asked the Minister for Health if he will give details of the number of public geriatric beds in each county for each one thousand of population.
Written Answers. - Public Geriatric Beds.
119.
The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below. The data relates to December 1988, using the 1986 census of population statistics, in relation to long-stay geriatric beds in health board geriatric hospitals.
|
County |
Ratio per 1,000 population |
|
Dublin |
0.9 |
|
Wicklow |
1.6 |
|
Laois |
4.9 |
|
Offaly |
1.1 |
|
Westmeath |
2.5 |
|
Longford |
5.0 |
|
Clare |
3.4 |
|
Limerick |
3.2 |
|
Tipperary |
2.9 |
|
Meath |
2.5 |
|
Monaghan |
3.9 |
|
Cavan |
4.6 |
|
Louth |
3.2 |
|
Donegal |
1.1 |
|
Leitrim |
4.7 |
|
Sligo |
6.3 |
|
Carlow |
2.2 |
|
Kilkenny |
2.5 |
|
Wexford |
2.7 |
|
Waterford |
2.8 |
|
Cork |
1.2 |
|
Kerry |
2.5 |
|
Galway |
2.0 |
|
Mayo |
3.1 |
|
Roscommon |
4.2 |
|
Ireland |
2.0 |
The above only includes hospitals which are designated geriatric hospitals and not those designated district hospitals.