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1996 |
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Number of Registered Medical Personnel①(person) |
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Doctors
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8976 |
9289 |
9527 |
9818 |
10130 |
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Dentists
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1654 |
1684 |
1724 |
1779 |
1826 |
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Pharmacists
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1067 |
1143 |
1212 |
1273 |
1315 |
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Nurses
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36395 |
37880 |
39250 |
38960 |
40388 |
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Doctors Per Thousand Population②
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1.4 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
1.5 |
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Number of Medical Institutions and
Hospital Beds |
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Medical
Institutions
(number) |
92 |
96 |
102 |
105 |
102 |
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Hospital
Beds
(bed) |
29955 |
30800 |
32836 |
34286 |
35100 |
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Beds Per Thousand Population②
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4.6 |
4.7 |
5.0 |
5.2 |
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①Statistics
on the registered medical personnel are maintained by the Medical Council for
doctors, Dental Council for dentists, Nursing Council |
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for nurses and Pharmacy and Poisons Board for pharmacists. Annual
renewal of practising certificate is required for doctors, dentists and |
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pharmacists. Figures for doctors/dentists refer to the
doctors/dentists with full registration on b |
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②Figures
presented in this table may be different from those presented in earlier
editions of this Yearbook due to one or both of the |
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following reasons : |
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1. The change in the approach
for compiling population figures since August 2000. |
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2. The availability of
up-to-date benchmark population data based on the results of the 2001
Population Census. |
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For details, please see Note III in the "Brief Introduction"
of this chapter. |
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