Table 1: Descriptive statistics of the 2013 nursing personnel.
| Individual level | Overall level | |||||||||
| Variable | Category | Sub-category | Subtotal (%) | Total (%) | Variable | Category | Sub-category | Number | % | Total (%) |
| Nursing personnel | Nursing | RN | 141,968 (80.4) | 176,414 (100) | Hospital category | Medical centers | RN | 44,665 | 31.5 | 47,930 (27.2) |
| LPN | 34,446 (19.6) | LPN | 3,265 | 9.5 | ||||||
| Gender | Female | RN | 139,478 | 173,651 (98.4) | Metropolitan hospitals | RN | 50,571 | 35.6 | 57,522 (32.6) | |
| LPN | 34,173 | LPN | 6,951 | 20.2 | ||||||
| Male | RN | 2,490 | 2,763 (1.6) | Local community hospitals | RN | 22,268 | 15.7 | 31,580 (17.9) | ||
| LPN | 273 | LPN | 9,312 | 27 | ||||||
| Age | < 30 | RN | 46,577 | 51,911 (29.4) | Clinics | RN | 24,464 | 17.2 | 39,382 (22.3) | |
| LPN | 5,334 | LPN | 14,918 | 43.3 | ||||||
| 31-40 | RN | 59,788 | 73,839 (41.8) | Sector type | Public hospital | RN | 42,655 | 30 | 48,153 (27.3) | |
| LPN | 14,051 | LPN | 5,498 | 16 | ||||||
| 41-50 | RN | 27,436 | 34,146 (19.3) | Private hospital | RN | 99,313 | 70 | 127,261 (72.7) | ||
| LPN | 6,710 | LPN | 28,948 | 84 | ||||||
| > 50 | RN | 8,167 | 16,518 (9.4) | |||||||
| LPN | 8,351 | |||||||||
RN: Registered Nurse; LPN: Licensed Practical Nurse.