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. 2011 Jan 22;9:3. doi: 10.1186/1478-4491-9-3

Table 2.

Distribution of doctors, nurses and dentists per 10 000 people in various Bangladeshi divisions

Doctors Nurses Dentists All Nurse per
Doctor ratio
Division
 Barisal 1.7 0.9 0.3 3.08 0.5
 Chittagong 4.8 3.6 0.3 8.8 0.7
 Dhaka 10.8 2.8 0.5 14.2 0.2
 Khulna 1.3 1.9 0.05 3.3 1.4
 Rajshahi 2.1 1.1 0.0 3.2 0.5
 Sylhet 2.2 0.4 0.0 3.2 0.1
Location
 Rural 1.1 0.8 0.08 2.1 0.7
 Urban 18.2 5.8 0.8 24.9 0.3
Sex
 Male 4.5 0.2 0.2 5.0 0.05
 Female 0.8 1.8 0.03 2.7 2.1

All 5.4 2.1 0.3 7.7 0.4