Health care personnel

6   Number of persons aged 55-66 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 38849 43136 11.0 29019 32252 11.1 74.7 74.8 0.1
Medical secretary 230 285 23.9 165 204 23.6 71.7 71.6 -0.2
Auxiliary nurse 12543 14015 11.7 8664 9585 10.6 69.1 68.4 -0.7
Care worker 621 795 28.0 578 727 25.8 93.1 91.4 -1.6
Paramedic 23 41 78.3 23 40 73.9  100.0 97.6 -2.4
Pharmacy technican 30 60  100.0 23 49  113.0 76.7 81.7 5.0
Chiropodist 106 113 6.6 81 83 2.5 76.4 73.5 -3.0
Child care worker 2976 3126 5.0 1765 1907 8.0 59.3 61.0 1.7
Dental secretary 212 268 26.4 140 181 29.3 66.0 67.5 1.5
Dental technician 5 37  640.0 5 37  640.0  100.0  100.0 0.0
Unqualified occupational therapist 372 445 19.6 264 303 14.8 71.0 68.1 -2.9
Auxiliary nursing personnel 235 274 16.6 235 274 16.6  100.0  100.0 0.0
Occupational therapist 213 237 11.3 179 195 8.9 84.0 82.3 -1.8
Physiotherapist 1206 1332 10.4 1017 1139 12.0 84.3 85.5 1.2
Midwife 537 547 1.9 398 404 1.5 74.1 73.9 -0.3
Radiographer 62 82 32.3 44 64 45.5 71.0 78.0 7.1
Nurse 10315 11186 8.4 7442 8058 8.3 72.1 72.0 -0.1
Professional health worker for the mentally retarded 308 359 16.6 235 274 16.6 76.3 76.3 0.0
Health visitor 894 978 9.4 703 765 8.8 78.6 78.2 -0.4
Dental nurse 71 91 28.2 60 69 15.0 84.5 75.8 -8.7
Audiologist 16 16 0.0 13 14 7.7 81.3 87.5 6.3
Medical laboratory technologist 412 491 19.2 333 411 23.4 80.8 83.7 2.9
Optometrist 104 116 11.5 92 102 10.9 88.5 87.9 -0.5
Certified prosthetist 11 13 18.2 7 9 28.6 63.6 69.2 5.6
Child welfare worker 297 355 19.5 207 257 24.2 69.7 72.4 2.7
Sosial worker 972 1148 18.1 777 912 17.4 79.9 79.4 -0.5
Pharmacist's assistent 101 86 -14.9 86 69 -19.8 85.1 80.2 -4.9
Auxiliary nursing personnel, college level 371 491 32.3 315 421 33.7 84.9 85.7 0.8
Clinical nutritionist 18 18 0.0 16 16 0.0 88.9 88.9 0.0
Pharmacist 353 424 20.1 302 370 22.5 85.6 87.3 1.7
Chiropractor 10 19 90.0 10 19 90.0  100.0  100.0 0.0
Perfusionist - 3 - - 3 - -  100.0 -
Physician 595 651 9.4 517 579 12.0 86.9 88.9 2.0
Specialised physician 2605 2896 11.2 2510 2785 11.0 96.4 96.2 -0.2
Dentist 1189 1196 0.6 1029 1043 1.4 86.5 87.2 0.7
Specialist in dentistry 128 137 7.0 124 133 7.3 96.9 97.1 0.2
Psychologist 635 722 13.7 588 668 13.6 92.6 92.5 -0.1
Auxiliary nursing personnel, university level 73 83 13.7 72 83 15.3 98.6  100.0 1.4
1  Per cent of employed is employed persons in per cent of total.

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