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9. Health Personnel (cf. table I)
The total number of licensed doctors in Iceland was 1054 at the end of the year 1988 where
of 733 were resident in Iceland. The number of midwives at work was 188. Trained nurses at
work were 1,718 and 215 dental surgeons were working in the country.
10. Hospitals
The number of hospitals, large and small, in 1988 was 41 in the whole country with 3,696
beds or 14.8 beds per 1000 inhabitants. Of these, 23 were general hospitals with 2,439 beds or
9.9 beds per 1000 inhabitants. Admissions were 68,783, hospitalization days were 1,250,657
and the occupancy rate was 93.2%. The average stay per patient was 18.3 days and 5.0 days
per inhabitant.
Other health institutions numbered 14 in 1988 with 636 beds or 2.5 beds per 1000 inhabi-
tants.
11. Immunization
Immunizations performed during the year are shown in table VIII.
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