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Health

Medical Practitioner Per 10,000 Total Population

Data from Jan 1960 to Dec 2019

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 14:53 SGT

MOH (Ministry of Health)

Data explorer

MedicalPractitionerPer10000TotalPopulation.csv (180 rows, 8 KB)

Year
Year (YYYY)
Type of Medical Practitioner
Text
Value
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)7.8%
1960Doctors Per 10,000 Total Population4
1960Dentists Per 10,000 Total Population2
1960Nurses Per 10,000 Total Populationna
1961Doctors Per 10,000 Total Population4
1961Dentists Per 10,000 Total Population2
1961Nurses Per 10,000 Total Populationna
1962Doctors Per 10,000 Total Population4
1962Dentists Per 10,000 Total Population2
1962Nurses Per 10,000 Total Populationna
1963Doctors Per 10,000 Total Population4

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
YearyearYear (YYYY)--
Type of Medical Practitionerlevel_1Text--
ValuevalueNumericNo.-
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Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_a9800ace0c5a6048ff2b9d06c9d602b6"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Ministry of Health. (2015). Medical Practitioner Per 10,000 Total Population (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 13, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_a9800ace0c5a6048ff2b9d06c9d602b6/view

About this dataset

Contact

feedback@data.gov.sg

Created on

06 Jul 2015

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

MOH (Ministry of Health)