Written answers

Wednesday, 22 November 2006

Department of Health and Children

Health Service Statistics

9:00 pm

Photo of Liz McManusLiz 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]

Photo of Mary HarneyMary 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 Region20022006*
Dublin/Mid-Leinster#1,139,8701,215,711
Dublin/North-East#831,899927,525
Southern1,003,9721,080,999
Western941,4621,010,690
Ireland3,917,2034,234,925
# 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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