Geographical Distribution of the Population of South Africa versus Nursing Manpower
			Population	Nursing Manpower as at 2006/12/31				In Training as at 2006/12/31
	Province		2006	Registered	Enrolled	Auxiliaries	Total	Students	Pupils	Pupil N/A
	Limpopo
		- Females	3 006 700	7016	2497	5953	15466	833	306	287
		- Males	2 664 100	727	353	627	1707	235	23	119
		- Total	5 670 800	7743	2850	6580	17173	1068	329	406
	North West
		- Females	1 900 600	5985	1956	3746	11687	1037	1	106
		- Males	1 957 600	635	178	510	1323	289	1	43
		- Total	3 858 200	6620	2134	4256	13010	1326	2	149
	Mpumalanga
		- Females	1 646 200	4549	1545	2419	8513	228	115	45
		- Males	1 606 300	366	153	278	797	60	15	21
		- Total	3 252 500	4915	1698	2697	9310	288	130	66
	Gauteng
		- Females	4 470 100	25711	9048	14440	49199	2924	2797	2462
		- Males	4 741 100	1173	532	1093	2798	543	269	166
		- Total	9 211 200	26884	9580	15533	51997	3467	3066	2628
	Free State
		- Females	1 501 700	6384	1158	2646	10188	476	167	159
		- Males	1 457 100	738	242	299	1279	116	24	46
		- Total	2 958 800	7122	1400	2945	11467	592	191	205
	KwaZulu Natal
		- Females	5 014 300	19221	12745	9151	41117	1922	3667	1012
		- Males	4 717 500	981	1191	1060	3232	502	547	94
		- Total	9 731 800	20202	13936	10211	44349	2424	4214	1106
	Northern Cape
		- Females	454 400	1837	446	869	3152	62	0	508
		- Males	456 100	129	32	63	224	33	0	127
		- Total	910 500	1966	478	932	3376	95	0	635
	Western Cape
		- Females	2 384 400	12902	4354	7409	24665	1119	441	517
		- Males	2 361 100	514	186	486	1186	281	50	46
		- Total	4 745 500	13416	4540	7895	25851	1400	491	563
	Eastern Cape
		- Females	3 684 800	11731	2598	4769	19098	1986	55	322
		- Males	3 366 700	696	91	496	1283	626	5	89
		- Total	7 051 500	12427	2689	5265	20381	2612	60	411
	TOTAL
		- Females	24 063 200	95336	36347	51402	183085	10587	7549	5418
		- Males	23 327 600	5959	2958	4912	13829	2685	934	751
		- Total	47 390 800	101295	39305	56314	196914	13272	8483	6169
Population per Qualified Nurse (in the same province)
	Province			Registered	Enrolled	Auxiliaries	Total
	Limpopo			732:1	1990:1	862:1	330:1
	North West			583:1	1808:1	907:1	297:1
	Mpumalanga			662:1	1915:1	1206:1	349:1
	Gauteng			343:1	962:1	593:1	177:1
	Free State			415:1	2113:1	1005:1	258:1
	KwaZulu Natal			482:1	698:1	953:1	219:1
	Northern Cape			463:1	1905:1	977:1	270:1
	Western Cape			354:1	1045:1	601:1	184:1
	Eastern Cape			567:1	2622:1	1339:1	346:1
	TOTAL			468:1	1206:1	842:1	241:1
***	Population figures - Statistics South Africa (mid year estimates).
	(All population figures have been rounded off to the nearest 100.)
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