| 6 Employed persons aged 15-74 with health care education working in the |
| health care industry6by category if personnel and sector. 4th quarter 2010 |
| Total | Local and county administration |
Central government7 |
Private sector and public enterprises |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 277 680 | 140 039 | 87 900 | 49 741 |
| Medical secretary | 8 274 | 1 853 | 3 275 | 3 146 |
| Auxiliary nurse | 60 533 | 47 117 | 7 973 | 5 443 |
| Health worker1 | 1 119 | 991 | 35 | 93 |
| Care worker | 14 229 | 12 653 | 332 | 1 244 |
| Pharmacy technician | 448 | 270 | 43 | 135 |
| Chiropodist | 1 014 | 255 | 35 | 724 |
| Child care worker | 10 244 | 7 612 | 197 | 2 435 |
| Dental secretary | 3 526 | 1 788 | 120 | 1 618 |
| Unqualified occupational therapist |
2 807 | 2 082 | 177 | 548 |
| Other health care education, secondary level2 |
5 768 | 2 280 | 2 425 | 1 063 |
| Occupational therapist | 3 056 | 1 668 | 860 | 528 |
| Physiotherapist | 8 975 | 2 158 | 1 680 | 5 137 |
| Midwife and public health nurse |
5 944 | 3 316 | 2 385 | 243 |
| Radiographer | 2 551 | 96 | 2 131 | 324 |
| Nurse | 77 207 | 30 490 | 38 746 | 7 971 |
| Social educator | 10 175 | 7 340 | 1 683 | 1 152 |
| Dental nurse | 938 | 486 | 11 | 441 |
| Medical laboratory technologist |
4 765 | 163 | 4 089 | 513 |
| Child welfare officer | 7 427 | 4 152 | 1 720 | 1 555 |
| Social worker | 9 383 | 5 447 | 2 347 | 1 589 |
| Other health care education, college level3 |
8 087 | 4 444 | 1 918 | 1 725 |
| Pharmacist and dispensing chemist |
107 | 11 | 65 | 31 |
| Physician4 | 9 526 | 1 281 | 5 785 | 2 460 |
| Specialised physician | 10 864 | 339 | 6 165 | 4 360 |
| Dentist and specialist in dentistry |
4 280 | 1 228 | 32 | 3 020 |
| Psychologist | 4 697 | 213 | 3 011 | 1 473 |
| Other health care education, univ. level5 |
1 736 | 306 | 660 | 770 |
| 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 |