Table 1 Numbers of physicians and municipal bodies each year
From: Trend in geographic distribution of physicians in Japan
Year | Number of practicing physicians | Population (×1,000) | Number of physicians per 100,000 population | Number of municipal bodies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1996 | 230,297 | 125,864 | 183.0 | 3,370 |
1998 | 236,933 | 126,486 | 187.3 | 3,371 |
2000 | 243,201 | 126,926 | 191.6 | 3,368 |
2002 | 249,574 | 127,435 | 195.8 | 3,359 |
2004 | 256,668 | 127,687 | 201.0 | 3,074 |
2006 | 263,540 | 127,770 | 206.3 | 1,973 |