Table 1.
DGH | Total population served | People resident per square kilometre | Population description |
North Tyneside | 235 000 | 2401 | Uniform urban and suburban city population all within 15 kilometres of the ED. |
Wansbeck | 255 000 | 603 | Majority in 5 towns between 1 and 80 kilometres from the ED, remainder rural. |
Hexham | 60 000 | 27 | Majority within 10 kilometres of the ED in a single town, the rest widely dispersed. |
DGH, district general hospital.