21-12 Number of Persons Engaged in Health Institutions
(10 000 persons)
Year	Total	Medical	# Doctors				# Senior	Number of
		Technical		# Doctors of	# Doctors of	# Paramedics	and	Doctors per
		Personnel		Traditional	Western	of Western	Junior	1 000 Popula-
				Chinese Medicine	Medicine	Medicine	Nurses	tion (person)
1949	54.1	50.5	36.3	27.6	3.8	4.9	3.3	0.67
1952	81.9	69.0	42.5	30.6	5.2	6.7	6.1	0.74
1957	125.4	103.9	54.7	33.7	7.4	13.6	12.8	0.85
1962	168.5	141.4	68.8	34.4	12.0	22.4	20.0	1.02
1965	187.2	153.2	76.3	32.1	18.9	25.3	23.5	1.05
1970	179.3	145.3	70.2	22.5	22.1	25.6	29.5	0.85
1975	259.4	205.7	87.8	22.9	29.3	35.6	38.0	0.95
1978	310.6	246.4	103.3	25.1	35.9	42.3	40.7	1.07
1980	353.5	279.8	115.3	26.2	44.7	44.4	46.6	1.17
1985	431.3	341.1	141.3	33.6	60.2	47.3	63.7	1.33
1986	444.6	350.7	144.4	34.1	61.9	48.2	68.1	1.34
1987	456.4	360.9	148.2	34.6	64.5	48.7	71.8	1.36
1988	467.8	372.4	161.7	36.2	89.9	35.2	82.9	1.46
1989	478.7	380.9	171.8	37.0	102.3	32.1	92.2	1.52
1990	490.6	389.8	176.3	36.9	105.8	33.1	97.5	1.54
1991	502.5	398.5	178.0	36.3	106.5	34.7	101.2	1.54
1992	514.0	407.4	180.8	36.4	107.9	36.0	104.0	1.54
1993	521.5	411.7	183.2	35.8	111.5	35.1	105.6	1.55
1994	530.7	419.9	188.2	36.1	115.9	35.4	109.4	1.57
1995	537.3	425.7	191.8	35.9	118.6	36.5	112.6	1.58
1996	541.9	431.2	194.1	34.8	120.7	37.5	116.3	1.59
1997	551.6	439.8	198.5	34.6	123.6	39.2	119.8	1.61
1998	553.6	442.4	200.0	34.0	124.7	40.2	121.9	1.60
1999	557.0	445.9	204.5	33.7	129.3	40.3	124.5	1.67