Table 3 Man-years in general hospitals, by category of personnel, health region and private hospitals. 2005

3	Man-years¹ in general hospitals, by category of personnel, health region² and private hospitals. 2005

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


Man-years, total	64 186	19 781	15 281	12 202	8 987	7 075	861
Physicians	8 199	2 631	1 911	1 483	1 124	923	128
Nurses	23 310	7 141	5 365	4 334	3 607	2 528	335
Auxiliary nursing personnel	4 629	1 492	1 044	904	568	601	21
Other personnel in clientdirected services	1 886	368	729	163	141	447	39
Midwives	1 205	381	246	267	173	138	0
Physiotherapists	1 157	371	275	211	161	114	25
Medical laboratory technicians	3 335	1 068	719	606	509	411	21
Radiographers	1 454	459	328	286	216	161	5
Occupational therapists	371	134	81	55	47	50	4
Professional health workers for mentally retarded	47	14	11	5	10	7	1
Social workers³	179	75	39	18	21	23	3
Psychologists	193	64	54	28	25	15	6
Personnel in administration and office	10 281	3 101	2 816	1 961	1 397	837	169
Personnel in service, technical and/or operating functions	7 941	2 481	1 666	1 882	988	820	104

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 financed by a Regional Health Enterprise on a regular basis, are included in the Health Regions.
³	College-educated.