Health care personnel

5   Number of persons aged 40-54 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  112 373  114 439 1.8  102 170  103 594 1.4 90.9 90.5 -0.4
Medical secretary 1 377 1 461 6.1 1 149 1 207 5.0 83.4 82.6 -0.8
Auxiliary nurse 36 567 36 363 -0.6 31 896 31 406 -1.5 87.2 86.4 -0.9
Care worker 3 376 3 497 3.6 3 193 3 262 2.2 94.6 93.3 -1.3
Paramedic  364  425 16.8  361  417 15.5 99.2 98.1 -1.1
Pharmacy technican  149  271 81.9  123  233 89.4 82.6 86.0 3.4
Chiropodist  315  341 8.3  263  276 4.9 83.5 80.9 -2.6
Child care worker 4 639 4 801 3.5 4 081 4 186 2.6 88.0 87.2 -0.8
Dental secretary  972 1 035 6.5  835  883 5.7 85.9 85.3 -0.6
Dental technician  202  241 19.3  180  219 21.7 89.1 90.9 1.8
Unqualified occupational therapist 1 828 1 917 4.9 1 549 1 659 7.1 84.7 86.5 1.8
Auxiliary nursing personnel  873  976 11.8  856  960 12.1 98.1 98.4 0.3
Occupational therapist  795  830 4.4  726  754 3.9 91.3 90.8 -0.5
Physiotherapist 3 637 3 616 -0.6 3 425 3 404 -0.6 94.2 94.1 0.0
Midwife 1 265 1 302 2.9 1 181 1 213 2.7 93.4 93.2 -0.2
Radiographer  554  591 6.7  517  550 6.4 93.3 93.1 -0.3
Nurse 29 375 30 171 2.7 27 191 27 906 2.6 92.6 92.5 -0.1
Professional health worker for the mentally retarded 2 616 2 829 8.1 2 450 2 646 8.0 93.7 93.5 -0.1
Health visitor 1 886 1 879 -0.4 1 782 1 783 0.1 94.5 94.9 0.4
Dental nurse  432  443 2.5  384  396 3.1 88.9 89.4 0.5
Audiologist 39 43 10.3 35 38 8.6 89.7 88.4 -1.4
Medical laboratory technologist 2 239 2 268 1.3 2 078 2 108 1.4 92.8 92.9 0.1
Optometrist  296  320 8.1  283  302 6.7 95.6 94.4 -1.2
Certified prosthetist 51 53 3.9 48 50 4.2 94.1 94.3 0.2
Child welfare worker 1 597 1 680 5.2 1 459 1 526 4.6 91.4 90.8 -0.5
Sosial worker 2 921 2 787 -4.6 2 656 2 490 -6.3 90.9 89.3 -1.6
Pharmacist's assistent  478  310 -35.1  453  280 -38.2 94.8 90.3 -4.4
Auxiliary nursing personnel, college level 1 594 1 864 16.9 1 499 1 741 16.1 94.0 93.4 -0.6
Clinical nutritionist 28 32 14.3 27 31 14.8 96.4 96.9 0.4
Pharmacist  420  624 48.6  400  588 47.0 95.2 94.2 -1.0
Chiropractor 95 95 0.0 94 93 -1.1 98.9 97.9 -1.1
Perfusionist - 7 - - 7 - -  100.0 -
Physician 2 015 2 032 0.8 1 865 1 887 1.2 92.6 92.9 0.3
Specialised physician 5 441 5 397 -0.8 5 340 5 308 -0.6 98.1 98.4 0.2
Dentist 1 682 1 652 -1.8 1 608 1 579 -1.8 95.6 95.6 0.0
Specialist in dentistry  149  139 -6.7  147  137 -6.8 98.7 98.6 -0.1
Psychologist 1 740 1 766 1.5 1 672 1 692 1.2 96.1 95.8 -0.3
Auxiliary nursing personnel, university level  366  381 4.1  364  377 3.6 99.5 99.0 -0.5
1  Per cent of employed is employed persons in per cent of total.

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