24-28 Health |  |  |  |
Items | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |  |  |  |
Medical Personnel in Health Care |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Doctors | 859 | 869 | 880r | 895r | 891 |  |  |  |
Odontologists | 48r | 76r | 92r | 88r | 86 |  |  |  |
Nurses | 905 | 895 | 897 | 943 | 960 |  |  |  |
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technical Assistants | 175 | 181 | 212 | 206 | 233 |  |  |  |
Health Service Assistants | 355 | 356 | 360 | 381 | 378 |  |  |  |
Number of Doctors per 1000 Residents | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 |  |  |  |
Health Care Establishments and Beds |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Hospitals (No.) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |  |  |  |
Beds (No.) ① | 964r | 958r | 955r | 990r | 980 |  |  |  |
Number of Beds per 1000 Residents | 2.3r | 2.3r | 2.2r | 2.3r | 2.2 |  |  |  |
Notes: ①Includes beds of general hospitalization and intensive care. |  |  |  |  |