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Professional nurses per 100 000 population

DefinitionRatio of the number of professional nurses to the population (per 100 000). Note that the measure of the number of personnel may differ for the public and private sectors and also that the population may be adjusted to be the population assumed to be dependent on that sector.
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Indicator Type: -> Health Services -> Health Personnel -> Personnel per population

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ECFSGPKZNLPMPNCNWWCZA
Professional nurses per 100 000 population [Definition]
2000 Public sector106.1128.9172.5119.8104.690.5122.394.3139.9[1] 120.3
2001 Public sector91.2125.2138.7114.4101.789.0119.795.7137.5[2] 111.9
2002 Public sector74.9124.1136.3109.1110.589.6107.194.1130.0[3] 106.8
2003 Public sector98.5130.7115.1107.3119.393.7127.188.9113.9[4] 107.1
2005 Public sector109.1149.7106.9108.9110.093.2144.690.0111.2[5] 109.2
2006 Public sector102.3139.4113.1111.4110.396.4126.988.9114.7[6] 109.5
2007 Public sector106.3131.6107.3120.9115.392.5147.181.0114.1[7] 110.4
2008 Public sector114.294.5111.7136.3127.5102.9155.081.1123.4[8] 116.6
EC: Eastern Cape  FS: Free State  GP: Gauteng  KZN: KwaZulu-Natal  LP: Limpopo  MP: Mpumalanga  NC: Northern Cape  NW: North West  WC: Western Cape  ZA: South Africa  

Notes and References

  1. PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
    Proportion calculated excluding medical aid members so as to approximate the public sector dependent population. Extracted 2000-12-14.
  2. PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
    Proportion calculated excluding medical aid members so as to approximate the public sector dependent population. Extracted 2001-11-30.
  3. PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
    Proportion calculated excluding medical aid members so as to approximate the public sector dependent population. Extracted 2002-09-30.
  4. PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
    Extracted 2003-19-30
  5. PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
    Extracted 2005-05-31
  6. PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
    Extracted 2006-03-31
  7. PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
  8. PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
    Data extracted 2008-03-31. Note that this total includes only the posts that are filled at time of data extraction. The South African total also includes posts within the National Department of Health.
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