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Table 1 Access to DGHs and GPs

From: Distance, rurality and the need for care: access to health services in South West England

  

25th centile

Popn (%)*

Median

Popn (%)

75th centile

Popn (%)

95th centile

Popn (%)

Maximum

Straight line (km)

DGH

5.4

2.40 (39.3)

11.6

3.97 (65.1)

19.0

5.15 (84.3)

29.0

5.92 (97.1)

50.1

 

GP surgery

0.6

2.24 (36.8)

1.0

4.17 (68.3)

2.2

5.39 (88.4)

4.4

5.96 (97.7)

9.4

Drive time ('minutes')

DGH

7.1

2.38 (38.9)

13.4

3.93 (64.4)

20.5

5.17 (84.7)

31.6

5.93 (97.2)

48.3

 

GP surgery

1.0

2.19 (35.9)

1.7

4.00 (65.5)

3.4

5.28 (86.5)

6.3

5.89 (96.5)

13.7

  1. *Population in millions (percent of the total population) living in wards within this distance of their closest DGH and GP