Table 6: Doctors and Nurses: All India
Number per 1,00,000 population

Year	1961		1971		1981		1991
	Doctors	Nurses	Doctors	Nurses	Doctors	Nurses	Doctors	Nurses
Major States
Andhra Pradesh		8.97	22.18	16.66	43.05	20.32	49.67	23.34
Assam		8.97	32.05	11.04	36.35	13.00	47.08	10.18
Bihar		2.83	18.54	6.52	26.22	11.09	30.55	10.29
Gujarat		*	26.23	9.54	42.99	14.45	52.98	59.00
Haryana		*	*	*	*	13.97	*	20.73
Jammu and Kashmir		*	16.22	*	44.53	*	55.80	*
Karnataka		*	26.43	6.29	51.05	13.94	98.58	52.21
Kerala		.33	27.09	19.43	45.95	37.48	56.72	78.41
Madhya Pradesh		5.54	11.53	9.55	8.07	15.50	16.92	88.00
Maharashtra		23.02	45.28	39.10	65.43	54.03	62.72	48.64
Orissa		2.87	19.70	7.49	30.67	11.26	35.19	50.23
Punjab		28.42	91.20	64.67	127.88	94.56	134.51	116.25
Rajasthan		*	12.95	11.01	25.43	15.33	32.01	22.38
Tamil Nadu		23.43	45.46	34.34	65.69	51.75	81.94	60.49
Uttar Pradesh		3.66	14.59	3.86	21.54	6.78	23.91	9.24
West Bengal		13.89	58.02	11.38	60.15	16.23	61.38	25.26
Other States
Arunachal Pradesh		*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Goa, Daman and Diu		*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Mizoram		*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Pondichery		*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Himachal Pradesh		*	*	*	*	4.44	*	29.82
Manipur		*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Meghalaya		*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Nagaland		*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Sikkim		*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Tripura		*	*	*	*	*	*	*
All India		8.10	27.57	14.71	39.22	21.95	47.19	36.88

Note:  Only rural population taken.
         * Not available
Sources: Health Information of India, CBHI, MOHFW, GOI, respective years.

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Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XXX, No.15, April 15, 1995, pp.834-844 & Vol. XXX, No. 16, April 22, 1995, pp.901-908