Statistics Norway

Spesialized health services. Somatic care

3   Man-years1 in general hospitals, health region2 and by category of personnel. 2004
Category of personnel The whole country Helseregion Øst Helseregion Sør Helseregion Vest Helseregion Midt-Norge Helseregion Nord Private hospitals
Man-years, total 63 498 19 351 15 307 12 016 8 987 7 036  801
Physicians 7 922 2 598 1 817 1 461 1 088  850  109
Nurses 23 344 6 993 5 544 4 369 3 585 2 553  300
Auxiliary nursing personnel 4 819 1 533 1 113  925  607  616 25
Other personnel in clientdirected services 1 788  313  430  290  206  487 63
Midwives 1 198  381  243  265  174  136 1
Physiotherapists 1 072  353  252  187  154  108 19
Medical laboratory technicians 3 399 1 022  834  633  491  401 18
Radiographers 1 569  433  498  260  213  161 3
Occupational therapists  344  119 84 47 44 46 5
Professional health workers for mentally retarded 47 11 9 12 7 8 0
Social workers3  191 69 56 18 24 21 3
Psychologists  166 56 40 27 22 16 4
Personnel in administration and office 9 871 3 181 2 515 1 852 1 349  840  134
Personnel in service, technical and/or operating functions 7 767 2 290 1 874 1 670 1 021  794  118
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.

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