The changing demographics of the orthotist/prosthetist workforce in Australia: 2007, 2012 and 2019

Table 1 Number of orthotist/prosthetists (and proportion of national workforce), practitioner prevalence, and population estimates [13] for each state/territory and national

	Number of practitioners (proportion of national workforce, %)			Practitioner prevalence (i.e., number of practitioners per 100,000 population)			Population estimates
State	2007	2012	2019	2007	2012	2019	2007	2012		2019
ACT	2 (1)	3 (1)	7 (2)	0.59	0.80	1.64	342,644	376,539		426,704
NSW	48 (27)	48 (19)	80 (20)	0.70	0.66	0.99	6,834,156	7,304, 244		8,089,817
NT	0	2 (0.8)	2 (0.5)	0	0.85	0.81	213,748	235,915		245,929
QLD	23 (13)	28 (11)	59 (14)	0.55	0.61	1.16	4,111,018	4,568, 687		5,094,510
SA	20 (11)	20 (8)	31 (8)	1.26	1.21	1.77	1,570,619	1,656, 725		1,751,963
TAS	5 (3)	9 (4)	13 (3)	1.01	1.76	2.43	493,262	511,724		534,457
VIC	70 (39)	124 (50)	188 (46)	1.34	2.21	2.85	5,153,522	5,651, 091		6,596,039
WA	11 (6)	13 (5)	30 (7)	0.52	0.53	1.14	2,106,139	2,425, 507		2,621,509
Australia	179	247	410	0.85	1.09	1.62	20,827,622		22,733, 465	25,365,571

ACT Australian Capital Territory, NSW New South Wales, NT Northern Territory, QLD Queensland, SA South Australia, TAS Tasmania, VIC Victoria, WA Western Australia

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