Vol. 517 No. 6
260 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of people eligible for medical cards in each health board area on 1 January in each of the years from 1996 to 2000; the percentage of population in each health board area eligible; and the percentage of the national population eligible for medical cards. [10653/00]
In response to the Deputy the relevant information is provided in the following table:
Table 1 : Number of people and percentage of the population covered by medical cards for each health board area from 1996 to 2000.
|
At 1st Jan |
EHB |
MHB |
MWHB |
NEHB |
NWHB |
SEHB |
SHB |
WHB |
|
1996 |
372,24429.89% |
81,38640.09% |
108,15634.81% |
126,09242.01% |
102,84149.40% |
147,53438.50% |
185,73434.90% |
153,068 44.63% |
|
1997 |
352,94427.28% |
80,44639.19% |
106,96133.75% |
122,99340.40% |
102,56948.52% |
146,83637.55% |
186,36334.12% |
153,27243.56% |
|
1998 |
338,02526.08% |
78,52038.20% |
101,63532.09% |
121,06939.71% |
99,30446.81% |
144,76036.85% |
183,07433.49% |
153,96543.70% |
|
1999 |
333,98925.77% |
77,14037.53% |
99,82131.48% |
120,24739.44% |
94,97244.77% |
138,33435.33% |
174,34431.89% |
144,70741.07% |
|
2000 |
334,03125.78% |
72,85935.45% |
96,73430.51% |
112,67336.96% |
98,25446.31% |
137,28135.06% |
170,09331.12% |
142,26240.37% |
|
As at 1 Jan |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
|
% |
35.76% |
34.59% |
33.64% |
31.95% |
31.42% |
