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Nurses per 100 000 population

DefinitionRatio of the number of nurses (nursing personnel) 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.
ReferenceVan Rensburg D, van Rensburg N. Distribution of human resources. In: Crisp N, Ntuli A, editors. South African Health Review 1999. Durban: Health Systems Trust; 1999.
Ref. URLhttp://www.hst.org.za/publications/216
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Indicator Type: -> Health Services -> Health Personnel -> Personnel per population

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ECFSGPKZNLPMPNCNWWCZA
Nurses per 100 000 population [Definition]
1998 ---------[1] 471.8
1998 Public sector261.0262.0242.0268.0234.0183.0181.0213.0267.0[2] 245.3
2001 ---------[3] 388.0
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. WHOSIS: WHO Estimates of Health Personnel. http://www3.who.int/whosis/health_personnel/health_personnel.cfm Now called Global Atlas of the Health Workforce. Available from http://www.who.int/GlobalAtlas/
    Local copy: -
    Not all country data is for 1998 exactly, but most are around 1998. Data presumably includes both public and private sector personnel. Occupational categories are not defined and therefore may not be entirely comparable with other data sources. This data is for Nurses.
  2. SAHR 1999 Ch16: Van Rensburg D, van Rensburg N. Distribution of human resources. In: Crisp N, Ntuli A, editors. South African Health Review 1999. Durban: Health Systems Trust; 1999. http://www.hst.org.za/publications/216
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/
    Number of personnel is determined from PERSAL. Proportion calculated using total population.
  3. WHOSIS: WHO Estimates of Health Personnel. http://www3.who.int/whosis/health_personnel/health_personnel.cfm Now called Global Atlas of the Health Workforce. Available from http://www.who.int/GlobalAtlas/
    Local copy: -
    Downloaded 11/6/2005
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