Table 1.

Total number of age-specific hospital bed days (all departments and all diagnoses) in the Western Health Region of Norway as compared to hospital bed days among nursing home patients.

Age groups	Bed days in hospital per 1000
0–15 years	401.90
16–49 years	383.33
50–66 years	898.16
67–79 years	2427.20
80 years and above	4322.56
All ages	816.83
Nursing home patients within hospitals' responsibility regions.	3531.30

(Source: Statistics Norway).