1 Number of persons aged 15-85 with health care education by category of personnel and |
employmentstatus. 4. q. 2006 |
Persons, total |
In then labour force | Outside the labour force | |||||||||
Total | Employed | Unempl. | Total | Rehabili- tation, dis- ablement pension |
Age- pension |
Cash- for- care5 |
Under edu- cation6 |
Unsp. | |||
Wage earn. |
Self empl. |
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Total | 378 808 | 311 493 | 292 081 | 17 783 | 1 629 | 67 315 | 21 289 | 29 575 | 2 600 | 2 820 | 11 031 |
Medical Secretary | 10 968 | 9 430 | 9 102 | 178 | 150 | 1 538 | 680 | 104 | 136 | 140 | 478 |
Auxilliary nurse | 95 728 | 71 402 | 69 367 | 1 613 | 422 | 24 326 | 10 048 | 10 150 | 539 | 549 | 3 040 |
Care worker | 19 152 | 16 758 | 16 349 | 256 | 153 | 2 394 | 1 105 | 157 | 272 | 110 | 750 |
Pharmacy technician | 5 312 | 4 605 | 4 489 | 51 | 65 | 707 | 250 | 56 | 91 | 78 | 232 |
Chiropodist | 2 039 | 1 592 | 868 | 699 | 25 | 447 | 177 | 74 | 19 | 36 | 141 |
Child care worker | 16 668 | 12 687 | 12 353 | 216 | 118 | 3 981 | 870 | 2 214 | 223 | 149 | 525 |
Dental secretary | 5 642 | 4 773 | 4 593 | 121 | 59 | 869 | 360 | 168 | 57 | 50 | 234 |
Unqualified occupational therapists |
5 202 | 4 167 | 3 984 | 150 | 33 | 1 035 | 528 | 203 | 58 | 33 | 213 |
Other health care education, secondary level1 |
4 335 | 4 045 | 3 743 | 288 | 14 | 290 | 85 | 97 | 5 | 10 | 93 |
Occupational therapists | 3 684 | 3 231 | 3 146 | 61 | 24 | 453 | 121 | 146 | 33 | 46 | 107 |
Physiotherapists | 11 449 | 9 741 | 5 949 | 3 761 | 31 | 1 708 | 243 | 928 | 51 | 81 | 405 |
Midwife and public health nurse |
8 276 | 6 243 | 6 108 | 126 | 9 | 2 033 | 386 | 1 449 | 35 | 19 | 144 |
Radiographer | 2 870 | 2 512 | 2 477 | 19 | 16 | 358 | 85 | 145 | 15 | 32 | 81 |
Nurse | 98 037 | 80 492 | 78 960 | 1 352 | 180 | 17 545 | 4 165 | 9 479 | 687 | 534 | 2 680 |
Professional health worker for the mentally retarded |
10 908 | 10 062 | 9 931 | 92 | 39 | 846 | 362 | 139 | 72 | 49 | 224 |
Dental nurse | 1 210 | 1 084 | 967 | 109 | 8 | 126 | 42 | 34 | 8 | 7 | 35 |
Medical laboratory technologist |
6 898 | 6 124 | 6 002 | 84 | 38 | 774 | 183 | 331 | 47 | 66 | 147 |
Child welfare officer | 8 873 | 7 893 | 7 676 | 153 | 64 | 980 | 344 | 217 | 91 | 56 | 272 |
Social worker | 13 046 | 11 217 | 10 871 | 251 | 95 | 1 829 | 633 | 696 | 67 | 80 | 353 |
Other health care education, college level2 |
8 902 | 8 571 | 8 410 | 145 | 16 | 331 | 48 | 131 | 15 | 78 | 59 |
Pharmacist and dispensing chemist |
3 873 | 3 228 | 3 111 | 108 | 9 | 645 | 82 | 427 | 18 | 36 | 82 |
Physician3 | 10 626 | 9 391 | 7 662 | 1 686 | 43 | 1 235 | 173 | 249 | 31 | 504 | 278 |
Specialised physician | 12 020 | 10 921 | 7 854 | 3 063 | 4 | 1 099 | 98 | 862 | 3 | 2 | 134 |
Dentists and specialised dentists |
5 735 | 4 544 | 2 372 | 2 170 | 2 | 1 191 | 127 | 872 | 7 | 23 | 162 |
Psychologists | 5 703 | 5 221 | 4 493 | 718 | 10 | 482 | 86 | 239 | 18 | 17 | 122 |
Other health care education, univ. level4 |
1 652 | 1 559 | 1 244 | 313 | 2 | 93 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 35 | 40 |
1Paramedics and Dental technicians are included |
2Audiologists, Optometrists, Certified prosthetists are included. College level courses of shorter duration are included for 2006 |
3Medicine students are included |
4Clinical nutritionists, Chiropractors and Perfusionists are included |
5Includes persons on maternity leave who are not employed |
6The source of information about further education originate from the register for education in progress the statistic year t-1 |
Source: Registerbased employment statistics for health care personnel, Statistics Norway |