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Table 1 Characteristics of the 7 Watchtowers and the constituting 18 municipalities. Data per 01.01.2006, otherwise stated.

From: Development, implementation, and pilot study of a sentinel network ("The Watchtowers") for monitoring emergency primary health care activity in Norway

Watchtower

Population

Area (km2)

Municipality

Population categories (1–3)

Change in population, 2001 to 2006 (quartiles)

Gross income, men 17 years + 2004 (quartiles)

Centralisation classification (1–7), 1994

Nes

18,022

637

Nes

2

4

3

7

Solør

20,646

2,583

Grue

2

1

2

4

   

Ã…snes

2

1

1

4

   

VÃ¥ler

1

2

1

4

Arendal

85,431

5,622

Arendal

3

3

3

6

   

Fyresdal

1

3

1

1

   

Risør

2

2

2

5

   

Grimstad

2

4

4

7

   

Nissedal

1

1

2

6

   

Gjerstad

1

3

2

4

   

Vegårdshei

1

3

2

6

   

Tvedestrand

2

2

3

6

   

Froland

1

4

3

6

   

Ã…mli

1

1

1

1

Kvam

8,306

616

Kvam

2

2

3

2

Austevoll

4,391

117

Austevoll

1

2

4

2

Tromsø

63,596

2,566

Tromsø

3

4

3

7

Alta

17,889

3,849

Alta

2

4

2

3

Norway

4,640,200

385,199

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