TABLE 4.

Employment of nurses by sector and registration type (1993–2003)

YEAR/WORK STATUS	HOSPITAL/LTC		COMMUNITY		OTHER		NOT SPECIFIED		TOTAL ACTIVE
REGISTRATION TYPE	RNs	RPNs	RNs	RPNs	RNs	RPNs	RNs	RPNs	RNs	RPNs
1993	63,469	22,577	9,336	1,578	11,723	2,053	413	143	84,941	26,351
1994	61,741	22,473	9,157	1,808	12,422	2,282	582	262	83,902	26,825
1995	59,689	21,181	9,653	2,103	10,613	1,755	808	313	80,763	25,352
1996	59,285	21,221	9,538	2,054	11,520	1,827	1,286	669	81,629	25,771
1997	57,056	21,027	10,298	2,202	12,398	2,111	490	363	80,242	25,703
1998	54,182	19,981	10,430	2,301	13,199	2,476	1,227	841	79,038	25,599
1999	53,404	19,803	11,292	2,581	12,733	2,592	443	213	77,872	25,189
2000	56,612	20,675	12,195	2,757	13,360	2,572	259	173	82,426	26,177
2001	57,398	20,551	12,552	2,981	13,209	2,889	344	170	83,503	26,591
2002	55,549	19,072	11,905	2,844	12,480	2,410	3,220	1,440	83,154	25,766
2003	58,130	19,354	11,622	2,791	12,675	2,356	2,629	1,316	85,056	25,817
# change 93–03	–5,339	–3,223	+2,286	+1,213	+952	+303	+2,216	+1,173	+115	–534
% change 93–03	–8.4	–14.3	+24.5	+76.9	+8.1	+14.8	+536.6	+820.3	+0.1	–2.0