2 Number of persons aged 16-66 with health care education by category of personnel and employment. |
Absolute figures and as per cent of employed3. 1. october 2001 og 20024 |
Persons with health care education |
Employed | Per cent of employed | |||||||
Education | 2001 | 2002 | Per cent change |
2001 | 2002 | Per cent change |
2001 | 2002 | Per cent point change |
Total | 279 699 | 290 128 | 3,7 | 246 569 | 255 040 | 3,4 | 88,2 | 87,9 | -0,2 |
Medical secretary2 | 5 265 | 6 023 | 14,4 | 4 370 | 5 106 | 16,8 | 83,0 | 84,8 | 1,8 |
Auxiliary Nurse | 73 604 | 74 918 | 1,8 | 62 280 | 62 952 | 1,1 | 84,6 | 84,0 | -0,6 |
Care worker2 | 12 389 | 13 133 | 6,0 | 11 053 | 11 717 | 6,0 | 89,2 | 89,2 | 0,0 |
Paramedic2 | 1 100 | 1 275 | 15,9 | 1 072 | 1 246 | 16,2 | 97,5 | 97,7 | 0,3 |
Pharmacy technician2 | 1 941 | 3 366 | 73,4 | 1 610 | 3 029 | 88,1 | 82,9 | 90,0 | 7,0 |
Chiropodist | 1 543 | 1 587 | 2,9 | 1 238 | 1 264 | 2,1 | 80,2 | 79,6 | -0,6 |
Child care worker | 18 082 | 17 798 | -1,6 | 14 623 | 14 379 | -1,7 | 80,9 | 80,8 | -0,1 |
Dental secretary2 | 2 616 | 3 331 | 27,3 | 2 190 | 2 885 | 31,7 | 83,7 | 86,6 | 2,9 |
Dental technician2 | 473 | 571 | 20,7 | 428 | 520 | 21,5 | 90,5 | 91,1 | 0,6 |
Uncualified occupational therapists |
4 438 | 4 393 | -1,0 | 3 732 | 3 716 | -0,4 | 84,1 | 84,6 | 0,5 |
Other health care education, secondary level educati |
3 123 | 3 112 | -0,4 | 3 024 | 3 030 | 0,2 | 96,8 | 97,4 | 0,5 |
Occupational therapist | 2 318 | 2 491 | 7,5 | 2 089 | 2 247 | 7,6 | 90,1 | 90,2 | 0,1 |
Physioterapist | 8 776 | 9 033 | 2,9 | 7 545 | 7 780 | 3,1 | 86,0 | 86,1 | 0,2 |
Midwives | 2 621 | 2 651 | 1,1 | 2 360 | 2 346 | -0,6 | 90,0 | 88,5 | -1,5 |
Radiographer | 1 746 | 1 903 | 9,0 | 1 650 | 1 794 | 8,7 | 94,5 | 94,3 | -0,2 |
Nurse | 74 818 | 77 819 | 4,0 | 67 651 | 69 657 | 3,0 | 90,4 | 89,5 | -0,9 |
Professional health worker for the mentally retarded |
7 004 | 7 734 | 10,4 | 6 577 | 7 253 | 10,3 | 93,9 | 93,8 | -0,1 |
Public helath nurse | 3 382 | 3 315 | -2,0 | 3 056 | 2 994 | -2,0 | 90,4 | 90,3 | -0,0 |
Dental nurses | 1 000 | 1 033 | 3,3 | 879 | 923 | 5,0 | 87,9 | 89,4 | 1,5 |
Audiologist2 | 192 | 244 | 27,1 | 174 | 215 | 23,6 | 90,6 | 88,1 | -2,5 |
Medical laboratory technologist |
5 110 | 5 267 | 3,1 | 4 719 | 4 817 | 2,1 | 92,3 | 91,5 | -0,9 |
Optometrist | 1 057 | 1 102 | 4,3 | 991 | 1 046 | 5,5 | 93,8 | 94,9 | 1,2 |
Certified prosthetist | 127 | 122 | -3,9 | 115 | 111 | -3,5 | 90,6 | 91,0 | 0,4 |
Child welfare officer | 5 303 | 5 278 | -0,5 | 4 803 | 4 794 | -0,2 | 90,6 | 90,8 | 0,3 |
Social worker | 7 089 | 7 006 | -1,2 | 6 326 | 6 261 | -1,0 | 89,2 | 89,4 | 0,1 |
Other health care education, college level |
3 780 | 3 733 | -1,2 | 3 562 | 3 513 | -1,4 | 94,2 | 94,1 | -0,1 |
Clinical nutritionist2 | 110 | 137 | 24,5 | 104 | 132 | 26,9 | 94,5 | 96,4 | 1,8 |
Pharmacist and dispensing pharacist2 |
2 498 | 2 822 | 13,0 | 2 279 | 2 599 | 14,0 | 91,2 | 92,1 | 0,9 |
Chiropractor | 275 | 291 | 5,8 | 222 | 241 | 8,6 | 80,7 | 82,8 | 2,1 |
Perfusionist | 11 | 16 | 45,5 | 11 | 16 | 45,5 | 100,0 | 100,0 | - |
Physician | 8 842 | 9 205 | 4,1 | 8 082 | 8 277 | 2,4 | 91,4 | 89,9 | -1,5 |
Specialised phycisian | 9 182 | 9 395 | 2,3 | 8 688 | 8 944 | 2,9 | 94,6 | 95,2 | 0,6 |
Dentist | 4 181 | 4 194 | 0,3 | 3 650 | 3 709 | 1,6 | 87,3 | 88,4 | 1,1 |
Specialist in dentistry | 324 | 316 | -2,5 | 297 | 285 | -4,0 | 91,7 | 90,2 | -1,5 |
Psychologist | 4 100 | 4 287 | 4,6 | 3 856 | 4 016 | 4,1 | 94,0 | 93,7 | -0,4 |
Other helath care education, university level |
1 279 | 1 227 | -4,1 | 1 263 | 1 226 | -2,9 | 98,7 | 99,9 | 1,2 |
1Childrens nurse are included |
2Authorization are required from 1. January 2001 |
3Per cent of employed is employed persons in per cent of total |
4The statistics were revised 17. november 2003 |
Source: Registerbased employment statistics for health care personnel, Statistics Norway |