Health care personnel, 2010, 4th quarter

In 2009, the first persons with the new health worker education were employed. Nearly 1 200 out of the 1 300 who have completed their education are employed. A total of 94 per cent of the employed health workers are working in the health care industry, mainly within the municipal health and social services. During the same period, the number of employed auxiliary nurses decreased by 2.4 per cent; a decrease of 1 800 persons.

The total number employed with a health care education increased by 1.8 per cent from 2009 to 2010. Because the number of persons in the population with this type of education also increased, the percentage employed fell from 83.8 to 83.1 last year.

A total of 79 per cent of persons with a health education worked within the health care industry. For this industry, the growth in employees was close to 6 000 compared to 2009. More than 140 000 were employed within local or municipal administration, while a total of 88 000 were employed by central government, mainly in the health enterprises.

One of four specialised physicians with multiple contracts of employment

Ten per cent of those employed within the health and social services had more than one contract of employment. Multiple contracts of employment are most common among physicians; 24 per cent of specialised physicians and 19 per cent of general physicians had more than one contract of employment in the 4th quarter of 2010.

Increased number of foreign health personnel

A total 25 600 persons ¹ with a health care education working within the health care industry were immigrants or foreign citizens on a short-term stay in 2010; an increase of 7 per cent compared to 2009. A total of 8 200 ¹ of these immigrants were nurses. Twenty-two ¹ per cent of the nurses were Swedish.

Tables:

• Table 1 Number of persons aged 15-85 with health care education, by category of personnel and employmentstatus. 4. q. 2010 (Updated 14 October 2011)
• Table 2 Number of persons aged 15-74 with health care education, by category of personnel and employment. Absolute figures and as per cent of employed4. 4. q. 2009 og 2010
• Table 3 Employed persons aged 15-74 with health care education, by category of personnel and settled man-years Per cent of employed and per cent of settled man-years1. 4. q. 2010
• Table 4 Employed persons aged 15-74 with health care education, total and by category of personnel and industry 4. q. 2010
• Table 5 Employed persons aged 15-74 with health care education working in the health care industry1 by category of personnel and settled working hours. 4. q. 2010
• Table 6 Employed persons aged 15-74 with health care education working in the health care industry6by category if personnel and sector. 4th quarter 2010
• Table 7 Employed persons, settled man-years, in the health care industry ¹ , by category of personnel. 4. q. 2010. Change in per cent
• Table 8 Employed immigrants and non-residents aged 15-74 with a health care education in the health care industry ¹ 4th quarter 2010. Change in per cent since 2009 (Corrected 4 January 2012)