22-33  Number of Employed Personnel in Health Institutions
        (10 000 persons)
           
Year Total Medical and  #Doctors #Senior and Number of Doctors
    Technical Personnel Junior Nurses  per 1 000  Population
           
1978 310.6 246.4 103.3 40.7 1.07
1980 353.5 279.8 115.3 46.6 1.17
1985 431.3 341.1 141.3 63.7 1.33
1989 478.7 380.9 171.8 92.2 1.52
1990 490.6 389.8 176.3 97.5 1.54
1991 502.5 398.5 178.0 101.2 1.54
1992 514.0 407.4 180.8 104.0 1.54
1993 521.5 411.7 183.2 105.6 1.55
1994 530.7 419.9 188.2 109.4 1.57
1995 537.3 425.7 191.8 112.6 1.58
1996 541.9 431.2 194.1 116.3 1.59
1997 551.6 439.8 198.5 119.8 1.61
1998 553.6 442.4 200.0 121.9 1.60
1999 557.0 445.9 204.5 124.5 1.67
2000 559.1 449.1 207.6 126.7 1.68
2001 558.4 450.8 210.0 128.7 1.69
2002 523.8 427.0 184.4 124.7 1.47
2003 527.5 430.6 186.8 126.6 1.48
           
a) Doctors since 2002 refer to the certified (assistant) doctors, nurses refer to the registration nurses, so the numbers decreased somewhat.