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2.1 Availability of Hospital Beds (31 December 2007)Explanatory Notes
  Gascoyne Goldfields-Esperance Great Southern Kimberley Mid West Peel Pilbara South West Wheatbelt Regional Western Australia Perth Western Australia
Number of Public Hospital Beds 39 154 181 135 128 205 101 309 327 1,579 4,043 5,622
Number of Public Hospital Beds per 1,000 Persons 4.1 2.8 3.3 4.1 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.2 4.5 2.9 2.7 2.7
Maximum Number of Licensed Private Hospital Beds 0 0 4 10 60 181 0 157 0 412 3,138 3,550
Number of Licensed Private Hospital Beds per 1,000 Persons 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 1.2 2.0 0.0 1.1 0.0 4.7 2.1 6.7
Total 39 151 185 145 188 364 101 466 327 1,966 6,639 8,605
Source: Department of Health

2.2 Hospital Separations (2006/7)Explanatory Notes
                         
Hospital Separations 1,611 12,187 16,494 16,306 16,002 24,518 10,209 40,975 9,545 147,847 587,369 735,486
No. of Hospital Separations per 1,000 persons 168 219 297 494 309 274 230 289 133 267 390 357
Source: Hospital Morbidity Data Collections, MR


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