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Decreasing doctors/elderly population and

doctors/population with chronic disease over time

Number of doctors per 1,000 population aged 65+ and

1,000 population with chronic diseases (1)
13.9
14

13

12 11.7 11.8 +2,583 doctors

11

10

9 +9,011 doctors

8
7.2

7

6
2000 2002 2003 2007 2009 2010 2013 2015 2017

Doctors/population aged 65+ Doctors/population with chronic diseases
Note.
(1) Figures in 2007 THS and before refer to respondents who reported diseases that required long-term
follow-up. Figures in 2009 THS and after refer to persons reported chronic health conditions as Source: Census Population Estimates, Thematic Household 12
diagnosed by practitioners of Western medicine. Survey 2000-2017, Census and Statistics Department.