3.3 GP visits per capita

There were a total of 181,348 GP consultations in 2022, a 2-percent increase on the previous year.

This amounts to 3.3 consultations per capita, reports Statistics Faroe Islands.

Other highlights from the GP statistics 2022 report include:

• School-age children were the least frequent GP visitors

• The 70+ age group visited GPs most frequently

• Suðuroy and Norðoyggjar had the fewest out-of-office-hours GP consultations

• The highest number of out-of-office-hours GP consultations was registered among foreign nationals and residents in Suðurstreymoy

• Sandoy had the highest per capita number of GP visits. Norðstreymoy, Suðurstreymoy and Suðuroy the lowest.

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