Table 3
Numbers of nurses in Germany.
| Variable | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | Development |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Numbers | Percentage | |||||||
| Total numbers of employee’s working in nursing professions | 870 949 | 907 266 | 944 936 | 973 495 | 1 012 841 | 1 070 842 | +199 893 | +23 |
| Among that employee’s with completed nursing studies | 1228 | 1631 | 1954 | 2291 | 5204 | 4706 | +2478 | +202 |
| Nurses | 448 312 | 455 693 | 463 625 | 468 455 | 477 111 | 485 387 | +37 075 | +8.3 |
| Nurses with 3-year education | 606 019 | 629 638 | 655 211 | 676 533 | 705 872 | 729 655 | +123 636 | +20.4 |
| In % of total nurse numbers | 69.6 | 69.4 | 69.3 | 69.5 | 69.7 | 68.1 | −1.4 | −2.1 |
| Among those, nurses working in hospitals | 325 539 | 329 980 | 326 202 | 316 692 | 317 619 | 324 337 | −1202 | −0.4 |
| Among those, nurses working in preventive and rehabilitation facilities | 17 329 | 18 926 | 18 842 | 19 100 | 19 789 | 19 941 | +2612 | +15.1 |
| Among those, nurses working in outpatient care facilities | 58 144 | 57 457 | 63 233 | 71 425 | 78 184 | 82 055 | +23 911 | +41.1 |
| Among those, nurses working in nursing homes | 47 300 | 49 330 | 55 348 | 61 238 | 61 519 | 59 054 | +11 754 | +24.8 |
| Pediatric nurses | 48 546 | 49 066 | 49 621 | 49 261 | 49 859 | 50 073 | +1527 | +3.1 |
| Among those, nurses working in hospitals | 40 514 | 40 502 | 39 875 | 38 446 | 37 789 | 37 557 | −2957 | −7.3 |
| Geriatric nurses | 109 161 | 124 879 | 141 965 | 158 817 | 178 902 | 194 195 | +85 034 | +77.9 |
Data according to the Board of Nursing (German: Deutscher Pflegerat) [18].
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