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Conditions of Public Health
Item
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
Number of Registered Medical Personnel¢Ù(person)
Doctors
9527
9818
10130
10412
10731
11016
Dentists
1724
1779
1826
1855
1907
1848*
Pharmacists
1212
1273
1315
1362
1414
1457
Nurses
39250
38960
40388
42032
43383
43782
Doctors Per Thousand Population
1.4
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.6^
1.6^
Number of Medical Institutions and Hospital Beds
Medical Institutions
(number)
102
105
102
99
98
97
Hospital Beds(bed)
32836
34286
35100
34852
35159
35566
Beds Per Thousand Population
5.0
5.2
5.2
5.2
5.2^
5.2^
Notes: Figures are as at end of the year.
¢Ù
Statistics on the registered medical personnel are maintained by the Medical Council for doctors, Dental Council for dentists, Nursing Council
for nurses and Pharmacy and Poisons Board for pharmacists. Annual renewal of practising certificate is required for doctors, dentists and
pharmacists. Figures for doctors/dentists refer to the doctors/dentists with full registration on both the local and overseas lists. Figures for
nurses refer to both registered nurses and enrolled nurses.
^
Provisional figure.
* In accordance with Section 15(3) of the Dentists Registered Ordinance, Cap. 156 Laws of Hong Kong, 154 names of registered dentists were
removed from the register in 2003.
Offsetting by 95 new dentists registered in 2003, there was a net decrease of 59 dentists in that year.