HONG KONG 2004
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Table 27
(Chapter 8: Health)
 
Hospital Beds and Selected Types of Registered Healthcare Professionals
 
              2003   2004#  
   
          Number   Ratio (1) Number   Ratio (1)
Hospital beds         35 526   5.2   34 400   5.0  
Doctors(2)         11 016   1.6   11 242   1.6  
Chinese medicine practitioners(3)         4 738   0.7   4 986   0.7  
Dentists(2)         1 848   0.3   1 896   0.3  
Pharmacists         1 457   0.2   1 517   0.2  
Nurses(4)         43 782   6.4   44 402   6.4  
Midwives         4 791   0.7   4 866   0.7  
Chiropractors(5)         67   †   74   †  
 
 
Notes:
Figures are as at end of the year.
(1) Number of beds/healthcare professionals per 1 000 population.
(2) Figures refer to doctors/dentists with full registration on the local and overseas lists.
(3) Figures are available since 2002. They do not include 3 015 listed Chinese medicine practitioners who can practise lawfully in Hong Kong but are required to pass the Registration Assessment or Licensing Examination before they can apply for registration.
(4) Figures refer to registered nurses and enrolled nurses.
(5) It has become a mandatory requirement for registered chiropractors to practise only with valid practising certificates since February 2003.
† Less than  0.05.
Source: Department of Health.
(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2961 8582)
Hospital Authority.
(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2300 6515)
 
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