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Doctors and other healthcare personnel per 100 thousand inhabitants

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2020

┴555.5

%ooo

1960

79.8

%ooo

Doctors per 100 thousand inhabitants

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Years	Doctors per 100 thousand inhabitants	Dentists per 100 thousand inhabitants	Odontologists per 100 thousand inhabitants	Nurses per 100 thousand inhabitants	Pharmacists per 100 thousand inhabitants
1960	79.8	-	-	107.6	-
1965	86.9	-	-	125.0	-
1970	94.0	-	0.8	158.9	-
1975	122.1	-	4.9	204.5	-
1980	197.9	-	4.9	226.7	-
1985	245.7	-	4.2	239.3	-
1990	280.6	6.7	3.8	282.0	54.5
1991	284.4	6.8	3.7	302.1	-
1992	287.4	8.1	3.5	303.3	-
1993	288.7	9.8	3.4	319.6	-
1994	290.6	12.0	3.4	328.2	-
1995	292.8	14.1	3.4	341.4	-
1996	297.1	16.4	3.3	342.9	67.4
1997	301.0	18.8	3.3	361.9	72.5
1998	306.0	21.8	3.3	371.5	73.9
1999	310.6	26.2	3.2	-	76.3
2000	315.8	32.3	2.8	-	78.3
2001	320.7	36.3	2.8	381.5	73.2
2002	323.9	39.7	2.8	401.2	76.4
2003	329.3	42.1	3.7	419.3	82.6
2004	335.9	44.9	3.7	436.7	86.5
2005	344.1	48.1	3.7	458.5	90.4
2006	350.9	53.8	3.6	484.3	95.9
2007	359.5	53.4	3.5	512.9	96.0
2008	368.7	57.1	3.5	537.1	101.6
2009	379.4	62.5	3.5	564.0	107.4
2010	391.9	65.9	3.5	590.5	103.0
2011	405.4	69.8	3.5	610.7	112.6
2012	417.2	73.5	-	622.0	104.4
2013	433.1	77.8	-	629.3	-
2014	449.4	81.0	-	637.8	113.1
2015	468.1	84.7	-	653.9	117.0
2016	486.6	88.9	-	673.0	120.9
2017	504.2	94.3	-	694.9	126.3
2018	521.8	99.2	-	716.2	131.1
2019	┴538.9	┴(R)102.5	-	┴736.6	┴134.7
2020	┴555.5	┴106.6	-	┴757.3	┴151.2

Sources/Entities: INE, PORDATA
Last updated: 2021-10-07

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