Statistics Norway

Spesialized health services. Ambulance services

2   Number of ambulances, operating hours, assignments and kilometres driven. In total and per inhabitant, by regional health enterprise. 2003
Regional health enterprises Number of operating ambulances1 Number of operating hours per week Number of assignments Number of kilometres driven Number of ambulances operating 24 hours per 100 000 inhabitants Number of operating hours per inhabitant Number of assignments per 1 000 inhabitants Number of kilometres driven per assignment
The whole country  521 79 790  468 400 227 216 237 9 0.91  102 258
Helseregion Øst  113 13 911  154 958 27 358 845 5 0.44 95 247
Helseregion Sør 87 12 830 91 272 5 288 527 8 0.75  102 58
Helseregion Vest 93 15 061 94 848 4 332 643 8 0.83  101 46
Helseregion Midt-Norge 94 15 087 64 368 4 613 309 12 1.22  100 72
Helseregion Nord  134 22 901 62 954 5 622 913 25 2.57  136 89
1  This figure include both ambulances operating 24 hours and ambulances operating less than 24 hours.
2  Corrected 19.08.2004

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