Health care personnel

2   Number of males aged 16-66 with health care education, by category of personnel and employment. 1 October 2000 and 2001. Absolute figures and as per cent of employed1
  Persons with health care education Employed persons Per cent of employed
  2000 2001 Change in per cent 2000 2001 Change in per cent 2000 2001 Change in per cent point
Total 38 783 40 026 3.2 35 880 36 838 2.7 92.5 92.0 -0.5
Medical secretary 32 34 6.3 25 26 4.0 78.1 76.5 -1.7
Auxiliary nurse 4 478 4 476 0.0 3 753 3 660 -2.5 83.8 81.8 -2.0
Care worker  478  473 -1.0  401  397 -1.0 83.9 83.9 0.0
Paramedic  737  831 12.8  721  809 12.2 97.8 97.4 -0.5
Pharmacy technican 61 62 1.6 50 49 -2.0 82.0 79.0 -2.9
Chiropodist 42 42 0.0 29 29 0.0 69.0 69.0 0.0
Child care worker  374  453 21.1  303  365 20.5 81.0 80.6 -0.4
Dental secretary 13 13 0.0 8 8 0.0 61.5 61.5 0.0
Dental technician  193  246 27.5  179  232 29.6 92.7 94.3 1.6
Unqualified occupational therapist 68 72 5.9 53 53 0.0 77.9 73.6 -4.3
Auxiliary nursing personnel  412  468 13.6  394  449 14.0 95.6 95.9 0.3
Occupational therapist  167  197 18.0  157  177 12.7 94.0 89.8 -4.2
Physiotherapist 2 308 2 413 4.5 2 152 2 232 3.7 93.2 92.5 -0.7
Midwife 10 10 0.0 10 10 0.0  100.0  100.0 0.0
Radiographer  455  489 7.5  428  464 8.4 94.1 94.9 0.8
Nurse 6 754 7 028 4.1 6 351 6 574 3.5 94.0 93.5 -0.5
Professional health worker for the mentally retarded 1 477 1 577 6.8 1 387 1 471 6.1 93.9 93.3 -0.6
Health visitor 11 11 0.0 11 10 -9.1  100.0 90.9 -9.1
Dental nurse 12 12 0.0 10 8 -20.0 83.3 66.7 -16.7
Audiologist 25 26 4.0 22 23 4.5 88.0 88.5 0.5
Medical laboratory technologist  505  510 1.0  453  457 0.9 89.7 89.6 -0.1
Optometrist  580  590 1.7  540  548 1.5 93.1 92.9 -0.2
Certified prosthetist 81 86 6.2 75 79 5.3 92.6 91.9 -0.7
Child welfare worker  823  873 6.1  770  806 4.7 93.6 92.3 -1.2
Sosial worker 1 630 1 691 3.7 1 471 1 515 3.0 90.2 89.6 -0.7
Pharmacist's assistent 56 40 -28.6 52 40 -23.1 92.9  100.0 7.1
Auxiliary nursing personnel, college level  591  698 18.1  550  634 15.3 93.1 90.8 -2.2
Clinical nutritionist 6 6 0.0 6 6 0.0  100.0  100.0 0.0
Pharmacist  332  376 13.3  302  335 10.9 91.0 89.1 -1.9
Chiropractor  192  196 2.1  174  189 8.6 90.6 96.4 5.8
Perfusionist - 8 - - 8 - -  100.0 -
Physician 4 502 4 541 0.9 4 032 4 074 1.0 89.6 89.7 0.2
Specialised physician 6 644 6 744 1.5 6 515 6 607 1.4 98.1 98.0 -0.1
Dentist 2 482 2 438 -1.8 2 325 2 285 -1.7 93.7 93.7 0.0
Specialist in dentistry  222  216 -2.7  219  213 -2.7 98.6 98.6 0.0
Psychologist 1 722 1 773 3.0 1 647 1 693 2.8 95.6 95.5 -0.2
Auxiliary nursing personnel, university level  308  307 -0.3  305  303 -0.7 99.0 98.7 -0.3
1  Per cent of employed is employed persons in per cent of total.

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