25-29 Health
Items | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006
Medical Personnel in Health Care (persons) |  |  |  |  |
Doctors | 921 | 1009 | 1092r | 1105 | 1235
Odontologists | 85 | 83 | 82 | 81 | 80
Nurses | 980 | 1010 | 1063 | 1134 | 1212
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technical Assistants | 289r | 276r | 302r | 315r | 365p
Health Service Assistants | 502r | 551r | 574r | 655r | 676p
Number of Doctors per 1000 Residents ① | 2.0 | 2.1r | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.2
Health Care Establishments and Beds |  |  |  |  |
Hospitals (No.) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3
Beds (No.) ② | 951 | 960 | 984 | 984 | 980
Number of Beds per 1000 Residents | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.9
Notes: ①Excluding dentists.
②Including beds for general hospitalization, intensive care and newborns.