Table 26

(Chapter 8: Health)
Hospital Beds and Registered Medical Personnel
  2001   2002#  
Number   Ratio (1)   Number   Ratio (1)  
                 
Hospital beds 5 617   5.2   5 654   5.2  
Doctors(2) 10 412   1.5   10 731   1.6  
Chinese medicine practitioners(3) —   —   2 385   0.3  
Dentists(2) 1 855   0.3   1 907   0.3
Pharmacists 1 362   0.2   1 414   0.2  
Nurses(4) 42 032   6.2   43 383   6.4
Midwives 12 175 1.8   5 136 + 0.8
Notes: Figures are as at end of the year.
  (1) Number of beds/personnel 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 5 484 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.
  + The number of midwives dropped in 2002 due to the removal of inactive personnel from the registry.
Sources: Department of Health.
(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2961 8582)
  Hospital Authority.
(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2300 6515)