| Provincial Distribution of Nursing Manpower versus the Population of South Africa - 2004 | ||||||||||
| Population | Nursing Manpower as at 2004/12/31 | In Training as at 2004/12/31 | ||||||||
| Province | 2004 | Registered | Enrolled | Auxiliaries | Total | Students | Pupils | Pupil N/A | ||
| Limpopo | ||||||||||
| - Females | 2 827 044 | 6608 | 2548 | 3808 | 12964 | 975 | 206 | 381 | ||
| - Males | 2 684 919 | 676 | 365 | 362 | 1403 | 264 | 14 | 107 | ||
| - Total | 5 511 963 | 7284 | 2913 | 4170 | 14367 | 1239 | 220 | 488 | ||
| North West | ||||||||||
| - Females | 1 868 556 | 5761 | 1918 | 3442 | 11121 | 822 | 2 | 145 | ||
| - Males | 1 938 913 | 621 | 179 | 442 | 1242 | 163 | 2 | 55 | ||
| - Total | 3 807 469 | 6382 | 2097 | 3884 | 12363 | 985 | 4 | 200 | ||
| Mpumalanga | ||||||||||
| - Females | 1 643 620 | 4332 | 1601 | 1598 | 7531 | 321 | 108 | 63 | ||
| - Males | 1 600 686 | 342 | 167 | 205 | 714 | 49 | 14 | 13 | ||
| - Total | 3 244 306 | 4674 | 1768 | 1803 | 8245 | 370 | 122 | 76 | ||
| Gauteng | ||||||||||
| - Females | 4 304 881 | 25746 | 7944 | 13720 | 47410 | 2367 | 2439 | 3451 | ||
| - Males | 4 542 859 | 1118 | 447 | 1029 | 2594 | 400 | 149 | 239 | ||
| - Total | 8 847 740 | 26864 | 8391 | 14749 | 50004 | 2767 | 2588 | 3690 | ||
| Free State | ||||||||||
| - Females | 1 498 495 | 6455 | 1048 | 2760 | 10263 | 535 | 144 | 124 | ||
| - Males | 1 452 166 | 744 | 254 | 310 | 1308 | 103 | 23 | 37 | ||
| - Total | 2 950 661 | 7199 | 1302 | 3070 | 11571 | 638 | 167 | 161 | ||
| KwaZulu Natal | ||||||||||
| - Females | 4 998 672 | 18165 | 10270 | 8083 | 36518 | 1963 | 4202 | 1153 | ||
| - Males | 4 667 203 | 830 | 659 | 956 | 2445 | 464 | 619 | 123 | ||
| - Total | 9 665 875 | 18995 | 10929 | 9039 | 38963 | 2427 | 4821 | 1276 | ||
| Northern Cape | ||||||||||
| - Females | 449 592 | 1797 | 501 | 871 | 3169 | 90 | 0 | 59 | ||
| - Males | 449 757 | 122 | 30 | 57 | 209 | 49 | 0 | 12 | ||
| - Total | 899 349 | 1919 | 531 | 928 | 3378 | 139 | 0 | 71 | ||
| Western Cape | ||||||||||
| - Females | 2 299 738 | 12716 | 4077 | 7450 | 24243 | 802 | 347 | 412 | ||
| - Males | 2 270 959 | 432 | 185 | 455 | 1072 | 182 | 14 | 43 | ||
| - Total | 4 570 697 | 13148 | 4262 | 7905 | 25315 | 984 | 361 | 455 | ||
| Eastern Cape | ||||||||||
| - Females | 3 708 599 | 11432 | 2986 | 4695 | 19113 | 2116 | 17 | 135 | ||
| - Males | 3 379 948 | 593 | 87 | 460 | 1140 | 615 | 0 | 25 | ||
| - Total | 7 088 547 | 12025 | 3073 | 5155 | 20253 | 2731 | 17 | 160 | ||
| TOTAL | ||||||||||
| - Females | 23 599 197 | 93012 | 32893 | 46427 | 172332 | 9991 | 7465 | 5923 | ||
| - Males | 22 987 410 | 5478 | 2373 | 4276 | 12127 | 2289 | 835 | 654 | ||
| - Total | 46 586 607 | 98490 | 35266 | 50703 | 184459 | 12280 | 8300 | 6577 | ||
| Population per Qualified Nurse (in the same province) | ||||||||||
| Province | Registered | Enrolled | Auxiliaries | Total | ||||||
| Limpopo | 757:1 | 1892:1 | 1322:1 | 384:1 | ||||||
| North West | 597:1 | 1816:1 | 980:1 | 308:1 | ||||||
| Mpumalanga | 694:1 | 1835:1 | 1799:1 | 393:1 | ||||||
| Gauteng | 329:1 | 1054:1 | 600:1 | 177:1 | ||||||
| Free State | 410:1 | 2266:1 | 961:1 | 255:1 | ||||||
| KwaZulu Natal | 509:1 | 884:1 | 1069:1 | 248:1 | ||||||
| Northern Cape | 469:1 | 1694:1 | 969:1 | 266:1 | ||||||
| Western Cape | 348:1 | 1072:1 | 578:1 | 181:1 | ||||||
| Eastern Cape | 589:1 | 2307:1 | 1375:1 | 350:1 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 473:1 | 1321:1 | 919:1 | 253:1 | ||||||
| *** Population figures - Statistics South Africa (mid year estimates) | ||||||||||
| © 2005 South African Nursing Council | ||||||||||