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In 2005-06, a total of 424,819 occupied bed days were spent in Tasmanian public hospitals. Almost half (47.2%) of these bed days were occupied by patients in the Greater Hobart-Southern Region, 35.6% were occupied by patients in the Northern Region, and the remaining 17.2% were occupied by patients in the Mersey-Lyell Region. Females accounted for 53.7% of occupied bed days in Tasmanian public hospitals.

OCCUPIED BED DAYS, public hospitals, Tasmanian regions - 2005-06
		Greater Hobart- Southern	Northern	Mersey- Lyell	Tasmania
Age group (years)		no.	no.	no.	no.
Males
	0-4	9,141	5,283	1,692	16,116
	5-14	1,995	1,393	667	4,055
	15-24	4,893	2,219	1,572	8,684
	25-34	9.052	3,944	1,498	14,494
	35-44	7,113	4,040	2,967	14,120
	45-54	9.483	6,411	3,043	18,937
	55-64	12,317	9,138	4,248	25,703
	65-74	19,637	12,918	7,134	39,689
	75-84	16,970	13,163	7,358	37,491
	85+	6,572	7,348	3,312	17,232
	Total	97,173	65,857	33,491	196,521
Females
	0-4	6,738	4,401	1,374	12,513
	5-14	1,953	1,161	542	3,656
	15-24	6,311	4,520	2,440	13,271
	25-34	11,475	7,468	3,733	22,676
	35-44	11,147	5,496	3,765	20,408
	45-54	8,567	6,273	2,935	17,775
	55-64	11,688	7,547	4,306	23,541
	65-74	12,312	11,197	5,661	29,170
	75-84	20,401	21,386	8,898	50,685
	85+	12,741	15,893	5,969	34,603
	Total	103,333	85,342	39,623	228,298
Persons(a)
	0-4	15,879	9,684	3,066	28,629
	5-14	3,948	2,554	1,209	7,711
	15-24	11,204	6,739	4,012	21,955
	25-34	20,527	11,412	5,231	37,170
	35-44	18,260	9,536	6,732	34,528
	45-54	18,050	12,684	5,978	36,712
	55-64	24,005	16,685	8,554	49,244
	65-74	31,949	24,115	12,795	68,859
	75-84	37,371	34,549	16,256	88,176
	85+	19,313	23,241	9,281	51,835
	Total	200,506	151,199	73,114	424,819
(a) Includes occupied bed days of patients whose sex was not recorded. Source: Tasmanian Hospitals Morbidity Data Collection, Hospital and Ambulance Services Division, Department of Health and Human Services.