Table 2 Man-years in general (somatic) hospitals, by category of personnel. 1990-2004

2	Man-years¹ in general (somatic) hospitals, by category of personnel. 1990-2004

Category of personnel	1990	1995²	2000³	2001	2002	2003	2004


$Man-years, total	46 508	50 130	58 522	59 413	61 239	63 155	63 498
Physicians	4 576	5 402	7 073	7 242	7 291	7 592	7 922
Nurses	14 794	17 484	21 188	21 346	22 259	22 970	23 344
Auxiliary nursing personnel	6 629	5 536	5 216	⁵5 081	5 097	5 115	4 819
Other personnel in clientdirected services⁴	689	516	772	854	955	1 422	1 788
Midwives	820	973	1 155	1 172	1 192	1 187	1 198
Physiotherapists	675	794	961	966	981	1 079	1 072
Medical laboratory technicians	2 255	2 608	3 084	3 227	3 320	3 430	3 399
Radiographers	729	954	1 281	1 393	1 376	1 487	1 569
Occupational therapists	143	186	289	281	299	332	344
Professional health workers for mentally retarded	-	-	29	31	25	46	47
Social workers⁶	167	160	175	192	196	237	191
Psychologists	56	96	128	119	150	162	166
Other personnel	14 974	15 420	17 170	17 507	18 097	18 097	17 638

College-trained.

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	Private hospitals that are not a part of public health plans are included from 1995.
³	From 2000 private institutions for rehabilitation are included.
⁴	The increase in man-years for this category of personnel from 1999 to 2000 may be due to changes in the forms we receive from the institutions.
⁵	Corrected since the figures were published in 2001.
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