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Health

Medical Practitioner Per 10,000 Total Population

Data from Jan 1960 to Dec 2019Updated 7 months ago

MOH (Ministry of Health)

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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%
1960	Doctors Per 10,000 Total Population	4
1960	Dentists Per 10,000 Total Population	2
1960	Nurses Per 10,000 Total Population	na
1961	Doctors Per 10,000 Total Population	4
1961	Dentists Per 10,000 Total Population	2
1961	Nurses Per 10,000 Total Population	na
1962	Doctors Per 10,000 Total Population	4
1962	Dentists Per 10,000 Total Population	2
1962	Nurses Per 10,000 Total Population	na
1963	Doctors Per 10,000 Total Population	4

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Type of Medical Practitioner	level_1	Text	-	-
Value	value	Numeric	No.	-

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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 January 15, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_a9800ace0c5a6048ff2b9d06c9d602b6/view

About this dataset

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Created on

06 Jul 2015

Licence

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

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MOH (Ministry of Health)

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