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Table 1 Palliative Care Locations and Population within Catchment Areas for each Health Authority

From: A method to determine spatial access to specialized palliative care services using GIS

Health Authority

Locations

Total Pop.

Pop. In Catchment

% in Catchment

FHA

8 (+2)

1,387,010

1,326,967

95.67

IHA

5

683,863

411,150

60.12

NHA

1 (+1)

297,415

107,150

36.03

VCHA

10

1,016,380

909,121

89.45

VIHA

5

693,779

582,100

83.90

Total

29 (+3)

4,078,447

3,336,500

81.81

  1. Total population figures from Statistics Canada (2002).