21-32  Employed Persons in Health Care Institutions by Type of Occupation
             
  (10 000 persons)
Type of Personnel 1990 1995 2000 2005 2006 2007
             
  Total                                      490.6 537.3 559.1 542.7 562.0 590.7
  Medical Technical Personnel                389.8 425.7 449.1 446.0 462.4 478.8
   Licensed (Assistant) Doctors 176.3 191.8 207.6 193.8 199.5 201.3
      Licensed Doctor 130.3 145.5 160.3 155.6 161.1 164.4
   Registered Nurse 97.5 112.6 126.7 135.0 142.6 154.3
   Pharmacist 40.6 41.9 41.4 35.0 35.4 32.5
   Laboratory Technician 17.0 18.9 20.1 21.1 21.9 20.6
   Others 58.4 60.5 53.3 61.1 63.1 70.1
  Other Technical Personnel                  8.6 12.1 15.8 22.6 23.6 24.3
  Managerial Personnel                       39.7 45.0 42.7 31.3 32.4 35.7
  Logistics Technical Workers                          52.6 54.5 51.6 42.8 43.6 51.9
  Number of Medical Technical Personnel Per 10 000  Population  34 35 36 35 36 37
                                        
a) Licensed (assistant) doctors refer to the general doctors, registered nurses refer to senior and junior nurses before 2001.
b) Since 2007, medical personnel include personnel who have retired and returned to work for more than half year, technical personnel such as 
    pharmacist and laboratory technician are merged into logistics technical workers.