Employed		Settled man-years		Settled man- years without persons in maternity leave		Settled man- years deducted doctor certified sickness absence		Settled man- years deducted doctor certified absence and maternity leave
Education	2002	Emplo- yed perc.	2002	Man- years perc.	2002	Man- years perc.	2002	Man- years perc.	2002	Man- years perc.
Total	255 040	87,9	218 782	75,4	214 067	73,8	200 313	69,0	195 598	67,4
Medical secretary	5 106	84,8	4 115	68,3	4 013	66,6	3 696	61,4	3 594	59,7
Auxiliary Nurse	62 952	84,0	48 133	64,2	47 497	63,4	42 441	56,7	41 805	55,8
Care worker	11 717	89,2	9 129	69,5	8 872	67,6	8 035	61,2	7 778	59,2
Paramedic	1 246	97,7	1 290	101,2	1 282	100,5	1 209	94,8	1 200	94,2
Pharmacy technician	3 029	90,0	2 470	73,4	2 401	71,3	2 238	66,5	2 168	64,4
Chiropodist	1 264	79,6	1 131	71,2	1 090	68,7	1 017	64,1	976	61,5
Child care worker1	14 379	80,8	11 505	64,6	11 170	62,8	10 269	57,7	9 934	55,8
Dental secretary	2 885	86,6	2 420	72,7	2 380	71,4	2 217	66,6	2 177	65,3
Dental technician	520	91,1	531	93,0	520	91,0	511	89,5	500	87,5
Uncualified occupational therapists	3 716	84,6	3 003	68,4	2 925	66,6	2 691	61,2	2 612	59,5
Other health care education, sec. level	3 030	97,4	2 441	78,5	2 406	77,3	2 195	70,5	2 160	69,4
Occupational therapist	2 247	90,2	2 038	81,8	1 969	79,0	1 898	76,2	1 828	73,4
Physioterapist	7 780	86,1	7 441	82,4	7 257	80,3	7 106	78,7	6 922	76,6
Midwives	2 346	88,5	1 930	72,8	1 885	71,1	1 778	67,1	1 732	65,4
Radiographer	1 794	94,3	1 660	87,2	1 618	85,0	1 565	82,2	1 523	80,0
Nurse	69 657	89,5	58 957	75,8	57 434	73,8	54 280	69,8	52 757	67,8
Prof. health worker for ment. retarded	7 253	93,8	6 748	87,3	6 561	84,8	6 143	79,4	5 956	77,0
Public helath nurse	2 994	90,3	2 574	77,6	2 544	76,8	2 398	72,3	2 369	71,5
Dental nurses	923	89,4	814	78,8	785	76,0	773	74,8	745	72,1
Audiologist	215	88,1	202	82,8	196	80,2	195	80,0	189	77,4
Medical laboratory technologist	4 817	91,5	4 320	82,0	4 210	79,9	4 104	77,9	3 995	75,8
Optometrist	1 046	94,9	1 017	92,3	984	89,3	988	89,6	955	86,6
Certified prosthetist	111	91,0	110	89,8	109	89,0	101	82,9	100	82,0
Child welfare officer	4 794	90,8	4 453	84,4	4 275	81,0	4 059	76,9	3 881	73,5
Social worker	6 261	89,4	5 949	84,9	5 813	83,0	5 462	78,0	5 326	76,0
Other health care education, college level	3 513	94,1	3 408	91,3	3 361	90,0	3 169	84,9	3 121	83,6
Clinical nutritionist	132	96,4	130	94,8	127	92,7	124	90,8	121	88,7
Pharmacist and dispensing pharacist	2 599	92,1	2 457	87,1	2 391	84,7	2 355	83,4	2 289	81,1
Chiropractor	241	82,8	267	91,9	262	90,0	99	34,0	94	32,1
Perfusionist	16	100,0	17	107,9	17	107,9	17	106,6	17	106,6
Physician	8 277	89,9	8 534	92,7	8 315	90,3	8 300	90,2	8 081	87,8
Specialised phycisian	8 944	95,2	10 080	107,3	10 049	107,0	9 783	104,1	9 752	103,8
Dentist	3 709	88,4	3 910	93,2	3 850	91,8	3 752	89,5	3 693	88,1
Specialist in dentistry	285	90,2	316	99,9	314	99,2	309	97,8	307	97,1
Psychologist	4 016	93,7	4 255	99,3	4 174	97,4	4 070	94,9	3 989	93,0
Other helath care education, university level	1 226	99,9	1 025	83,6	1 011	82,4	966	78,7	952	77,6

1Childrens nurse are included

2Per cent of employed and per cent of man-years are respectively number of persons employed and man-years in per cent of total

3The statistics were revised 17. november 2003

Source: Registerbased employment statistics for health care personnel, Statistics Norway