Appendix 2

Comparison of population estimates for health regions in Alberta by source, 1995-1997

			1995			1996			1997
HR Code	Health Region (HR) Name	Demography Division,  STC	*Alberta Health	% diff.	Demography Division,  STC	*Alberta Health	% diff.	Demography Division,  STC	*Alberta Health	% diff.
4801	Chinook RHA	143,439	143,778	-0.24	145,450	144,595	0.59	147,198	145,700	1.02
4802	Palliser RHA	85,761	84,312	1.69	86,900	85,546	1.56	88,126	86,718	1.60
4803	Headwaters RHA	69,274	65,315	5.71	71,179	67,055	5.79	72,873	69,193	5.05
4804	Calgary RHA	825,149	816,238	1.08	845,283	833,291	1.42	873,351	860,267	1.50
4805	RHA #5	51,862	50,607	2.42	52,824	51,297	2.89	53,530	51,644	3.52
4806	David Thompson RHA	178,263	175,534	1.53	181,469	177,433	2.22	185,201	180,184	2.71
4807	East Central RHA	103,744	102,017	1.66	103,872	102,040	1.76	104,426	102,674	1.68
4808	Westview RHA	88,505	84,024	5.06	89,437	85,831	4.03	90,827	87,783	3.35
4809	Crossroads RHA	38,736	38,534	0.52	39,004	38,492	1.31	39,539	38,862	1.71
4810	Capital Health Authority	777,895	785,319	-0.95	783,177	784,738	-0.20	794,051	791,614	0.31
4811	Aspen RHA	87,503	80,517	7.98	88,223	80,598	8.64	88,744	80,903	8.84
4812	Lakeland RHA	107,870	105,341	2.34	108,400	105,197	2.95	110,219	106,158	3.68
4813	Mistahia RHA	84,038	82,515	1.81	85,898	84,806	1.27	87,016	86,222	0.91
4814	Peace RHA	20,718	20,094	3.01	21,193	20,052	5.38	21,512	20,002	7.02
4815	Keeweetinok RHA	22,984	24,677	-7.37	23,565	25,001	-6.09	23,984	25,338	-5.65
4816	Northern Lights RHA	36,930	36,442	1.32	37,151	36,633	1.39	38,656	38,332	0.84
4817	Northwestern RHA	17,214	17,119	0.55	17,638	17,753	-0.65	17,951	18,784	-4.64
	Total	2,739,885	2,712,383	1.00	2,780,663	2,740,358	1.45	2,837,204	2,790,378	1.65
* Alberta Health and Wellness (AHW) uses the Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan (AHCIP) Registry when determining health region population estimates. AHW population estimates are a count of the registrants active on June 30 of each fiscal year since 1994, as seen from December 31 of that year.