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. 2017 Jul 13;19(1):6–14. doi: 10.1177/1751143717714948

Table 3.

Accessibility by helicopter: Population and areal coverage, by health board.

Health board
Intermediate critical care facilities
Definitive critical care facilities
Area
Population
Area
Population
Area
Population
Name km2 n km2 % n % km2 % n %
Ayrshire and Arran 3369 373,339 3369 100 373,339 100 3124 93 372,207 100
Borders 4732 113,615 2706 57 62,134 55 2706 57 62,134 55
Dumfries and Galloway 6426 151,302 3411 53 89,847 59 2921 45 76,170 50
Fife 1325 367,036 1325 100 367,036 100 1325 100 367,036 100
Forth Valley 2643 297,529 2643 100 297,529 100 2544 96 297,212 100
Greater Glasgow and Clyde 1104 1,143,934 1104 100 1,143,934 100 1104 100 1,143,934 100
Grampian 8736 568,800 6247 72 544,544 96 5058 58 406,419 71
Highland 32,593 320,067 17,621 54 273,090 85 11,075 34 215,894 67
Lanarkshire 2242 651,635 2242 100 651,635 100 2242 100 651,635 100
Lothian 1724 834,461 1714 99 834,299 100 1714 99 834,299 100
Orkney 990 21,349 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shetland 1467 23,154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tayside 7527 409,481 7461 99 409,388 100 6796 90 408,807 100
Western Isles 3060 28,396 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0