| Provincial Distribution of Nursing Manpower versus the Population of South Africa - 2000 | ||||||||||
| Population | Nursing Manpower as at 2000/12/31 | In Training as at 2000/12/31 | ||||||||
| Province | 2000 | Registered | Enrolled | Auxiliaries | Total | Students | Pupils | Pupil N/A | ||
| Northern Province | ||||||||||
| - Females | 2 963 398 | 5608 | 2709 | 2212 | 10529 | 900 | 273 | 106 | ||
| - Males | 2 551 409 | 523 | 354 | 321 | 1198 | 179 | 26 | 5 | ||
| - Total | 5 514 807 | 6131 | 3063 | 2533 | 11727 | 1079 | 299 | 111 | ||
| North West | ||||||||||
| - Females | 1 815 666 | 5393 | 2046 | 3238 | 10677 | 573 | 2 | 75 | ||
| - Males | 1 751 111 | 581 | 208 | 412 | 1201 | 79 | 0 | 11 | ||
| - Total | 3 566 777 | 5974 | 2254 | 3650 | 11878 | 652 | 2 | 86 | ||
| Mpumalanga | ||||||||||
| - Females | 1 563 534 | 3671 | 1678 | 1499 | 6848 | 302 | 328 | 29 | ||
| - Males | 1 479 104 | 259 | 169 | 237 | 665 | 71 | 46 | 5 | ||
| - Total | 3 042 638 | 3930 | 1847 | 1736 | 7513 | 373 | 374 | 34 | ||
| Gauteng | ||||||||||
| - Females | 3 878 231 | 25823 | 5848 | 11718 | 43389 | 2029 | 1162 | 1248 | ||
| - Males | 3 994 974 | 1004 | 313 | 898 | 2215 | 345 | 58 | 59 | ||
| - Total | 7 873 205 | 26827 | 6161 | 12616 | 45604 | 2374 | 1220 | 1307 | ||
| Free State | ||||||||||
| - Females | 1 417 540 | 6264 | 1293 | 2908 | 10465 | 706 | 49 | 86 | ||
| - Males | 1 373 193 | 697 | 304 | 296 | 1297 | 115 | 8 | 36 | ||
| - Total | 2 790 733 | 6961 | 1597 | 3204 | 11762 | 821 | 57 | 122 | ||
| KwaZulu Natal | ||||||||||
| - Females | 4 768 109 | 16632 | 8128 | 6981 | 31741 | 1618 | 1629 | 407 | ||
| - Males | 4 218 749 | 665 | 291 | 723 | 1679 | 223 | 146 | 39 | ||
| - Total | 8 986 858 | 17297 | 8419 | 7704 | 33420 | 1841 | 1775 | 446 | ||
| Northern Cape | ||||||||||
| - Females | 446 155 | 1628 | 689 | 858 | 3175 | 69 | 0 | 0 | ||
| - Males | 426 710 | 98 | 35 | 54 | 187 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||
| - Total | 872 865 | 1726 | 724 | 912 | 3362 | 96 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Western Cape | ||||||||||
| - Females | 2 147 693 | 12464 | 3882 | 7524 | 23870 | 750 | 81 | 204 | ||
| - Males | 2 042 963 | 371 | 165 | 425 | 961 | 99 | 3 | 12 | ||
| - Total | 4 190 656 | 12835 | 4047 | 7949 | 24831 | 849 | 84 | 216 | ||
| Eastern Cape | ||||||||||
| - Females | 3 668 844 | 11053 | 4158 | 5178 | 20389 | 1284 | 0 | 22 | ||
| - Males | 3 178 318 | 534 | 112 | 446 | 1092 | 270 | 0 | 1 | ||
| - Total | 6 847 162 | 11587 | 4270 | 5624 | 21481 | 1554 | 0 | 23 | ||
| Indeterminable | ||||||||||
| - Females | 0 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| - Males | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| - Total | 0 | 35 | 17 | 15 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | ||||||||||
| - Females | 22 669 170 | 88571 | 30447 | 42126 | 161144 | 8231 | 3524 | 2177 | ||
| - Males | 21 016 531 | 4732 | 1952 | 3817 | 10501 | 1408 | 287 | 168 | ||
| - Total | 43 685 701 | 93303 | 32399 | 45943 | 171645 | 9639 | 3811 | 2345 | ||
| Population per Qualified Nurse (in the same province) | ||||||||||
| Province | Registered | Enrolled | Auxiliaries | Total | ||||||
| Northern Province | 899:1 | 1800:1 | 2177:1 | 470:1 | ||||||
| North West | 597:1 | 1582:1 | 977:1 | 300:1 | ||||||
| Mpumalanga | 774:1 | 1647:1 | 1753:1 | 405:1 | ||||||
| Gauteng | 293:1 | 1278:1 | 624:1 | 173:1 | ||||||
| Free State | 401:1 | 1747:1 | 871:1 | 237:1 | ||||||
| KwaZulu Natal | 520:1 | 1067:1 | 1167:1 | 269:1 | ||||||
| Northern Cape | 506:1 | 1206:1 | 957:1 | 260:1 | ||||||
| Western Cape | 327:1 | 1035:1 | 527:1 | 169:1 | ||||||
| Eastern Cape | 591:1 | 1604:1 | 1217:1 | 319:1 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 468:1 | 1348:1 | 951:1 | 255:1 | ||||||
| *** Population figures - Statistics South Africa (mid year estimates) | ||||||||||
| © 2001 South African Nursing Council | ||||||||||