Table 1 Socio-economic and demographic, health service characteristics of Cangnan and Yongjia counties and Wenzhou City (2017)

Permanent population (million, people)^a

8.25

1.35

0.98

GDP per capita (US $)^a

9761

5677

5672

Per capita disposable income of urban residents (US $)

7684

6438

6187

Per capita disposable income of rural residents (US $)

3727

3005

3003

Number of medical and health institutions

5579

750

552

Number of beds in medical and health institutions (per 1000 people)

4.84

3.54

3.26

Number of practicing (assistant) physicians (per 1000 people)

3.23

1.92

2.41

Number of registered nurses (per 1000 people)

3.15

2.03

1.89