"Identifying Information: Name","������ϱ� Care Professionals Employed in Direct Care, by Age Group"
"Identifying Information: Short/Other Names","������ϱ� Care Professional Distribution by Age Group"
"Identifying Information: Description","Number of health care professionals employed in the profession and working in direct care, by age group and type of professional"
"Background, Interpretation and Benchmarks: Rationale","Based on World ������ϱ� Organization (WHO) National ������ϱ� Workforce Accounts indicator 1-07: Percentage of Active ������ϱ� Workers in Different Age Groups, by Cadre and Sex, this indicator can support health human resources decision-makers in research on retirement levels, support projection modeling and influence recruitment campaigns."
"Background, Interpretation and Benchmarks: Interpretation","Descriptive information on the proportion of health care professionals in each defined age group. May reflect education trends and/or recruitment/retention initiatives for health care professionals."
"Background, Interpretation and Benchmarks: HSP Framework Dimension","������ϱ� system resources"
"Background, Interpretation and Benchmarks: Areas of Need","Not applicable"
"Background, Interpretation and Benchmarks: Targets/Benchmarks","WHO: Distribution by age"
"Available Data Years","2011
 to 2020"
"Availability of Results: Geographic Coverage","All provinces/territories"
"Reporting Level/Disaggregation",National
"Reporting Level/Disaggregation: Other reporting level/disaggregation","Professional; may be further aggregated by highest level of education, setting of employment, urban/rural/remote, etc."
"Result Updates: Indicator Results","������ϱ� workforce data tables "
"Update Frequency","Every year"
"Result Updates: Latest Results Update Date","August 2021"
"Result Updates: Updates","Not applicable"
"Indicator Calculation: Description","Number of health care professionals working in direct care, sorted by 5-year age groupsUnit of Analysis: Service provider"
"Indicator Calculation: Type of Measurement",Number
"Indicator Calculation: Number or Rate","Number of health care professionals in defined age groups (e.g., <30, 30–34, 35–39)"
"Denominator: Description:","Predefined age "
"Numerator: Description:","Number of health care professionals employed in the profession and working in direct care"
"Numerator: Inclusions:","Active registered health care professionals employed in the profession and working in direct care.Additional inclusion criteria vary by type of professional."
"Numerator: Exclusions:","Inactive registrants or health care professionals who did not register in a province or territory,������ϱ� care professionals who did not report year of birth and/or age at time of registration.Additional exclusion criteria vary by type of professional."
"Method of Adjustment","Not applicable"
"Adjustment Applied",None
"Indicator Calculation: Geographic Assignment","Place of service"
"Data Sources: Other Data Source",HWDB
"Quality Statement: Caveats and Limitations","Statistics reported may differ from those reported by other organizations due to differences in data collection and reporting methodologies.Issues of under- and/or over-coverage may vary by type of professional.Data is not necessarily available for each province and territory for each type of professional."
"Quality Statement: Trending Issues","Vary by type of professional."
"Quality Statement: Comments","Please note that the available data years, geographic coverage, reporting level/disaggregation and update frequency vary by type of professional.“Available data year” can refer to data year (for nurses) or to reporting year (for occupational therapists, physiotherapists and pharmacists)."
References,"World ������ϱ� Organization. National ������ϱ� Workforce Accounts: A Handbook . 2016.World ������ϱ� Organization.  Global Strategy on ������ϱ� Resources for ������ϱ�: Workforce 2030 . 2016."