Table 2.
Overall numbers of physicians and numbers of physicians per 100 000 population in 2000 and 2014
| Year | Specialty | ||||||
| All physicians | Internists | Surgeons | Orthopaedists | OB/GYN specialists | Paediatricians | Anaesthesiologists | |
| Overall number of physicians | |||||||
| 2000 | 243 201 | 95 545 | 25 424 | 19 225 | 12 420 | 14 156 | 5751 |
| 2014 | 296 845 | 110 097 | 23 223 | 23 297 | 12 888 | 16 758 | 8625 |
| Increase in number (%) | 53 644 (22.1%) | 14 552 (15.2%) | −2 201 (− 8.7%) | 4072 (21.2%) | 468 (3.8%) | 2602 (18.4%) | 2874 (50%) |
| Population type | Total | Total | Total | Total | Female | Births (n)* | Paediatric† | Total |
| Number of physicians per 100 000 population | ||||||||
| 2000 | 192.9 | 75.8 | 20.2 | 15.2 | 22.5 | 1043.6 | 76.3 | 4.6 |
| 2014 | 234.8 | 87.1 | 18.4 | 18.4 | 22.7 | 1284.3 | 101.6 | 6.8 |
| Increase in number (%) | 41.9 (21.7%) | 11.3 (14.9%) | −1.8 (− 8.9%) | 3.2 (21.1%) | 0.2 (0.9%) | 240.7 (23.1%) | 25.3 (33.2%) | 2.2 (47.8%) |
| Number of physicians per 100 000 demand-adjusted population | ||||||||
| 2000 | 239.1 | 94 | 25 | 18.9 | 25.7 | NA | 165.6 | 5.7 |
| 2014 | 235.9 | 87.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 21.2 | NA | 220.7 | 6.9 |
| Increase in number (%) | −3.2 (− 1.3%) | −6.5 (− 6.9%) | −6.5 (− 26.0%) | −0.4 (− 2.1%) | −4.5 (− 17.5%) | NA | 55.1 (33.3%) | 1.2 (21.1%) |
*As the number of births was not adjusted for healthcare demand, the numbers of OB/GYN specialists per 100 000 demand-adjusted births are not shown.
†Paediatric population: all residents aged below 15 years.
NA, not applicable; OB/GYN, obstetrics/gynaecology.