7 Employed persons aged 16-66 with health care education who are working in the health |
care industry5 by category if personnel and function6. 2006 |
Total | Municipal health services |
Social care |
Social- work activities7 |
Specialized somatic health care services |
Specialized psychiatric health care services |
Other activities |
8 | |
Total | 234 769 | 23 296 | 95 833 | 12 938 | 71 765 | 17 469 | 7 841 | 5 627 |
Medical Secretary | 6 873 | 2 595 | 770 | 71 | 2 891 | 263 | 65 | 218 |
Auxilliary nurse | 57 872 | 1 200 | 44 340 | 911 | 7 806 | 2 888 | 123 | 604 |
Care worker | 12 438 | 145 | 11 544 | 218 | 221 | 136 | 26 | 148 |
Pharmacy technician | 257 | 10 | 147 | 12 | 55 | 6 | 16 | 11 |
Chiropodist | 808 | 15 | 201 | 6 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 537 |
Child care worker | 1 438 | 43 | 912 | 208 | 141 | 27 | 11 | 96 |
Dental secretary | 3 112 | 32 | 158 | 34 | 103 | 17 | 2 730 | 38 |
Unqualified occupational therapists |
2 484 | 81 | 1 917 | 116 | 92 | 208 | 5 | 65 |
Other health care education, secondary level1 |
2 960 | 48 | 336 | 29 | 2 169 | 50 | 219 | 109 |
Occupational therapists | 2 491 | 680 | 697 | 80 | 576 | 330 | - | 128 |
Physiotherapists | 8 185 | 5 621 | 337 | 41 | 1 867 | 161 | 6 | 152 |
Midwife and public health nurse |
5 430 | 2 504 | 364 | 164 | 2 228 | 115 | 3 | 52 |
Radiographer | 2 205 | 20 | 52 | 5 | 1 960 | 13 | - | 155 |
Nurse | 69 234 | 3 260 | 23 757 | 703 | 34 018 | 6 571 | 32 | 893 |
Professional health worker for the mentally retarded |
8 050 | 214 | 5 384 | 887 | 612 | 818 | 3 | 132 |
Dental nurse | 812 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 13 | - | 768 | 9 |
Medical laboratory technologist |
4 527 | 192 | 44 | 7 | 3 984 | 27 | 3 | 270 |
Child welfare officer | 5 219 | 134 | 710 | 3 409 | 252 | 546 | 2 | 166 |
Social worker | 7 695 | 266 | 920 | 4 442 | 729 | 1 129 | 1 | 208 |
Other health care education, college level2 |
6 690 | 181 | 2 785 | 1 255 | 1 493 | 630 | 26 | 320 |
Pharmacist and dispensing chemist |
93 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 52 | 8 | - | 17 |
Physician3 | 7 931 | 2 464 | 129 | 27 | 4 600 | 649 | 14 | 48 |
Specialised physician | 9 236 | 2 776 | 38 | 11 | 4 784 | 820 | 4 | 803 |
Dentists and specialised dentists |
3 806 | 5 | 5 | - | 42 | 2 | 3 747 | 5 |
Psychologists | 3 633 | 746 | 26 | 250 | 536 | 1 973 | - | 102 |
Other health care education, univ. level4 |
1 290 | 56 | 234 | 48 | 502 | 73 | 36 | 341 |
1Paramedic and Dental technician are included |
2Audiologist, Optometrist and Certified prosthetist are included. College level courses of shorter duration are included from 2006 |
3Medicine students are included |
4Clinical nutritionist, Chiropractor and Perfusionist are included |
5Health care services except veterinary services, child care activities, school-age child care and recreation centres for children adolescents, work practice for ordinary employment, social welfare organisations, permanent sheltered employment and foundations/legacies that support social purposis |
6The classification of the local and county administration services is based by the function classification used in the KOSTRA-report |
7Social care include municipal social security office, soscial services for drug addicts outside institution, employment/work training by the local administrations health care department asylum reception, other caring institutions and other social care services outside institution |
Source: Registerbased employment statistics for health care personell, Statistics Norway |