The disequilibrium in the distribution of the primary health workforce among eight economic regions and between rural and urban areas in China

Table 2 PHC facilities and workforce per capita and per km² in each economic region in 2009 and 2016

Year	Economic zone	Health professionals		Physicians		Nurses
Year	Economic zone	Per 1000 capita	Per 1000 km²	Per 1000 capita	Per 1000 km²	Per 1000 capita	Per 1000 km²
2009	Northeast	0.83	0.11	0.42	0.06	0.19	0.03
	Northern coastal	1.07	0.56	0.55	0.29	0.21	0.11
	Eastern coastal	1.19	0.87	0.58	0.42	0.29	0.21
	Southern coastal	0.92	0.40	0.41	0.18	0.27	0.12
	Middle reaches of the Yellow River	1.22	0.14	0.68	0.08	0.22	0.02
	Middle reaches of the Yangtze river	1.21	0.39	0.59	0.19	0.27	0.09
	Southwest	0.16	0.02	0.49	0.09	0.19	0.03
	Northwest	0.91	0.01	0.41	0.01	0.22	0.01
	Total	0.93	0.31	0.52	0.16	0.23	0.08
2016	Northeast	1.43	0.20	0.72	0.10	0.41	0.06
	Northern coastal	1.69	0.97	0.88	0.50	0.46	0.27
	Eastern coastal	2.08	1.58	1.06	0.81	0.63	0.48
	Southern coastal	1.73	0.82	0.80	0.38	0.58	0.27
	Middle reaches of the Yellow River	1.63	0.19	0.80	0.09	0.44	0.05
	Middle reaches of the Yangtze river	1.62	0.54	0.81	0.27	0.49	0.16
	Southwest	1.73	0.31	0.77	0.14	0.51	0.09
	Northwest	1.70	0.03	0.73	0.01	0.52	0.01
	Total	1.70	0.58	0.82	0.29	0.51	0.17

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