Table 3 Man-years in general hospitals, health region and by category of personnel. 2003

3	Man-years¹ in general hospitals, health region² and by category of personnel. 2003

Category of personnel	The whole country	Helseregion Øst	Helseregion Sør	Helseregion Vest	Helseregion Midt-Norge	Helseregion Nord	Private hospitals


Man-years, total	63 097	19 098	15 260	11 884	8 679	7 464	712
Physicians	7 569	2 435	1 806	1 373	1 024	838	93
Nurses	22 944	6 819	5 489	4 267	3 531	2 559	279
Auxiliary nursing personnel	5 117	1 602	1 227	969	646	649	23
Other personnel in clientdirected services	1 421	329	276	105	210	455	46
Midwives	1 185	373	231	269	172	139	1
Physiotherapists	1 073	347	260	185	151	113	17
Medical laboratory technicians	3 422	1 048	872	612	480	393	17
Radiographers	1 477	411	440	275	183	164	5
Occupational therapists	331	117	79	33	48	49	5
Professional health workers for mentally retarded	47	6	18	5	12	7	0
Social workers³	236	68	50	26	23	66	2
Psychologists	160	50	42	18	21	25	4
Personnel in administration and office	10 096	3 119	2 672	1 728	1 258	1 206	112
Personnel in service, technical and/or operating functions	8 020	2 374	1 797	2 019	920	802	109

¹	Man-years are the sum of full-time employed and part-time employed (calculated in to full-time employed) by the end of the year.
²	Contracted private hospitals are included.
³	College-trained.