17-7    Number of Persons Engaged in Health Institutions in Main Years
							(person)
Year	Total
		Medical Technical	Doctors	Doctors and Paramedics	Doctors with	Assistant Doctors with	Registered Nurses	Number of Doctors per	Persons of Privately Owned &
		Personnel		Who Integrate Traditional	License	License		10 000	Individual
				Chinese Therapeutic with				Population
				Western Therapeutic
1978	66252	51050	16898	1269	6099	9530	10765	14
1980	74627	57949	20614	1502	8590	10522	12077	16
1985	88460	68961	25721	2199	11131	12391	17136	19	188
1990	102053	79853	33686	3095	21872	8716	23386	22	2034
1995	116856	92028	39636	3889	26149	9598	26350	23.9	4252
1996	119653	94542	41687	3986	27291	10410	27630	24.7	4457
1997	122695	97568	42981	3723	28198	11060	29359	25	3602
1998	122642	97591	43236	3659	28395	11182	29990	24.7	3644
1999	122178	97514	43988	3729	29249	11010	30116	24.8	3681
2000	122064	98093	45402	4022	30870	10510	30850	24.6	5835
2001	121374	97476	45366	3899	31824	9643	30982	24.2	5972
2002	110227	89789	37617		28076	9541	28116	19.7	7928
2003	116572	95759	40430		31008	9422	30279	20.9	9731
Note: Prior to 2002,doctors with license were doctors trained in Western medicine,assistant doctors are practioners with Secondary Western medical education,and registered nurses are master nurses and nurses. (The following is the same)