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. 2018 Jul 3;77(1):1492825. doi: 10.1080/22423982.2018.1492825

Table 4.

Density of health professionals (per 100,000) in Denmark, Greenland, Faroe Islands and Iceland.

  2000–2004 Ratio 2005–2009 Ratio 2010–2014* Ratio
Physicians            
Denmark 298 1.00 336 1.00 358 1.00
 Greenland 148 0.50 178 0.53 171 0.48
 Faroe Islands 192 0.64 188 0.56 245 0.67
Iceland 354 1.00 362 1.00 358 1.00
Dentists            
Denmark 85 1.00 84 1.00 78 1.00
 Greenland 53 0.63 50 0.60 48 0.62
 Faroe Islands 82 0.96 83 0.99 88 1.12
Iceland 100 1.00 94 1.00 87 1.00
Nurses            
Denmark 963 1.00 974 1.00 1014 1.00
 Greenland 397 0.41 473 0.49 448 0.44
 Faroe Islands 756 0.79 603 0.62 906 0.89
Iceland 829 1.00 855 1.00 894 1.00

Notes: * 2014 or most recently available data.

Sources: Data for Denmark, Greenland and Faroe Islands are from NOMESCO. Data for Iceland are from OECD. See text for details.