Table 2 Health occupation groupings by the ISCO-08 four-digit classification system

Traditionally male-dominated

1. Health service managers

6. Nursing ad midwifery professionals

12. Carers in health services

 1 342 health service manager

 2 221 nursing professionals

 5 321 healthcare assistance

 1 343 aged care service manager

 2 222 midwifery professionals

 5 322 home-based personal care workers

2. Medical doctors

7. Nursing and midwifery associate professionals

 5 329 personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classified

 2 211 generalist medical practitioners

 3 221 nursing associate professionals

13. Traditional and complementary medicine professionals

 2 212 specialist medical practitioners

 3 222 midwifery associate professionals

 2 230 traditional and complementary medicine professionals

3. Dentists

8. Community health workers

 3 230 traditional and complementary medicine associate professionals

 2 261 dentists

 3 253 community health workers

14. Paramedical practitioners

4. Pharmacists

9. Other health associate professionals

 2 240 paramedical practitioners

 2 262 pharmacists

 3 251 dental assistants and therapists

15. Allied health staff

5. Medical and pharmaceutical technicians

 3 254 dispensing opticians

 2 263 environmental and occupational health and hygiene professionals

 3 211 medical imaging and therapeutic equipment technicians

 3 255 physiotherapy technicians and assistants

 2 264 physiotherapists

 3 212 medical and pathology laboratory technicians

 3 256 medical assistants

 2 265 dieticians and nutritionists

 3 213 pharmaceutical technicians and assistants

 3 257 environmental and occupational health inspectors and associates

 2 266 audiologists and speech therapists

 3 214 medical and dental prosthetic technicians

 3 258 ambulance workers

 2 267 optometrists and ophthalmic opticians

 3 259 health associate professionals not elsewhere classified

 2 269 health professionals not elsewhere classified

10. Counselling and social work

 2 635 counselling and social work

11. Administration and medical records

 3 344 medical secretary

 3 252 medical records and health information technicians