| 6 Employed persons aged 15-74 with health care education working in the |
| health care industry7by category if personnel and sector. 4. q. 2011 |
| Total | Local and county administration |
Central government8 |
Private sector and public enterprises |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 285 872 | 144 850 | 90 011 | 51 011 |
| Medical secretary | 8 412 | 1 823 | 3 370 | 3 219 |
| Auxiliary nurse | 58 594 | 45 695 | 7 643 | 5 256 |
| Health worker1 | 3 311 | 2 929 | 108 | 274 |
| Care worker | 14 021 | 12 445 | 336 | 1 240 |
| Pharmacy technician | 478 | 286 | 48 | 144 |
| Chiropodist | 1 030 | 248 | 42 | 740 |
| Child care worker | 11 099 | 8 258 | 193 | 2 648 |
| Dental secretary | 3 578 | 1 825 | 118 | 1 635 |
| Unqualified occupational therapist |
2 744 | 2 030 | 180 | 534 |
| Other health care education, secondary level2 |
6 643 | 2 908 | 2 650 | 1 085 |
| Occupational therapist | 3 189 | 1 784 | 877 | 528 |
| Physiotherapist | 9 165 | 2 255 | 1 712 | 5 198 |
| Midwife and public health nurse |
6 227 | 3 461 | 2 509 | 257 |
| Radiographer | 2 652 | 104 | 2 192 | 356 |
| Nurse | 79 452 | 31 674 | 39 543 | 8 235 |
| Social educator | 10 633 | 7 715 | 1 745 | 1 173 |
| Dental nurse | 978 | 497 | 14 | 467 |
| Medical laboratory technologist |
4 826 | 163 | 4 157 | 506 |
| Child welfare officer | 7 793 | 4 544 | 1 693 | 1 556 |
| Social worker | 9 839 | 5 846 | 2 381 | 1 612 |
| Other health care education, college level3 |
8 782 | 4 861 | 2 047 | 1 874 |
| Pharmacist and dispensing chemist |
115 | 12 | 70 | 33 |
| Physician4 | 9 781 | 1 290 | 5 973 | 2 518 |
| Specialised physician | 11 252 | 352 | 6 442 | 4 458 |
| Dentist and specialist in dentistry |
4 369 | 1 244 | 26 | 3 099 |
| Psychologist5 | 4 764 | 207 | 3 112 | 1 445 |
| Other health care education, univ. level6 |
2 145 | 394 | 830 | 921 |
| 1Health worker is a new health care education from 2009 |
| 2Paramedic and Dental technician are included |
| 3Audiologist, Optometrist and Certified prosthetist are included. College level courses of shorter duration are included from 2006 |
| 4Medical students are included |
| 5From 2011 only clinical psychologists are included |
| 6Clinical nutritionist, Chiropractor, Perfusionist and other educations in Psychology are included |
| 7From 2008 health care services include child care activities, school-age child care, recreation centres for children adolescents,work practice for ordinary employment, social welfare organisations and permanent sheltered employment |
| 8Regional 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 |