,5 | 42 164 | 42,8 | 
| Health worker2 | 254 | 98,1 | 244 | 94,2 | 201 | 77,4 | 201 | 77,4 | 186 | 71,7 | 186 | 71,7 | 
| Care worker | 17 608 | 85,1 | 14 321 | 69,2 | 11 394 | 55,1 | 11 106 | 53,7 | 10 144 | 49,0 | 9 856 | 47,6 | 
| Paramedic | 3 152 | 94,6 | 2 540 | 76,2 | 2 458 | 73,8 | 2 416 | 72,5 | 2 270 | 68,1 | 2 228 | 66,9 | 
| Pharmacy technician | 4 911 | 83,2 | 410 | 6,9 | 307 | 5,2 | 298 | 5,0 | 276 | 4,7 | 268 | 4,5 | 
| Chiropodist | 1 755 | 80,0 | 1 026 | 46,7 | 849 | 38,7 | 836 | 38,1 | 775 | 35,3 | 762 | 34,7 | 
| Child care worker | 14 604 | 89,2 | 9 548 | 58,3 | 8 359 | 51,1 | 7 884 | 48,2 | 7 458 | 45,6 | 6 982 | 42,7 | 
| Dental secretary | 5 009 | 82,0 | 3 504 | 57,4 | 2 910 | 47,7 | 2 850 | 46,7 | 2 690 | 44,1 | 2 630 | 43,1 | 
| Dental technician | 741 | 82,4 | 74 | 8,2 | 66 | 7,3 | 66 | 7,3 | 58 | 6,5 | 58 | 6,5 | 
| Unqualified occupational therapists  | 
4 075 | 78,7 | 2 869 | 55,4 | 2 307 | 44,6 | 2 263 | 43,7 | 2 089 | 40,3 | 2 045 | 39,5 | 
| Other health care education, sec. level  | 
2 850 | 87,3 | 2 011 | 61,6 | 1 430 | 43,8 | 1 403 | 43,0 | 1 299 | 39,8 | 1 272 | 39,0 | 
| Occupational therapist | 3 678 | 87,4 | 2 967 | 70,5 | 2 664 | 63,3 | 2 503 | 59,5 | 2 486 | 59,1 | 2 325 | 55,3 | 
| Physiotherapist | 10 619 | 88,5 | 8 828 | 73,5 | 8 210 | 68,4 | 7 830 | 65,2 | 7 757 | 64,6 | 7 377 | 61,5 | 
| Midwife | 2 868 | 83,0 | 2 541 | 73,5 | 2 033 | 58,8 | 1 972 | 57,0 | 1 881 | 54,4 | 1 820 | 52,7 | 
| Radiographer | 2 898 | 89,2 | 2 456 | 75,6 | 2 261 | 69,6 | 2 158 | 66,4 | 2 123 | 65,4 | 2 019 | 62,2 | 
| Nurse | 89 535 | 85,6 | 75 113 | 71,8 | 63 454 | 60,7 | 61 010 | 58,3 | 58 377 | 55,8 | 55 933 | 53,5 | 
| Social educator | 11 936 | 91,0 | 9 708 | 74,0 | 8 868 | 67,6 | 8 540 | 65,1 | 8 088 | 61,6 | 7 760 | 59,1 | 
| Public health nurse | 3 923 | 82,9 | 3 392 | 71,7 | 2 838 | 60,0 | 2 790 | 58,9 | 2 670 | 56,4 | 2 622 | 55,4 | 
| Dental nurse | 1 170 | 88,3 | 900 | 67,9 | 776 | 58,6 | 737 | 55,6 | 725 | 54,7 | 686 | 51,7 | 
| Audiologist | 392 | 85,8 | 258 | 56,5 | 232 | 50,7 | 227 | 49,7 | 221 | 48,4 | 217 | 47,4 | 
| Medical laboratory technologist  | 
6 440 | 87,6 | 4 677 | 63,6 | 4 198 | 57,1 | 4 041 | 55,0 | 3 968 | 54,0 | 3 811 | 51,8 | 
| Optometrist | 1 459 | 91,6 | 101 | 6,3 | 89 | 5,6 | 89 | 5,6 | 84 | 5,3 | 84 | 5,3 | 
| Child welfare officer | 9 278 | 88,6 | 7 070 | 67,5 | 6 500 | 62,1 | 6 119 | 58,4 | 5 967 | 57,0 | 5 586 | 53,3 | 
| Social worker | 12 838 | 85,8 | 9 057 | 60,5 | 8 377 | 56,0 | 8 018 | 53,6 | 7 660 | 51,2 | 7 301 | 48,8 | 
| Pharmacist and dispensing chemist  | 
3 771 | 86,0 | 112 | 2,6 | 97 | 2,2 | 90 | 2,1 | 92 | 2,1 | 85 | 1,9 | 
| Other health care education, college level3       8 574 | 
    87,6 | 
      7 443 | 
    76,0 | 
      5 004 | 
    51,1 | 
      4 933 | 
    50,4 | 
      4 701 | 
    48,0 | 
      4 629 | 
    47,3 | 
 | 
| Clinical nutritionist | 433 | 90,2 | 199 | 41,5 | 182 | 37,9 | 171 | 35,7 | 175 | 36,5 | 165 | 34,3 | 
| Chiropractor | 453 | 84,0 | 427 | 79,2 | 424 | 78,6 | 416 | 77,2 | 405 | 75,1 | 397 | 73,6 | 
| Perfusionist | 36 | 94,7 | 35 | 92,1 | 35 | 91,2 | 34 | 89,1 | 33 | 87,1 | 32 | 85,0 | 
| Physician | 10 816 | 90,2 | 9 168 | 76,5 | 8 950 | 74,7 | 8 457 | 70,6 | 8 605 | 71,8 | 8 112 | 67,7 | 
| Medical student with license | 446 | 43,3 | 298 | 29,0 | 126 | 12,2 | 121 | 11,8 | 121 | 11,8 | 117 | 11,4 | 
| Specialised physician | 11 623 | 92,9 | 10 396 | 83,0 | 10 258 | 81,9 | 10 191 | 81,4 | 9 849 | 78,7 | 9 782 | 78,1 | 
| Dentist | 4 202 | 84,5 | 3 759 | 75,6 | 3 636 | 73,1 | 3 547 | 71,3 | 3 451 | 69,4 | 3 362 | 67,6 | 
| Specialist in dentistry | 494 | 91,7 | 411 | 76,3 | 406 | 75,3 | 401 | 74,4 | 392 | 72,6 | 387 | 71,8 | 
| Psychologist | 6 355 | 92,9 | 4 459 | 65,2 | 4 353 | 63,6 | 4 189 | 61,2 | 4 117 | 60,2 | 3 953 | 57,8 | 
| Other health care education, university level  | 
1 210 | 79,8 | 1 041 | 68,7 | 580 | 38,3 | 571 | 37,7 | 558 | 36,8 | 548 | 36,2 | 
| 1Per cent of employed and per cent of man-years are respectively number of persons employed and man-years in per cent of total | 
| 2Health worker is a new health care education from 2009 | 
| 3College level courses of shorter duration are included from 2006 | 
| 4From 2008 health care services also includes child care activities, school-age child care and recreation centres for children adolescents, work practice for ordinary employment, social welfare organisations and permanent sheltered employment | 
| Source: Registerbased employment statistics for health care personnel, Statistics Norway |