| 4 Employed persons aged 15-74 with health care education, total and by category of personnel and industry | 
| 4. q. 2009 (Corrected 21. September) | 
| Employed total | Health care services6  | 
Public administration  | 
Education | Other services | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Percentage share  | 
2009 | Percentage share  | 
2009 | Percentage share  | 
2009 | Percentage share  | 
2009 | Percentage share  | 
|
| Total | 345 114 | 100,0 | 271 701 | 78,7 | 10 620 | 3,1 | 17 965 | 5,2 | 44 828 | 13,0 | 
| Medical secretary | 10 789 | 100,0 | 8 173 | 75,8 | 305 | 2,8 | 281 | 2,6 | 2 030 | 18,8 | 
| Auxiliary nurse | 73 919 | 100,0 | 62 165 | 84,1 | 1 317 | 1,8 | 2 441 | 3,3 | 7 996 | 10,8 | 
| Health worker1 | 254 | 100,0 | 244 | 96,1 | 1 | 0,4 | 3 | 1,2 | 6 | 2,4 | 
| Care worker | 17 608 | 100,0 | 14 321 | 81,3 | 299 | 1,7 | 708 | 4,0 | 2 280 | 12,9 | 
| Other health care education, secondary level2  | 
6 743 | 100,0 | 4 625 | 68,6 | 527 | 7,8 | 175 | 2,6 | 1 416 | 21,0 | 
| Pharmacy technician | 4 911 | 100,0 | 410 | 8,3 | 76 | 1,5 | 85 | 1,7 | 4 340 | 88,4 | 
| Chiropodist | 1 755 | 100,0 | 1 026 | 58,5 | 27 | 1,5 | 72 | 4,1 | 630 | 35,9 | 
| Child care worker | 14 604 | 100,0 | 9 548 | 65,4 | 281 | 1,9 | 3 172 | 21,7 | 1 603 | 11,0 | 
| Dental secretary | 5 009 | 100,0 | 3 504 | 70,0 | 166 | 3,3 | 326 | 6,5 | 1 013 | 20,2 | 
| Unqualified occupational therapist  | 
4 075 | 100,0 | 2 869 | 70,4 | 129 | 3,2 | 373 | 9,2 | 704 | 17,3 | 
| Occupational therapist | 3 678 | 100,0 | 2 967 | 80,7 | 174 | 4,7 | 217 | 5,9 | 320 | 8,7 | 
| Physiotherapist | 10 619 | 100,0 | 8 828 | 83,1 | 299 | 2,8 | 405 | 3,8 | 1 087 | 10,2 | 
| Midwife and public health nurse  | 
6 791 | 100,0 | 5 933 | 87,4 | 167 | 2,5 | 317 | 4,7 | 374 | 5,5 | 
| Radiographer | 2 898 | 100,0 | 2 456 | 84,7 | 49 | 1,7 | 79 | 2,7 | 314 | 10,8 | 
| Nurse | 89 535 | 100,0 | 75 113 | 83,9 | 2 269 | 2,5 | 3 011 | 3,4 | 9 142 | 10,2 | 
| Social educator | 11 936 | 100,0 | 9 708 | 81,3 | 523 | 4,4 | 1 211 | 10,1 | 494 | 4,1 | 
| Dental nurse | 1 170 | 100,0 | 900 | 76,9 | 48 | 4,1 | 86 | 7,4 | 136 | 11,6 | 
| Other health care education, college level3   10 425 | 
    100,0 | 
   7 802 | 
         74,8 | 
     103 | 
          1,0 | 
     239 | 
          2,3 | 
   2 281 | 
         21,9 | 
 | 
| Medical laboratory technologist  | 
6 440 | 100,0 | 4 677 | 72,6 | 146 | 2,3 | 460 | 7,1 | 1 157 | 18,0 | 
| Child welfare officer | 9 278 | 100,0 | 7 070 | 76,2 | 640 | 6,9 | 942 | 10,2 | 626 | 6,7 | 
| Social worker | 12 838 | 100,0 | 9 057 | 70,5 | 1 796 | 14,0 | 842 | 6,6 | 1 143 | 8,9 | 
| Pharmacist and dispensing chemist  | 
3 771 | 100,0 | 112 | 3,0 | 147 | 3,9 | 149 | 4,0 | 3 363 | 89,2 | 
| Physician4 | 11 262 | 100,0 | 9 466 | 84,1 | 350 | 3,1 | 572 | 5,1 | 874 | 7,8 | 
| Specialised physician | 11 623 | 100,0 | 10 396 | 89,4 | 316 | 2,7 | 403 | 3,5 | 508 | 4,4 | 
| Dentist and specialist in dentistry  | 
4 696 | 100,0 | 4 170 | 88,8 | 106 | 2,3 | 246 | 5,2 | 174 | 3,7 | 
| Psychologist | 6 355 | 100,0 | 4 459 | 70,2 | 321 | 5,1 | 966 | 15,2 | 609 | 9,6 | 
| Other health care education, univ. level5  | 
2 132 | 100,0 | 1 702 | 79,8 | 38 | 1,8 | 184 | 8,6 | 208 | 9,8 | 
| 1Health worker is a new health care education from 2009 | 
| 2Paramedic and Dental technician are included | 
| 3Audiologist, Optometrist and Certified prosthetist are included. College level courses of shorter duration are included from 2006 | 
| 4Medical students are included | 
| 5Clinical nutritionist, Chiropractor and Perfusionist are included | 
| 6From 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 |