Professions	2015			2016			2017
Professions	Supply	Demand	Deviation^a	Supply	Demand	Deviation^a	Supply	Demand	Deviation^a
Medical doctors/physicians	33,789	33,105	684	34,148	32,959	1189	34,494	32,798	1696
Nursing and midwifery professionals	28,192	26,667	1525	29,553	26,550	3003	30,803	26,420	4383
Other health professionals	6652	4838	1814	8426	4817	3609	10,186	4793	5393
Total health professionals	68,634	64,610	4024	72,131	64,326	7805	75,489	64,012	11,477
Medical and pharmaceutical technicians	4681	3681	1000	5651	3665	1986	6610	3647	2963
Nursing & midwifery associate professionals	17,622	16,781	841	18,358	16,708	1650	19,026	16,626	2400
Other health associate professionals	5786	4947	839	6583	4926	1657	7366	4902	2464
Total health associate professionals	28,089	25,410	2679	30,592	25,298	5294	33,002	25,175	7827
Personal care workers	1516	1517	−1	1514	1510	4	1504	1503	1
Administrative	11,428	11,301	127	11,425	11,252	173	11,244	11,197	47
Technical & other	12,874	10,993	1881	14,687	10,944	3743	16,451	10,891	5560
Health management and support personnel	24,302	22,294	2008	26,111	22,196	3915	27,694	22,088	5606
Health services providers not elsewhere classified	45	45	0	45	45	0	45	44	1
Total	122,635	113,875	8,760	130,505	113,375	17,130	137,900	112,822	25,078