Eric J. Byrne
Question:197 Mr. E. Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds per thousand population in each county for the most recent year for which figures are available. [1776/97]
Written Answers. - Hospital Services.
Limerick East): The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. The figures provided refer to the number of in-patient beds designated as such in publicly funded acute hospitals. Day beds and beds in district, psychiatric, longstay and private hospitals are excluded from the calculations. It should be noted that the figures are high for counties where regional hospitals and/or national specialties are located. Conversely, for those counties without consultantstaffed acute hospitals the figures are zero.
Number of In-Patient Beds per 1,000 Population by County, 1996*
|
County |
In-Patient Beds per 1,000 Population |
|
Carlow |
0.0 |
|
Cavan |
3.3 |
|
Clare |
0.9 |
|
Cork |
3.4 |
|
Donegal |
2.4 |
|
Dublin |
4.7 |
|
Galway |
4.8 |
|
Kerry |
2.8 |
|
Kildare |
0.7 |
|
Kilkenny |
3.5 |
|
Laois |
2.5 |
|
Leitrim |
2.4 |
|
Limerick |
4.0 |
|
Longford |
0.0 |
|
Louth |
5.4 |
|
Mayo |
2.4 |
|
Meath |
1.7 |
|
Monaghan |
2.9 |
|
Offaly |
2.8 |
|
Roscommon |
2.3 |
|
Sligo |
6.0 |
|
Tipperary |
2.3 |
|
Waterford |
4.1 |
|
Westmeath |
2.9 |
|
Wexford |
1.8 |
|
Wicklow |
0.0 |
|
Total |
3.4 |
*Based on CSO Census of Population, 1996 — preliminary figures.