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Physician Resource Statistics

The College's fourth quarter report for 2011 (July 1 - Sept 30) on physician resources in Alberta is now available. Contents include:

highlights summary of changes in physician resources physician resources by region changes in physician resources by specialty	summary of inflows and outflows inflows and outflows by physicians' place of graduation practice areas designated under Part 5 (Special Register) methodology

Statistical Highlights from 2010

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Registration Information

	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006
Type of Registration
General Register	7,012	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Provisional Register	694	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Full Register	n/a	6,377	6,196	5,994	5,853
Special Register	n/a	1,089	1,004	911	763
Temporary Register	n/a	10	13	12	10
Courtesy Register	n/a	1	1	1	1
Total	7,706	7,477	7,214	6,918	6,627
Gender
Female	2,639	2,524	2,359	2,224	2,079
Male	5,067	4,953	4,855	4,694	4,548
Specialist/Non-Specialist
Specialist	3,956	3,780	3,650	3,490	3,347
Non-Specialist	3,750	3,697	3,564	3,428	3,280
Location
RHA 1 Chinook	n/a	n/a	263	257	242
RHA 2 Palliser	n/a	n/a	152	151	138
RHA 3 Calgary	n/a	n/a	3,030	2,898	2,780
RHA 4 David Thompson	n/a	n/a	421	409	406
RHA 5 East Central	n/a	n/a	111	116	99
RHA 6 Capital	n/a	n/a	2,810	2,683	2,578
RHA 7 Aspen	n/a	n/a	185	183	171
RHA 8 Peace Country	n/a	n/a	164	154	153
RHA 9 Northern Lights	n/a	n/a	78	67	60
Location Unknown	n/a	n/a	0	0	0
South Zone	433	429	n/a	n/a	n/a
Calgary Zone	3,257	3,146	n/a	n/a	n/a
Central Zone	561	552	n/a	n/a	n/a
Edmonton Zone	3,011	2,918	n/a	n/a	n/a
North Zone	444	432	n/a	n/a	n/a
Total	7,706	7,477	7,214	6,918	6,627
Other Registrants
Full Register, out of province	400	397	373	394	360
Educational Register	2,632	2,031	1,945	1,848	1,702
Total	3,032	2,428	2,318	2,242	2,062

Grand Total, All Registrants	10,738	9,905	9,532	9,160	8,689
Retired
Retired, in Alberta	424	394	396	421	426
Retired, out of province	94	90	98	109	111
Total Retired	518	484	494	530	537

Changes in Physician Workforce

Increases	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006
New Registrants
University of Alberta	109	77	73	66	68
University of Calgary	41	53	50	31	46
Other Canadian Universities	148	148	162	140	165
USA	5	3	6	4	4
Other	186	192	193	223	183
Restored to Register	78	86	71	84	60
Returned to Province	39	52	70	54	89
Total	606	611	625	602	615

Decreases
Left Alberta	-96	-132	-121	-128	-130
Retired	-58	-44	-43	-42	-34
Voluntary Erasure	-47	-57	-58	-26	-40
Removed from the Register	-170	-97	-95	-79	-62
Deceased	-10	-12	-5	-12	-8
Total	-381	-342	-322	-287	-274

Net change during each year	225	269	303	315	341

Contact

For more information on quarterly updates, contact the College's Registration Department at publicinquiries@cpsa.ab.ca at 780-423-4764 or toll free at 1-800-561-3899.