| 6 Employed persons aged 15-74 with health care education working in the |
| health care industry6by category if personnel and sector. 4th quarter 2009 (Corrected 21. September) |
| Total | Local administration |
County administration |
Central government7 |
Private sector and public enterprises |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 271 701 | 133 234 | 2 985 | 86 632 | 48 850 |
| Medical secretary | 8 173 | 1 783 | 12 | 3 271 | 3 107 |
| Auxiliary nurse | 62 165 | 47 973 | 25 | 8 496 | 5 671 |
| Health worker1 | 244 | 230 | - | 5 | 9 |
| Care worker | 14 321 | 12 716 | 4 | 338 | 1 263 |
| Pharmacy technician | 410 | 238 | 1 | 43 | 128 |
| Chiropodist | 1 026 | 234 | - | 39 | 753 |
| Child care worker | 9 548 | 7 066 | 3 | 206 | 2 273 |
| Dental secretary | 3 504 | 384 | 1 379 | 112 | 1 629 |
| Unqualified occupational therapist |
2 869 | 2 106 | - | 192 | 571 |
| Other health care education, secondary level2 |
4 625 | 1 394 | 4 | 2 192 | 1 035 |
| Occupational therapist | 2 967 | 1 617 | - | 852 | 498 |
| Physiotherapist | 8 828 | 2 064 | 1 | 1 658 | 5 105 |
| Midwife and public health nurse |
5 933 | 3 333 | - | 2 353 | 247 |
| Radiographer | 2 456 | 95 | 1 | 2 051 | 309 |
| Nurse | 75 113 | 29 322 | 6 | 37 935 | 7 850 |
| Social educator | 9 708 | 7 019 | 1 | 1 585 | 1 103 |
| Dental nurse | 900 | 66 | 410 | 12 | 412 |
| Medical laboratory technologist |
4 677 | 165 | - | 4 015 | 497 |
| Child welfare officer | 7 070 | 3 868 | 2 | 1 720 | 1 480 |
| Social worker | 9 057 | 5 245 | - | 2 275 | 1 537 |
| Other health care education, college level3 |
7 802 | 4 211 | 2 | 1 937 | 1 652 |
| Pharmacist and dispensing chemist |
112 | 15 | - | 67 | 30 |
| Physician4 | 9 466 | 1 229 | 7 | 5 696 | 2 534 |
| Specialised physician | 10 396 | 294 | - | 6 023 | 4 079 |
| Dentist and specialist in dentistry |
4 170 | 74 | 1 122 | 35 | 2 939 |
| Psychologist | 4 459 | 178 | 1 | 2 853 | 1 427 |
| Other health care education, univ. level5 |
1 702 | 315 | 4 | 671 | 712 |
| 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 include child care activities, school-age child care, recreation centres for children adolescents,work practice for ordinary employment, social welfare organisations and permanent sheltered employment |
| 7Regional 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 |