Table 2.

Provincial disparity ranges (only extremes) of selected health professionals in the public sector (2010)

Professional category	Provincial disparity range (best and worst ratios)
Medical practitioners	Western Cape 1:737 versus 1:5805 Limpopo
Registered nurses	Free State 1:512 versus 1:1191 Gauteng
Dentists	Western Cape 1:4854 versus 1: 42 496 Limpopo
Pharmacists	Western Cape 1:3532 versus 1:15 812 Limpopo
Physiotherapists	Western Cape 1:3 855 versus 1:39 704 Limpopo
Occupational therapists	Western Cape 1:6301 versus 1:65 319 North West
Dental therapists	Mpumalanga 1:54 810 versus 1:1 741 302 Western Cape
Psychologists	Gauteng 1:3568 versus 1:53 328 Limpopo