Addressing the deficiencies in the evidence-base for primary practice in regional Australia - sentinel practices data sourcing (SPDS) project: a pilot study

Table 1 Proportion of local population that consulted the general practice during the 15 months (30 ^th April 2011 to 31 ^st July 2012)

Postcodes of persons in the sample	No. of patients from the postcode within the sample	Proportion of the sample from the postcode (%)	Usual resident population of the postcode	Proportion of the local population included in the sample (%)
2529^	2,618	72.3	22,309	11.7
2533*	230	6.35	14,938	1.5
2528^	205	5.66	23,283	0.9
2527^	140	3.86	20,614	0.7
2534*	127	3.51	4,991	2.5
2530^#	44	1.21	29,720	0.1
Total ^~	3364 ^~	92.9 ^~	115,855	2.9

^~Postcodes that contributed to less than 1% of the sample are not included in this table.
^Postcode is within Shellharbour LGA.
*Postcode is within Kiama LGA.
^#Postcode is within Wollongong LGA.

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