Table 3 Man-years in general hospitals, by category of personnel, health region and private hospitals. 2006

3	Man-years¹ in general hospitals, by category of personnel, health region² and private hospitals. 2006

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


Man-years, total	65 140	20 021	15 841	12 539	9 046	6 928	766
Physicians	8 412	2 694	1 923	1 574	1 152	960	108
Nurses	23 968	7 380	5 649	4 420	3 702	2 536	281
Auxiliary nursing personnel	4 567	1 468	1 071	896	529	581	21
Other personnel in clientdirected services	1 843	403	733	89	119	479	20
Midwives	1 283	393	256	288	201	144	0
Physiotherapists	1 160	366	285	200	155	133	21
Medical laboratory technicians	3 398	1 085	768	636	488	397	24
Radiographers	1 562	485	347	335	221	166	8
Occupational therapists	366	127	82	58	41	54	4
Professional health workers for mentally retarded	47	1	10	10	10	16	1
Social workers³	189	70	40	31	21	23	3
Psychologists	189	55	61	28	20	19	6
Personnel in administration and office	10 247	3 142	2 892	1 988	1 317	739	169
Personnel in service, technical and/or operating functions	7 911	2 352	1 723	1 986	1 070	681	100

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.