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Table 1 Regional distribution of physicians in Turkey 1965-2000

From: How the government intervention affects the distribution of physicians in Turkey between 1965 and 2000

  

Years

1965

1970

1975

1980

1985

1990

1995

2000

Total population/total physician

2881

2572

1858

1642

1391

1115

890

792

Region 1

Total phys.

Number of.

4654

5350

7959

8215

11403

13495

17551

19392

Pop/Physc

675

728

607

700

608

629

574

590

Specialists

Number of.

3138

3493

4721

5860

7328

8272

8646

10404

Pop/Specia

1002

1115

1024

981

946

1027

1166

1099

GP's

Number of.

1516

1857

3238

2367

4075

5223

8905

8988

Pop/GP's

2073

2098

1493

2429

1701

1626

1132

1272

Region 2

Total phys.

Total Physc

337

374

643

681

1150

1671

2628

3335

Pop/Physc

5264

5326

3481

3777

2524

1933

1343

1068

Specialists

Number of.

211

238

425

415

661

827

1149

1477

Pop/Specia

8408

8370

5266

6198

4392

3906

3072

2412

GP's

Number of.

126

136

218

266

489

844

1479

1858

Pop/GP's

14079

14647

10266

9669

5937

3827

2387

1917

Region 3

Total phys.

Total Physc

373

442

673

666

1490

2346

3157

4009

Pop/Physc

4863

4430

3150

3593

1780

1283

1055

909

Specialists

Number of.

282

316

425

455

887

1266

1459

1784

Pop/Specia

6433

6196

4988

5259

2990

2377

2283

2043

GP's

Number of.

91

126

247

211

603

1080

1698

2225

Pop/GP's

19934

15540

8583

11341

4398

2786

1961

1638

Region 4

Total phys.

Total Physc

1281

1401

3011

3375

4776

6606

9253

11935

Pop/Physc

2581

2625

1368

1367

1102

906

720

596

Specialists

Number of.

802

933

1784

1846

2895

3266

3948

5434

Pop/Specia

4122

3941

2308

2499

1819

1833

1687

1308

GP's

Number of.

479

468

1227

1529

1881

3340

5305

6501

Pop/GP's

6902

7857

3356

3017

2799

1793

1255

1094

Region 5

Total phys.

Total Physc

261

307

455

634

1027

1533

2223

2510

Pop/Physc

6303

5824

4200

3207

2181

1581

1156

1069

Specialists

Number of.

163

207

277

371

502

609

825

943

Pop/Specia

10092

8638

6899

5480

4462

3980

3115

2845

GP's

Number of.

98

100

178

263

525

924

1398

1567

Pop/GP's

16786

17880

10736

7730

4267

2623

1838

1712

Region 6

Total phys.

Total Physc

185

195

248

537

736

1349

2369

3205

Pop/Physc

5124

5579

4899

2484

2068

1351

894

770

Specialists

Number of.

113

136

165

257

385

624

960

1372

Pop/Specia

8389

8000

7364

5191

3953

2920

2205

1798

GP's

Number of.

72

59

83

280

351

725

1409

1833

Pop/GP's

13167

18441

14639

4764

4336

2513

1503

1346

Region 7

Total phys.

Total Physc

1503

3142

4932

5816

7069

8582

12125

14044

Pop/Physc

2112

1165

866

785

722

631

465

445

Specialists

Number of.

782

1927

2720

3247

3995

452

5714

6616

Pop/Specia

4060

1899

1570

1406

1278

1336

986

948

GP's

Number of.

721

1215

2212

2557

3074

4530

6411

7341

Pop/GP's

4404

3012

1931

1786

1660

1195

879

851

Region 8

Total phys.

Total Physc

194

214

259

281

859

1535

2171

2634

Pop/Physc

7655

7893

7282

7381

2711

1694

1292

1200

Specialists

Number of.

114

152

163

129

426

612

719

900

Pop/Specia

13026

11112

11571

16078

5467

4248

3903

3511

GP's

Number of.

80

62

96

152

433

923

1452

1734

Pop/GP's

18563

27242

19646

13645

5379

2817

1933

1822

Region 9

Total phys.

Total Physc

252

274

454

553

1088

1736

2512

3075

Pop/Physc

9274

9201

5967

5264

2858

1855

1299

1068

Specialists

Number of.

169

203

314

302

540

673

887

1236

Pop/Specia

13828

12419

8627

9639

5759

4786

3680

2657

GP's

Number of.

83

71

140

251

548

1063

1625

1839

Pop/GP's

28157

35507

19350

11598

5675

3030

2009

1786

Region 10

Total phys.

Total Physc

192

224

332

611

1101

1810

2104

2639

Pop/Physc

9047

8353

6078

3524

2103

1343

1187

999

Specialists

Number of.

127

151

222

276

513

754

709

882

Pop/Specia

13677

12391

9090

7801

4513

3223

3523

2990

GP's

Number of.

65

73

110

335

588

1056

1395

1757

Pop/GP's

26723

25630

18346

6427

3937

2301

1791

1501

Region 11

Total phys.

Total Physc

606

625

961

1352

2478

3097

4389

6786

Pop/Physc

4736

5365

4222

3501

2247

2049

1518

1116

Specialists

Number of.

385

431

633

744

1443

1514

1788

2746

Pop/Specia

7455

7780

6410

6362

3859

4191

3727

2758

GP's

Number of.

221

194

328

608

1035

1583

2553

3764

Pop/GP's

12986

17284

12369

7785

5381

4008

2610

2012

Region 12

Total phys.

Total Physc

155

237

342

723

846

1268

1742

2064

Pop/Physc

11471

8165

5965

2873

2569

1682

1167

1131

Specialists

Number of.

84

112

191

245

376

449

531

689

Pop/Specia

21167

17277

10681

8478

5779

4751

3829

3388

GP's

Number of.

71

125

151

478

470

819

1211

1375

Pop/GP's

25042

15480

13510

4345

4623

2604

1679

1698

Region 13

Total phys.

Total Physc

147

220

282

330

564

963

1677

2227

Pop/Physc

9163

6941

6082

5461

3500

2179

1302

1071

Specialists

Number of.

57

106

162

118

229

294

479

656

Pop/Specia

23632

14406

10586

15271

8620

7136

4557

3636

GP's

Number of.

90

114

120

212

335

669

1198

1571

Pop/GP's

14967

13395

14292

8500

5893

3136

1822

1518

Region 14

Total phys.

Total Physc

245

310

43

383

745

1707

1780

2240

Pop/Physc

6486

6106

4451

6243

3901

2053

2275

2030

Specialists

Number of.

81

179

220

120

243

678

480

687

Pop/Specia

19617

10575

9773

19925

11959

5168

8435

6620

GP's

Number of.

164

131

263

263

502

1029

1297

1553

Pop/GP's

9689

14450

8175

9091

5789

3405

3122

2929

Region 15

Total phys.

Total Physc

382

450

576

647

843

1066

1471

1832

Pop/Physc

4555

4247

3590

3326

2728

2108

1446

1313

Specialists

Number of.

112

215

234

268

371

314

438

549

Pop/Specia

15536

8888

8838

8030

6200

7156

4856

4383

GP's

Number of.

270

235

342

379

472

752

1033

1185

Pop/GP's

6444

8132

6047

5678

4873

2988

2059

2030

Region 16

Total phys.

Total Physc

128

78

104

165

252

440

676

877

Pop/Physc

5500

10872

9596

7176

5437

3445

2506

2213

Specialists

Number of.

37

19

41

32

84

100

188

272

Pop/Specia

19027

44632

24342

37000

16310

15160

9011

7136

GP's

Number of.

91

59

63

133

168

340

488

605

Pop/GP's

7736

14373

15841

8902

8155

4459

3471

3208