Table 18. Number of radiotherapy institutions, treatment devices, patient load and personnel: trend 1990–2012.

	1990	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	Survey year 2003	2005	2007	2009	2010	2011	2012
Institutions	378	629	504	568	636	603	726	712	721	700	705	694	709
Response rate, %	48.5	88.3	73.9	78.6	86.3	85.3	100	96.9	94.2	90.9	90.4	88.2	90.0
New patients	62 829	―	71 696	84 379	107 150	118 016	149 793	156 318	170 229	182 390	190 322	185 455	190 910
Total patients	―	―	―	―	―	―	―	191 173	205 087	217 829	226 851	220 092	225 818
Average no. of new patients	166	―	142	149	168	196	206	220	236	261	270	267	269
Treatment devices (actual use) LINAC	311	508	407	475	626	626	744	765	807	816	829	836	864
Telecobalt	170	213	127	98	83	45	42	11	15	11	9	3	0
192Ir RALS	―	―	29	50	73	93	117	119	123	130	131	125	130
Full- time ROs	547	748	821	889	925	878	921	1003	1007	1085	1123	1102	1122
FTE RO	―	―	―	―	―	―	―	774	826	939	959	1019	1062
Full-time JRS/JASTRO-certified ROs	―	―	―	―	―	308	369	426	477	529	564	756	792
FTE RT technologist	592	877	665	733	771	918	1555	1635	1,634	1836	1841	2027	2124
Treatment planning equipment X-ray simulators	295	430	394	452	512	464	532	502	445	361	348	320	305
CT simulators	30	75	55	96	164	247	329	407	497	575	633	654	677
RTP computers	238	468	374	453	682	680	874	940	1070	1271	1381	1484	1611