asked the Minister for Health the total number of VHI subscribers; the number of adult dependants of subscribers; the number of child dependants of subscribers; and the combined total expressed as a percentage of total population in each of the past five years.
Written Answers. - VHI Subscriber Statistics.
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the tabular statement which will be circulated in the Official Report. A breakdown between adult and child dependants is not available.
|
Year ending February 1983 |
Year ending February 1984 |
Year ending February 1985 |
Year ending February 1986 |
Year ending February 1987 |
|
|
Total Subscribers |
357,783 |
366,371 |
369,970 |
370,510 |
373,506 |
|
Total Dependants (Adult and Child) |
655,963 |
661,823 |
663,291 |
662,199 |
663,974 |
|
Total (Subscribers and Dependants) |
1,013,745 |
1,028,194 |
1,033,261 |
1,032,708 |
1,037,480 |
|
Total Population |
3,504,000* |
3,529,000* |
3,540,000* |
3,540,643 |
3,543,000* |
|
VHI Membership as % of Total Population |
29% |
29% |
29% |
29% |
29% |
* — Estimated.