24-28    Health
Items	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Medical Personnel in Health Care
Doctors	859	869	880r	895r	891
Odontologists	48r	76r	92r	88r	86
Nurses	905	895	897	943	960
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technical Assistants	175	181	212	206	233
Health Service Assistants	355	356	360	381	378
Number of Doctors per 1000 Residents	2.1	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.0
Health Care Establishments and Beds
Hospitals (No.)	2	2	2	2	2
Beds (No.) ①	964r	958r	955r	990r	980
Number of Beds per 1000 Residents	2.3r	2.3r	2.2r	2.3r	2.2
Notes: ①Includes beds of general hospitalization and intensive care.