16-16  Number of Medical Technical Personnel by Prefecture, Autonomous Prefecture and City
(2002) (person)
Region Number of Medical  Technical Personnel             Number of Doctors per 10 000 Population
Doctors with License Assistant Doctors with License Registered  Nurses Druggist of Medicine Laboratory Technicians Others
Total 89789 28076 9541 28116 5585 4404 14067 19.7
Urumqi City 13623 5259 423 5176 938 579 1248 32.3
Karamay City 2312 794 224 961 144 136 53 35.1
Shihezi City 5691 1940 705 1756 319 234 737 43.3
Turpan Administrative Offices 2812 952 233 819 169 157 482 20.9
Hami [Kumul] Administrative Offices 3758 1160 409 1194 246 205 544 30.2
Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture 8484 2561 934 2637 661 404 1287 22.9
Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture 20757 6244 2543 5768 1168 1046 3988 21.9
Counties (Cities) Direct Under Ili Prefecture 12441 3618 1220 3570 746 638 2649 19.5
Tacheng [Tarbagatai] Administrative Offices 4925 1411 795 1367 266 248 838 23.5
Altay Administrative Offices 3391 1215 528 831 156 160 501 28.9
Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 2524 770 321 721 165 143 404 25.7
Bayangol Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 6181 2091 593 1788 375 353 981 24.7
Aksu Administrative Offices 7016 1883 787 2379 424 390 1153 12.5
Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture 2328 585 233 717 115 113 565 18.1
Kashgar [Kaxgar] Administrative Offices 9563 2488 1514 3034 497 453 1577 11.5
Hotan Administrative Offices 4740 1349 622 1166 364 191 1048 11.5