Table 2.

The supply of physicians in 49 Ontario census divisions in 2006, grouped by urbanity

Variable	Primary care physicians	Obstetrician–gynecologists
Optimum supply of physicians per inhabitants	8.00/10 000	6.00/100 000
Greater metropolitan Toronto*
Physician density† (range in census divisions)	9.44/10 000 (6.18–12.42)	6.14/100 000 (2.76–9.79)
No. of inadequately supplied census divisions	3	4
Actual supply – optimum supply	1.44/10 000	0.14/100 000
Supply discrepancy	800	8
Other urban areas‡
Physician density† (range in census divisions)	9.30/10 000 (6.08–15.57)	5.96/100 000 (0.00–10.43)
No. of inadequately supplied census divisions	9	19
Actual supply – optimum supply	1.30/10 000	−0.04/100 000
Supply discrepancy	698	−2
Rural areas§
Physician density† (range in census divisions)	8.52/10 000 (5.61–12.99)	1.87/100 000 (0.00–7.76)
No. of inadequately supplied census divisions	9	19
Actual supply – optimum supply	0.52/10 000	−4.13/100 000
Supply discrepancy	64	−51
Provincial supply discrepancy	1562	−45

^*Population: 5 555 912 people in 5 census divisions.

^†Physician density (no. of physicians per inhabitant population) was the sum of the physician densities in the census divisions weighted by their populations.

^‡Population: 5 371 699 people in 24 census divisions.

^§Population: 1 230 449 people in 20 census divisions.