| Provincial Distribution of Nursing Manpower versus the Population of South Africa - 2001 | ||||||||||
| Population | Nursing Manpower as at 2001/12/31 | In Training as at 2001/12/31 | ||||||||
| Province | 2001 | Registered | Enrolled | Auxiliaries | Total | Students | Pupils | Pupil N/A | ||
| Northern Province | ||||||||||
| - Females | 3 038 512 | 5912 | 2620 | 2457 | 10989 | 907 | 229 | 67 | ||
| - Males | 2 632 538 | 570 | 346 | 308 | 1224 | 203 | 36 | 3 | ||
| - Total | 5 671 050 | 6482 | 2966 | 2765 | 12213 | 1110 | 265 | 70 | ||
| North West | ||||||||||
| - Females | 1 834 413 | 5548 | 1886 | 3269 | 10703 | 602 | 8 | 140 | ||
| - Males | 1 770 059 | 608 | 191 | 406 | 1205 | 99 | 2 | 67 | ||
| - Total | 3 604 472 | 6156 | 2077 | 3675 | 11908 | 701 | 10 | 207 | ||
| Mpumalanga | ||||||||||
| - Females | 1 587 481 | 3802 | 1734 | 1338 | 6874 | 304 | 217 | 16 | ||
| - Males | 1 503 464 | 275 | 179 | 203 | 657 | 65 | 31 | 3 | ||
| - Total | 3 090 945 | 4077 | 1913 | 1541 | 7531 | 369 | 248 | 19 | ||
| Gauteng | ||||||||||
| - Females | 3 927 055 | 25931 | 5973 | 11932 | 43836 | 1757 | 1766 | 1866 | ||
| - Males | 4 039 656 | 1042 | 317 | 905 | 2264 | 308 | 110 | 113 | ||
| - Total | 7 966 711 | 26973 | 6290 | 12837 | 46100 | 2065 | 1876 | 1979 | ||
| Free State | ||||||||||
| - Females | 1 430 603 | 6342 | 1180 | 2828 | 10350 | 632 | 83 | 149 | ||
| - Males | 1 386 473 | 702 | 277 | 291 | 1270 | 96 | 10 | 38 | ||
| - Total | 2 817 076 | 7044 | 1457 | 3119 | 11620 | 728 | 93 | 187 | ||
| KwaZulu Natal | ||||||||||
| - Females | 4 809 679 | 16836 | 8442 | 6868 | 32146 | 1647 | 1991 | 792 | ||
| - Males | 4 260 779 | 695 | 319 | 737 | 1751 | 238 | 221 | 75 | ||
| - Total | 9 070 458 | 17531 | 8761 | 7605 | 33897 | 1885 | 2212 | 867 | ||
| Northern Cape | ||||||||||
| - Females | 450 055 | 1684 | 619 | 849 | 3152 | 66 | 0 | 0 | ||
| - Males | 429 621 | 100 | 29 | 52 | 181 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||
| - Total | 879 676 | 1784 | 648 | 901 | 3333 | 101 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Western Cape | ||||||||||
| - Females | 2 179 457 | 12551 | 3927 | 7404 | 23882 | 744 | 209 | 269 | ||
| - Males | 2 070 090 | 397 | 163 | 429 | 989 | 111 | 20 | 18 | ||
| - Total | 4 249 547 | 12948 | 4090 | 7833 | 24871 | 855 | 229 | 287 | ||
| Eastern Cape | ||||||||||
| - Females | 3 733 342 | 11030 | 3808 | 4955 | 19793 | 1404 | 0 | 35 | ||
| - Males | 3 245 045 | 527 | 110 | 435 | 1072 | 309 | 0 | 0 | ||
| - Total | 6 978 387 | 11557 | 3918 | 5390 | 20865 | 1713 | 0 | 35 | ||
| Indeterminable | ||||||||||
| - Females | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| - Males | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| - Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | ||||||||||
| - Females | 22 990 597 | 89636 | 30189 | 41900 | 161725 | 8063 | 4503 | 3334 | ||
| - Males | 21 337 725 | 4916 | 1931 | 3766 | 10613 | 1464 | 430 | 317 | ||
| - Total | 44 328 322 | 94552 | 32120 | 45666 | 172338 | 9527 | 4933 | 3651 | ||
| Population per Qualified Nurse (in the same province) | ||||||||||
| Province | Registered | Enrolled | Auxiliaries | Total | ||||||
| Northern Province | 875:1 | 1912:1 | 2051:1 | 464:1 | ||||||
| North West | 586:1 | 1735:1 | 981:1 | 303:1 | ||||||
| Mpumalanga | 758:1 | 1616:1 | 2006:1 | 410:1 | ||||||
| Gauteng | 295:1 | 1267:1 | 621:1 | 173:1 | ||||||
| Free State | 400:1 | 1933:1 | 903:1 | 242:1 | ||||||
| KwaZulu Natal | 517:1 | 1035:1 | 1193:1 | 268:1 | ||||||
| Northern Cape | 493:1 | 1358:1 | 976:1 | 264:1 | ||||||
| Western Cape | 328:1 | 1039:1 | 543:1 | 171:1 | ||||||
| Eastern Cape | 604:1 | 1781:1 | 1295:1 | 334:1 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 469:1 | 1380:1 | 971:1 | 257:1 | ||||||
| *** Population figures - Statistics South Africa (mid year estimates) | ||||||||||
| © 2004 South African Nursing Council | ||||||||||