Statistics Norway

Health care personnel

9   Settled man-years in nursing and care services, municipal and private sector. 1994-20061
  1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 20032 20042 2005 2006
Settled man-years, based on questionnaires 68 331       69 795       73 733       79 435       82 794       86 370       89 669       91 824       93 690        
                           
Settled man-years, total   79 444 83 893 90 353 94 147 98 196  101 927  104 374  106 461  107 005  109 058  110 966  116 867
Percentual change   2.1 5.6 7.7 4.2 4.3 3.8 2.4 2.0 0.5 1.9 1.8 5.3
                           
By type of education                          
Health- and social education3                       72 753 79 113
Caring personnel without approved education                       32 728 31 929
Service occupations                       3 782 4 124
Administration                       1 703 1 702
1  The figures for 1995-2001 are estimated based on the rate of change in the annual queationnaires.
2  The figures of 2003 and 2004 are estimated based on a 1.75 per cent growth between 2004 and 2005, eqvivalent to 1 900 settled man-years.
3  Physicians and physiotherapists are not included in the figures.

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