| Provincial Distribution of Nursing Manpower versus the Population of South Africa - 1998 | ||||||||||
| Population | Nursing Manpower as at 1998/12/31 | In Training as at 1998/12/31 | ||||||||
| Province | 1998 | Registered | Enrolled | Auxiliaries | Total | Students | Pupils | Pupil N/A | ||
| Northern Province | 5 179 000 | 5587 | 2805 | 2919 | 11311 | 950 | 639 | 64 | ||
| North West | 3 481 000 | 5697 | 2318 | 3924 | 11939 | 997 | 211 | 100 | ||
| North West | 2 924 000 | 3706 | 1563 | 2281 | 7550 | 326 | 423 | 122 | ||
| Gauteng | 7 628 000 | 26676 | 5902 | 13605 | 46183 | 3028 | 1362 | 535 | ||
| Free State | 2 725 000 | 6864 | 1879 | 3483 | 12226 | 1084 | 41 | 156 | ||
| KwaZulu Natal | 8 726 000 | 16575 | 8499 | 8271 | 33345 | 2011 | 1361 | 362 | ||
| Northern Cape | 861 000 | 1638 | 817 | 1016 | 3471 | 100 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Western Cape | 4 087 000 | 12584 | 4149 | 8462 | 25195 | 1246 | 102 | 126 | ||
| Eastern Cape | 6 519 000 | 11659 | 4801 | 5967 | 22427 | 1547 | 4 | 27 | ||
| Indeterminable | 0 | 25 | 11 | 20 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 42 130 000 | 91011 | 32744 | 49948 | 173703 | 11289 | 4143 | 1492 | ||
| Population per Qualified Nurse (in the same province) | ||||||||||
| Province | Registered | Enrolled | Auxiliaries | Total | ||||||
| Northern Province | 927:1 | 1846:1 | 1774:1 | 458:1 | ||||||
| North West | 611:1 | 1502:1 | 887:1 | 292:1 | ||||||
| North West | 789:1 | 1871:1 | 1282:1 | 387:1 | ||||||
| Gauteng | 286:1 | 1292:1 | 561:1 | 165:1 | ||||||
| Free State | 397:1 | 1450:1 | 782:1 | 223:1 | ||||||
| KwaZulu Natal | 526:1 | 1027:1 | 1055:1 | 262:1 | ||||||
| Northern Cape | 526:1 | 1054:1 | 847:1 | 248:1 | ||||||
| Western Cape | 325:1 | 985:1 | 483:1 | 162:1 | ||||||
| Eastern Cape | 559:1 | 1358:1 | 1093:1 | 291:1 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 463:1 | 1287:1 | 843:1 | 243:1 | ||||||
| *** Population figures - Statistics South Africa (mid year estimates) | ||||||||||
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