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Table 2 Number of mothers and catchments in each service level a

From: The safety of Canadian rural maternity services: a multi-jurisdictional cohort analysis

Service level

Alberta (n = 70,037)

Alberta Number of catchments in each service level

British Columbia (n = 61,991)

British Columbia number of catchments in each service level

Nova Scotia (n = 18,769)

Nova Scotia number of catchments in each service level

Total (n = 150,797)

1

322

4

601

14

 

955

2

1339

11

623

20

99

^

2070

3

3082

34

1892

23

1772

^

7024

4

7126

17

2976

11

 

14947

5

22666

30

6814

13

993

2

33000

6

4463

4

7206

7

 

17022

7

302

1

2778

2

440

1

3543

8

30737

6

39101

16

15465

6

85548

  1. aDataset excludes multiples, congenital anomalies, planned homebirths, and accidental out of hospital births ^ In Nova Scotia actual residence by address data was available so travel time calculations were made for individual women, rather than entire catchments