Statistics Norway

Spesialist health service, general care

2 Man-years in general hospitals, by category of personnel. 2002-2008
Category of personnel 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 20081
Man-years, total 61 239 63 155 63 498 64 186 65 140 65 382 62 858
Physicians 7 291 7 592 7 922 8 199 8 412 8 640 8 912
Nurses 22 259 22 970 23 344 23 310 23 968 24 223 23 830
Auxiliary nursing personnel 5 097 5 115 4 819 4 629 4 567 4 261 4 230
Midwives 1 192 1 187 1 198 1 205 1 283 1 337 1 306
Physiotherapists  981 1 079 1 072 1 157 1 160 1 184 1 255
Occupational therapists  299  332  344  371  366  378  390
Medical laboratory technicians 3 320 3 430 3 399 3 335 3 398 3 450 3 289
Radiographers 1 376 1 487 1 569 1 454 1 562 1 655 1 667
Psychologists  150  162  166  193  189  174  288
Social workers  196  237  191  179  189  182  249
Professional health workers for mentally retarded 25 46 47 47 47 64  212
Other personnel in clientdirected services  955 1 422 1 788 1 886 1 843 1 806 .
Other personnel 18 097 18 097 17 638 18 222 18 158 18 028 .
Kliniske ernæringsfysiologer . . . . . .  100
Helsesekretærer . . . . . . 2 249
Annen helseutdanning på videregående skolenivå . . . . . .  971
Annen helseutdanning på universitets- og høyskolenivå . . . . . .  871
Personell uten helse- og sosialfaglig uutdanning . . . . . . 13 039
1  From 2008, statistics on personnel in the specialist health service are based on data from administrative registers. Previously the data were collected from questionnaires.

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