6 Employed persons aged 16-66 with health care education who are working in the |
health care industry5by category if personnel and sector. 4th quarter 2007 |
Total | Local administration |
County administration |
Central government6 |
Private sector and public enterprises |
Unspecified | |
Total | 237 478 | 113 942 | 2 814 | 83 165 | 37 503 | 54 |
Medical secretary | 7 344 | 1 558 | 13 | 3 035 | 2 738 | - |
Auxilliary nurse | 58 116 | 44 645 | 18 | 9 297 | 4 156 | - |
Care worker | 12 380 | 11 528 | 4 | 294 | 554 | - |
Pharmacy technician | 280 | 180 | 2 | 44 | 54 | - |
Chiropodist | 824 | 201 | - | 39 | 584 | - |
Child care worker | 1 231 | 903 | 4 | 156 | 168 | - |
Dental secretary | 3 154 | 259 | 1 310 | 121 | 1 464 | - |
Unqualified occupational therapist |
2 387 | 1 919 | - | 235 | 233 | - |
Other health care education, secondary level1 |
2 975 | 351 | 4 | 1 862 | 758 | - |
Occupational therapist | 2 600 | 1 487 | - | 810 | 303 | - |
Physiotherapist | 8 385 | 1 880 | 1 | 1 627 | 4 877 | - |
Midwife and public health nurse |
5 415 | 2 997 | - | 2 227 | 191 | - |
Radiographer | 2 289 | 65 | - | 1 949 | 275 | - |
Nurse | 70 040 | 26 569 | 3 | 37 055 | 6 411 | 2 |
Social educator | 8 412 | 6 280 | 1 | 1 403 | 728 | - |
Dental nurse | 839 | 49 | 382 | 10 | 398 | - |
Medical laboratory technologist |
4 573 | 129 | - | 3 971 | 473 | - |
Child welfare officer | 5 444 | 3 077 | 2 | 1 523 | 842 | - |
Social worker | 8 007 | 4 840 | - | 2 088 | 1 079 | - |
Other health care education, college level2 |
6 012 | 3 235 | 2 | 1 833 | 941 | 1 |
Pharmacist and dispensing chemist |
92 | 8 | - | 59 | 25 | - |
Physician3 | 8 212 | 1 031 | 7 | 5 025 | 2 124 | 25 |
Specialised physician | 9 514 | 298 | - | 5 493 | 3 699 | 24 |
Dentist and specialist in dentistry |
3 809 | 78 | 1 055 | 33 | 2 643 | - |
Psychologist | 3 815 | 133 | 1 | 2 441 | 1 238 | 2 |
Other health care education, univ. level4 |
1 329 | 242 | 5 | 535 | 547 | - |
1Paramedic and Dental technician are included |
2Audiologist, Optometrist and Certified prosthetist are included. College level courses of shorter duration are included from 2006 |
3Medical 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 purposes |
6Regional Health Authorities and Health Enterprises are included in central government administration and not in Public Enterprises. |
Source: Registerbased employment statistics for health care personnel, Statistics Norway |