Health care personnel

31   Employed specialized physicans and dentists in the health care industry, by age and speciality1. 1 October 2000 and 2001. Change in per cent
  Total 30-39 40-54 55-66 >67
  N Per cent Per cent Per cent Per cent Per cent
Total 8 198 100 6.9 58.4 29.9 4.7
Specialised physicans, total 7 926 100 6.9 59.0 29.6 4.5
General family medicine 1 707 100 7.0 74.1 16.9 2.1
Nuclear medicine 38 100 - 23.7 65.8 7.9
Dermatology  107 100 4.7 61.7 26.2 7.5
Immunology 26 100 - 61.5 34.6 3.8
General (internal) medicine  317 100 15.5 52.7 23.7 8.2
General haematology 43 100 4.7 44.2 39.5 11.6
Endocrinology 47 100 2.1 42.6 46.8 6.4
Gastro-enterology  138 100 1.4 49.3 47.1 2.2
Geriatrics 72 100 1.4 45.8 45.8 6.9
Cardiology  189 100 1.6 60.3 33.9 4.2
Communicable diseases 57 100 3.5 63.2 33.3 -
Respiratory medicine  114 100 0.9 53.5 43.9 1.8
Renal diseases 64 100 3.1 56.3 37.5 3.1
Anaesthetics  450 100 8.0 64.9 25.6 1.6
Dental, oral and maxillo-facial surgery 13 100 - 53.8 30.8 15.4
Paediatrics  358 100 13.1 49.2 31.6 6.1
Clinical physiology2 1 100 - - -  100.0
Biologial chemistry 33 100 - 45.5 39.4 15.2
Clinical neurophysiology 18 100 5.6 55.6 33.3 5.6
Genetics 19 100 - 68.4 26.3 5.3
Medical microbiology 54 100 5.6 50.0 38.9 5.6
Radiology  362 100 10.2 48.3 38.7 2.8
Neurological surgery 36 100 11.1 52.8 27.8 8.3
Neurology  159 100 14.5 52.8 28.3 4.4
Histopathology  115 100 5.2 59.1 29.6 6.1
Plastic surgery 47 100 6.4 51.1 36.2 6.4
Child and adolescent psyciatry 84 100 3.6 64.3 26.2 6.0
Psychiatry  657 100 6.5 56.3 30.4 6.7
Rheumatology 77 100 3.9 53.2 39.0 3.9
Community medicine  322 100 2.2 59.0 35.1 3.7
Radiotherapy 90 100 14.4 61.1 22.2 2.2
Oto rhino laryngology  222 100 7.2 59.0 30.2 3.6
Opthalmology  268 100 9.3 57.8 26.1 6.7
General practitioner NMA2 10 100 - 90.0 10.0 -
Occupational medicine 96 100 3.1 69.8 25.0 2.1
Occupational medicine NMA2 13 100 - 53.8 46.2 -
General practitioner NMA, abroad2 1 100 - -  100.0 -
Pharmacology 14 100 7.1 57.1 21.4 14.3
Psychiatric care  122 100 - 38.5 50.0 11.5
Psychiatric care - children and adolescents 22 100 - 31.8 36.4 31.8
Physiotherapy 70 100 2.9 61.4 32.9 2.9
Obstetrics and gynaecology  406 100 8.4 52.5 36.2 2.7
General surgery  230 100 12.2 46.1 36.5 5.2
Paediatric surgery 13 100 7.7 38.5 38.5 15.4
Gastro-enterological surgery  137 100 1.5 61.3 32.1 5.1
Vascular surgery 77 100 2.6 53.2 39.0 5.2
Thoracic surgery 36 100 2.8 72.2 22.2 2.8
Urology  108 100 3.7 52.8 35.2 8.3
Orthopaedic surgery  267 100 3.0 53.9 36.7 6.0
Speciality in dentistry, total  272 100 9.2 39.3 39.0 12.5
Orthodontics  165 100 8.5 39.4 41.2 10.9
Pedodontics 14 100 7.1 21.4 64.3 7.1
Periodontics 56 100 10.7 44.6 33.9 10.7
Oral surgery 37 100 10.8 37.8 27.0 24.3
1  Health care services except veterinary services, child care activities, school-age child care and recreation centres for children adolescents.
2  Earlier specialities.

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