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Health Care Resources - Nurses
Table
1. Number of licensed nurses per 1 000 population
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2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| Australia |
|
13.4 |
|
13.7 |
14.1 |
14.0 |
|
14.6 |
14.6 |
|
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| The
mainland of China |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
1.4 |
|
| Hong
Kong SAR |
6.1 |
6.3 |
6.4 |
6.5 |
6.5 |
5.2 |
5.3 |
5.3 |
5.4 |
5.5 |
5.7 |
| Japan
(1) |
|
|
8.4 |
|
8.7 |
|
9.1 |
|
9.5 |
|
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| New
Zealand |
|
|
|
|
|
11.2 |
10.6 |
10.6 |
11.4 |
12.0 |
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| Singapore
(2) |
4.9 |
5.1 |
5.2 |
5.5 |
5.6 |
5.7 |
5.8 |
6.2 |
6.6 |
7.1 |
7.7 |
| South
Korea (1) |
3.0 |
3.2 |
3.4 |
3.5 |
3.8 |
3.9 |
4.0 |
4.2 |
4.4 |
4.5 |
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| Taiwan |
3.6 |
3.7 |
4.0 |
4.2 |
4.5 |
4.6 |
4.8 |
5.0 |
5.2 |
5.4 |
5.6 |
| Denmark
|
18.3 |
19.2 |
20.1 |
20.7 |
21.4 |
22.0 |
22.6 |
23.2 |
23.9 |
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| Finland
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19.5 |
20.0 |
20.5 |
21.1 |
| France
(3) |
6.7 |
6.9 |
7.0 |
7.2 |
7.4 |
7.6 |
7.8 |
7.7 |
7.9 |
8.2 |
8.5 |
| Germany
(1) |
9.6 |
9.7 |
9.8 |
10.0 |
10.1 |
10.2 |
10.3 |
10.5 |
10.7 |
11.0 |
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| Italy
|
5.6 |
5.7 |
5.7 |
5.8 |
5.8 |
5.8 |
6.1 |
6.1 |
6.3 |
6.4 |
6.5 |
| Netherlands
|
12.6 |
12.9 |
13.2 |
13.5 |
13.7 |
14.0 |
14.2 |
14.5 |
14.8 |
|
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| Norway
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23.3 |
23.7 |
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| Spain |
4.9 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
5.1 |
5.1 |
5.2 |
5.2 |
5.3 |
5.3 |
5.6 |
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| Sweden
(1) |
9.9 |
10.1 |
10.3 |
10.3 |
10.5 |
10.7 |
10.9 |
11.0 |
11.0 |
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| Switzerland
(1) |
12.9 |
13.2 |
13.7 |
14.3 |
14.1 |
14.1 |
14.5 |
14.7 |
14.9 |
15.2 |
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| United
Kingdom (1) |
8.7 |
9.0 |
9.3 |
9.7 |
9.8 |
10.1 |
9.7 |
9.5 |
9.5 |
9.7 |
9.5 |
| Canada |
|
|
10.5 |
10.6 |
10.6 |
10.7 |
10.8 |
10.8 |
11.1 |
11.3 |
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| United
States (3) |
10.2 |
10.2 |
10.2 |
10.1 |
10.3 |
10.4 |
10.5 |
10.6 |
10.8 |
10.8 |
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Notes
Licensed nurses refer to those who have completed
a programme of nursing education and are qualified
and authorised to practice nursing. They include
practising and other (non-practising) nurses.
(1)
Refer to practising nurses only as figures
on licensed nurses are not available
(2) Figures refer to Singapore residents
only
(3)
Refer to professionally active nurses only as
figures on licensed nurses and practicisng nurse
are not available. They include practising nurses
plus other nurses 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 Statistical
Yearbook of The Republic of China 2010, Edited
2011.
Sweden
figures from OECD
HEALTH DATA 2011 (November 2011).
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