Health care personnel

3   Number of females 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  225 680  231 920 2.8  194 088  198 387 2.2 86.0 85.5 -0.5
Medical secretary 4 835 4 902 1.4 3 781 3 866 2.2 78.2 78.9 0.7
Auxiliary nurse 69 007 69 221 0.3 57 366 56 784 -1.0 83.1 82.0 -1.1
Care worker 10 694 10 551 -1.3 9 141 9 050 -1.0 85.5 85.8 0.3
Paramedic 82 96 17.1 76 91 19.7 92.7 94.8 2.1
Pharmacy technican 1 552 1 712 10.3 1 221 1 344 10.1 78.7 78.5 -0.2
Chiropodist 1 395 1 446 3.7 1 107 1 109 0.2 79.4 76.7 -2.7
Child care worker 15 819 16 588 4.9 12 211 12 806 4.9 77.2 77.2 0.0
Dental secretary 2 504 2 551 1.9 2 020 2 057 1.8 80.7 80.6 0.0
Dental technician  200  217 8.5  174  189 8.6 87.0 87.1 0.1
Unqualified occupational therapist 4 011 4 206 4.9 3 296 3 443 4.5 82.2 81.9 -0.3
Auxiliary nursing personnel 2 652 2 713 2.3 2 512 2 601 3.5 94.7 95.9 1.2
Occupational therapist 2 020 2 126 5.2 1 814 1 879 3.6 89.8 88.4 -1.4
Physiotherapist 5 961 6 094 2.2 5 333 5 448 2.2 89.5 89.4 -0.1
Midwife 2 405 2 475 2.9 2 141 2 211 3.3 89.0 89.3 0.3
Radiographer 1 155 1 240 7.4 1 055 1 146 8.6 91.3 92.4 1.1
Nurse 64 640 66 744 3.3 57 559 59 119 2.7 89.0 88.6 -0.5
Professional health worker for the mentally retarded 4 859 5 353 10.2 4 501 4 913 9.2 92.6 91.8 -0.9
Health visitor 3 225 3 256 1.0 2 900 2 920 0.7 89.9 89.7 -0.2
Dental nurse  961  986 2.6  834  852 2.2 86.8 86.4 -0.4
Audiologist  155  163 5.2  130  140 7.7 83.9 85.9 2.0
Medical laboratory technologist 4 460 4 600 3.1 4 054 4 154 2.5 90.9 90.3 -0.6
Optometrist  416  448 7.7  362  386 6.6 87.0 86.2 -0.9
Certified prosthetist 38 40 5.3 33 34 3.0 86.8 85.0 -1.8
Child welfare worker 3 717 4 017 8.1 3 296 3 547 7.6 88.7 88.3 -0.4
Sosial worker 4 898 5 078 3.7 4 309 4 454 3.4 88.0 87.7 -0.3
Pharmacist's assistent  894  626 -30.0  817  552 -32.4 91.4 88.2 -3.2
Auxiliary nursing personnel, college level 1 872 2 282 21.9 1 726 2 106 22.0 92.2 92.3 0.1
Clinical nutritionist 82 87 6.1 73 81 11.0 89.0 93.1 4.1
Pharmacist  943 1 342 42.3  855 1 233 44.2 90.7 91.9 1.2
Chiropractor 69 71 2.9 59 64 8.5 85.5 90.1 4.6
Perfusionist - 3 - - 3 - -  100.0 -
Physician 3 591 3 789 5.5 3 151 3 305 4.9 87.7 87.2 -0.5
Specialised physician 2 023 2 156 6.6 1 946 2 077 6.7 96.2 96.3 0.1
Dentist 1 561 1 572 0.7 1 385 1 409 1.7 88.7 89.6 0.9
Specialist in dentistry 81 90 11.1 77 86 11.7 95.1 95.6 0.5
Psychologist 2 024 2 175 7.5 1 899 2 032 7.0 93.8 93.4 -0.4
Auxiliary nursing personnel, university level  879  904 2.8  874  896 2.5 99.4 99.1 -0.3
1  Per cent of employed is employed persons in per cent of total.

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