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Health Care Resources - Doctors
Table
1. Number of licensed doctors per 1 000 population
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2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| Australia |
3.1
|
3.2
|
3.2
|
3.2
|
3.3
|
3.3
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3.5
|
3.7
|
3.7
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|
|
| The
mainland of China (1) |
1.7
|
1.7
|
1.5
|
1.5
|
1.6
|
1.6
|
1.6
|
1.6
|
1.7
|
1.7 |
|
| Hong
Kong SAR |
1.5
|
1.6
|
1.6
|
1.6
|
1.7
|
1.7
|
1.7
|
1.7
|
1.8
|
1.8
|
1.8 |
| Japan
(2) |
1.9 |
|
2.0
|
|
2.0 |
|
2.1 |
|
2.2
|
|
|
| New
Zealand |
2.6
|
2.6
|
2.7
|
2.7
|
2.8
|
2.8
|
2.8
|
2.9
|
3.0
|
3.1
|
3.1
|
| Singapore
(3) |
1.7 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
1.9 |
1.9 |
2.0 |
2.1 |
2.2 |
2.2 |
2.3 |
| South
Korea |
1.8
|
1.9
|
1.9
|
2.0
|
2.0
|
2.1
|
2.2
|
2.2
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2.3
|
2.4
|
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| Taiwan |
1.3
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1.4
|
1.4
|
1.4
|
1.5
|
1.5
|
1.5
|
1.6
|
1.6
|
1.6
|
1.7
|
| Denmark |
4.3 |
4.4 |
4.5 |
4.6 |
4.7 |
4.9 |
5.0 |
5.2 |
5.3 |
|
|
| Finland |
3.7 |
3.7 |
3.8 |
3.9 |
4.0 |
4.1 |
4.2 |
4.3 |
4.4 |
4.5 |
4.6 |
| France
(4) |
3.3 |
3.3 |
3.3 |
3.3 |
3.4 |
3.4 |
3.3 |
3.3 |
3.3 |
3.3 |
3.3 |
| Germany |
4.5 |
4.6 |
4.6 |
4.7 |
4.8 |
4.9 |
4.9 |
5.0 |
5.1 |
5.3 |
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| Italy |
6.1 |
6.1 |
6.2 |
6.3 |
6.3 |
6.0 |
6.0 |
6.1 |
6.2 |
6.2 |
6.3 |
| Netherlands |
3.0 |
3.1 |
3.2 |
3.2 |
3.3 |
3.4 |
3.5 |
3.6 |
3.7 |
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| Norway
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.0 |
5.2 |
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| Spain |
4.5 |
4.4 |
4.5 |
4.5 |
4.6 |
4.6 |
4.6 |
4.6 |
4.7 |
4.8 |
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| Sweden |
4.2 |
4.3 |
4.5 |
4.6 |
4.8 |
4.9 |
5.1 |
5.2 |
5.4 |
5.5 |
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| Switzerland
(2) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.8 |
3.8 |
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| United
Kingdom (2) |
2.0 |
2.0 |
2.1 |
2.2 |
2.3 |
2.4 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
2.6 |
2.7 |
2.7 |
| Canada |
2.3
|
2.3
|
2.3
|
2.3
|
2.3
|
2.3
|
2.4
|
2.4
|
2.5
|
2.5
|
|
| United
States |
2.9
|
2.9
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
3.1
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3.1
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3.1
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3.1
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3.2
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Notes
Licensed
doctors refer to practising and other (non-practising)
doctors who are registered and entitled to practice
as medical practitioners.
(1) Figures for the mainland of China
included Chinese medicine practitioners and dentists
(2) Refer to practicising doctors
only
as figures on licensed doctors are not available
(3) Figures refer to Singapore residents
only
(4) Refer to professionally active
doctors as figures on licensed doctors and practicising
doctors are not available. They include practising
doctors plus other doctors working in the health
sector as managers, educators, researchers, etc.
Source
Unless otherwise specified, all figures are from
OECD.Stat
website; accessed on 8.3.2012.
Figures for the mainland of China from China
Statistical Yearbook 2010.
Hong Kong SAR figures
- 2000-2005 from Hong
Kong Annual Digest of Statistics 2006
- 2006-2010 from Hong
Kong Annual Digest of Statistics 2011
Singapore figures
- 2000-2001 from Yearbook of Statistics Singapore,
2002
- 2002-2004 from Yearbook of Statistics Singapore,
2007
- 2005-2010 from Yearbook
of Statistics Singapore, 2011
Taiwan figures from Department
of Health, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan).
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