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In 2001-02, a total of 366,419 occupied bed days were spent in Tasmanian public hospitals. Over half (50.8%) of these bed days were occupied by patients in the Greater Hobart-Southern Region, 33.7% were occupied by patients in the Northern Region, and the remaining 15.5% were occupied by patients in the Mersey-Lyell Region. Females accounted for 52.7% of occupied bed days in Tasmanian public hospitals, and males accounted for 47.3%.
In 2001-02, a total of 207,496 occupied bed days were spent in Tasmanian private hospitals. Females accounted for 59.3% of occupied bed days in Tasmanian private hospitals, and males accounted for 40.7%.
OCCUPIED BED DAYS, Tasmanian regions - 2001-02 |
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hospitals | | Private
hospitals |
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Hobart-
Southern | Northern | Mersey-
Lyell | Tasmania | | Tasmania |
Age group (years) |
no.
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no.
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no.
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no.
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no.
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Males | | | | | | |
| 0-4 | 5,697 | 6,954 | 1,460 | 14,111 | | 5,300 |
| 5-14 | 1,498 | 1,315 | 746 | 3,559 | | 7,471 |
| 15-24 | 4,769 | 1,871 | 1,476 | 8,116 | | 1,137 |
| 25-34 | 6,238 | 3,072 | 2,046 | 11,356 | | 2,140 |
| 35-44 | 5,979 | 3,077 | 2,429 | 11,485 | | 2,900 |
| 45-54 | 8,421 | 4,151 | 2,310 | 14,882 | | 5,280 |
| 55-64 | 15,501 | 8,404 | 4,645 | 28,550 | | 8,290 |
| 65-74 | 17,690 | 10,355 | 6,741 | 34,786 | | 11,481 |
| 75-84 | 17,516 | 11,845 | 4,730 | 34,091 | | 15,291 |
| 85+ | 6,581 | 4,270 | 1,585 | 12,436 | | 25,138 |
| Total | 89,890 | 55,314 | 28,168 | 173,372 | | 84,428 |
Females | | | | | | |
| 0-4 | 5,710 | 5,988 | 879 | 12,577 | | 4,761 |
| 5-14 | 1,448 | 1,429 | 483 | 3,360 | | 13,835 |
| 15-24 | 6,093 | 5,843 | 1,807 | 13,743 | | 852 |
| 25-34 | 8,479 | 7,859 | 2,568 | 18,906 | | 4,766 |
| 35-44 | 6,499 | 5,234 | 2,715 | 14,448 | | 13,623 |
| 45-54 | 8,345 | 3,881 | 2,649 | 14,875 | | 11,989 |
| 55-64 | 10,356 | 5,993 | 3,563 | 19,912 | | 14,264 |
| 65-74 | 17,750 | 8,555 | 4,753 | 31,058 | | 13,587 |
| 75-84 | 21,021 | 14,100 | 5,681 | 40,802 | | 17,766 |
| 85+ | 10,508 | 9,380 | 3,478 | 23,366 | | 27,625 |
| Total | 96,209 | 68,262 | 28,576 | 193,047 | | 123,068 |
Persons(a) | | | | | | |
| 0-4 | 11,407 | 12,942 | 2,339 | 26,688 | | 10,061 |
| 5-14 | 2,946 | 2,744 | 1,229 | 6,919 | | 21,306 |
| 15-24 | 10,862 | 7,714 | 3,283 | 21,859 | | 1,989 |
| 25-34 | 14,717 | 10,931 | 4,614 | 30,262 | | 6,906 |
| 35-44 | 12,478 | 8,311 | 5,144 | 25,933 | | 16,523 |
| 45-54 | 16,766 | 8,032 | 4,959 | 29,757 | | 17,269 |
| 55-64 | 25,857 | 14,397 | 8,208 | 48,462 | | 22,554 |
| 65-74 | 35,440 | 18,910 | 11,494 | 65,844 | | 25,068 |
| 75-84 | 38,537 | 25,945 | 10,411 | 74,893 | | 33,057 |
| 85+ | 17,089 | 13,650 | 5,063 | 35,802 | | 52,763 |
| Total | 186,099 | 123,576 | 56,744 | 366,419 | | 207,496 |
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(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. |
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