Written answers
Wednesday, 22 November 2006
Department of Health and Children
Health Service Statistics
9:00 pm
Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the population in each of the eight Health Service Executive regional areas in the last Census and in the most recent preliminary figures of the 2006 Census in view of the stated increases in expenditure in the Health Estimates 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39659/06]
Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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Population data for the each of the four Health Service Executive (HSE) regions are provided in the following table.
Population of Each of the Health Service Executive Regions for Census Years 2002 and 2006 | ||
HSE Region | 2002 | 2006* |
Dublin/Mid-Leinster# | 1,139,870 | 1,215,711 |
Dublin/North-East# | 831,899 | 927,525 |
Southern | 1,003,972 | 1,080,999 |
Western | 941,462 | 1,010,690 |
Ireland | 3,917,203 | 4,234,925 |
# A small number of Community Care Areas do not coincide with Electoral Division boundaries and for these regions estimated apportionment has been applied. | ||
* Preliminary data | ||
Source: Central Statistics Office |
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