Health care personnel

4   Number of persons aged 16-39 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 Per cent point change
Total  113 227  114 355 1.0 98 765 99 411 0.7 87.2 86.9 -0.3
Medical secretary 3 260 3 190 -2.1 2 492 2 481 -0.4 76.4 77.8 1.3
Auxiliary nurse 24 375 23 317 -4.3 20 559 19 457 -5.4 84.3 83.4 -0.9
Care worker 7 175 6 732 -6.2 5 771 5 458 -5.4 80.4 81.1 0.6
Paramedic  432  461 6.7  413  443 7.3 95.6 96.1 0.5
Pharmacy technican 1 434 1 443 0.6 1 125 1 111 -1.2 78.5 77.0 -1.5
Chiropodist 1 016 1 034 1.8  792  779 -1.6 78.0 75.3 -2.6
Child care worker 8 578 9 114 6.2 6 668 7 078 6.1 77.7 77.7 -0.1
Dental secretary 1 333 1 261 -5.4 1 053 1 001 -4.9 79.0 79.4 0.4
Dental technician  186  185 -0.5  168  165 -1.8 90.3 89.2 -1.1
Unqualified occupational therapist 1 879 1 916 2.0 1 536 1 534 -0.1 81.7 80.1 -1.7
Auxiliary nursing personnel 1 956 1 931 -1.3 1 815 1 816 0.1 92.8 94.0 1.3
Occupational therapist 1 179 1 256 6.5 1 066 1 107 3.8 90.4 88.1 -2.3
Physiotherapist 3 426 3 559 3.9 3 043 3 137 3.1 88.8 88.1 -0.7
Midwife  613  636 3.8  572  604 5.6 93.3 95.0 1.7
Radiographer  994 1 056 6.2  922  996 8.0 92.8 94.3 1.6
Nurse 31 701 32 410 2.2 29 274 29 739 1.6 92.3 91.8 -0.6
Professional health worker for the mentally retarded 3 412 3 742 9.7 3 203 3 464 8.1 93.9 92.6 -1.3
Health visitor  456  410 -10.1  426  382 -10.3 93.4 93.2 -0.3
Dental nurse  470  464 -1.3  400  395 -1.3 85.1 85.1 0.0
Audiologist  125  130 4.0  104  111 6.7 83.2 85.4 2.2
Medical laboratory technologist 2 314 2 351 1.6 2 096 2 092 -0.2 90.6 89.0 -1.6
Optometrist  596  602 1.0  527  530 0.6 88.4 88.0 -0.4
Certified prosthetist 57 60 5.3 53 54 1.9 93.0 90.0 -3.0
Child welfare worker 2 646 2 855 7.9 2 400 2 570 7.1 90.7 90.0 -0.7
Sosial worker 2 635 2 834 7.6 2 347 2 567 9.4 89.1 90.6 1.5
Pharmacist's assistent  371  270 -27.2  330  243 -26.4 88.9 90.0 1.1
Auxiliary nursing personnel, college level  498  625 25.5  462  578 25.1 92.8 92.5 -0.3
Clinical nutritionist 42 43 2.4 36 40 11.1 85.7 93.0 7.3
Pharmacist  502  670 33.5  455  610 34.1 90.6 91.0 0.4
Chiropractor  156  153 -1.9  129  141 9.3 82.7 92.2 9.5
Perfusionist - 1 - - 1 - -  100.0 -
Physician 5 477 5 642 3.0 4 795 4 923 2.7 87.5 87.3 -0.3
Specialised physician  617  603 -2.3  607  599 -1.3 98.4 99.3 1.0
Dentist 1 172 1 162 -0.9 1 073 1 072 -0.1 91.6 92.3 0.7
Specialist in dentistry 26 30 15.4 25 29 16.0 96.2 96.7 0.5
Psychologist 1 370 1 460 6.6 1 285 1 365 6.2 93.8 93.5 -0.3
Auxiliary nursing personnel, university level  748  747 -0.1  743  739 -0.5 99.3 98.9 -0.4
1  Per cent of employed is employed persons in per cent of total.

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