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Table 3 Geographical supply of nurses and midwives (practicing) between highest and lowest density regions and national average, 2005–2015 (or nearest) (per 100,000 population)

From: Time trends in the regional distribution of physicians, nurses and midwives in Europe

Country / region highest/lowest region

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

PD (per sq. km), 2015

PCchange (2005–2015, or nearest)

CAGR (2005–2015 or nearest)

Bulgaria

452,93

460,83

472,41

475,81

473,51

473,70

474,65

483,86

491,82

486,99

483,02

66,2

6,64

0,59

 North-West

459,25

464,81

481,08

486,64

487,26

494,99

486,10

490,34

496,49

501,01

498,28

42,5

11,00

0,74

 North-East

420,27

436,75

446,00

452,38

454,31

446,69

442,57

434,92

435,57

426,26

425,67

65,5

1,28

0,12

Croatia

532,83

541,50

553,06

573,76

561,99

581,89

595,04

605,94

620,83

616,99

622,86

74,4

16,90

1,43

 Cont. Croatia

     

599,14

615,03

627,26

645,28

641,92

652,73

88,1

8,94

1,44

 Adriatic Croatia

     

546,76

554,40

562,67

571,35

566,71

562,84

56,6

2,94

0,48

Czechia

853,51

848,66

844,65

838,45

850,96

851,91

846,10

848,29

841,00

834,01

841,49

136,6

−1,41

−0,13

 Praha

1.339,12

1.331,16

1.334,91

1.320,76

1.342,13

1.331,29

1.309,12

1.316,97

1.311,98

1.292,98

1.291,57

2604,7

−3,55

−0,33

 Central Bohemia

641,15

638,19

619,49

610,54

619,28

607,81

602,75

603,85

600,20

593,74

596,02

122,3

−7,04

−0,66

Denmark

1.463,40

1.473,77

1.454,96

1.517,45

1.588,82

1.611,90

1.630,28

1.661,63

1.683,74

1.702,46

 

132,4

16,34

1,52

 North Jutland

n/a

n/a

1.548,70

1.657,30

1.756,68

1.818,78

1.862,35

1.878,36

1.863,90

1.867,51

 

74,1

20,59

2,37

 Capital region

n/a

n/a

1.412,73

1.450,92

1.528,41

1.533,23

1.549,10

1.587,68

1.614,49

1.619,55

 

695,1

14,64

1,72

Hungary

614,58

639,32

610,87

631,94

638,35

639,09

638,42

649,75

659,65

658,35

664,09

107,9

8,06

0,71

 South Transdanubia

 

714,31

658,79

677,65

715,95

680,62

686,28

784,32

750,11

704,25

726,41

65,8

1,69

0,17

 Central Transdanubia

 

529,16

552,46

574,19

580,89

572,25

583,67

590,26

593,78

604,05

622,28

99,4

17,60

1,63

Poland

564,19

564,40

575,30

577,49

584,74

587,19

587,35

620,04

587,33

582,90

578,75

123,6

2,58

0,23

 Lubelskie

623,58

585,06

603,37

612,42

612,51

654,52

634,49

694,47

675,08

649,70

672,39

85,1

7,83

0,69

 Wielkopolskie

498,57

495,22

482,16

485,61

457,94

488,07

470,28

521,22

475,14

476,95

450,09

117,0

−9,72

−0,93

Slovenia

750,62

763,43

778,98

792,01

806,99

823,55

838,54

822,01

837,74

862,76

885,71

102,4

18,00

1,52

 West Slovenia

   

866,00

878,74

887,84

902,10

875,95

883,30

924,11

934,62

124,3

7,92

0,96

 East Slovenia

   

729,14

745,43

768,00

783,36

774,91

797,66

808,50

842,28

88,6

15,52

1,82

Sweden

1.145,25

1.160,76

1.171,57

1.175,26

1.175,75

1.183,61

1.185,64

1.189,41

1.190,93

1.188,49

 

24,1

3,78

0,37

 Upper Norrland

1.260,83

1.290,27

1.309,08

1.325,61

1.326,04

1.331,02

1.342,77

1.346,23

1.348,63

1.344,61

 

3,4

6,64

0,65

 Stockholm

1.051,07

1.060,96

1.070,27

1.074,09

1.074,13

1.078,08

1.075,35

1.072,42

1.070,15

1.070,65

 

339,4

1,86

0,18

Average

797,16

806,58

807,73

822,77

835,14

844,11

849,61

860,12

864,13

866,62

679,32

 

8,71

0.844

  1. Notes: PD population density, PC Percentage change, CAGR Compound Average Growth Rate
  2. Work status of nurses and midwives: practicing, except for France (nurses), Portugal, Slovakia and Turkey with data on prof. Active. Deviation from definition: Austria (data refer only to nurses and midwives employed in hospitals), Portugal (nurses who hold a post / job under which nursing education is not required are not excluded. Difference in methodology: Czech Republic (double counting for nurses and midwives working in more than one establishment), Netherlands (until 2008 estimates derived from all registered economically active nurses, from 2014 data refer to nurses and midwives who are licensed to practice, requiring that they have been practicing in the past five years). Reference period: Data at 31st of December, except for the Netherlands (from 2014, last Friday before Christmas), Sweden (1st of November), Norway (3rd week of November), Turkey (no reference period given)
  3. Source: [30]
  4. 2014 is used for the averge as no data is availabe for Denmark and Sweden for 2015. The average for 2015 is much lower (679.32) given that Denmark and Sweden have the highest per capita ratios of nurses and midwives.