Statistical highlights

Each year the provision of health care services becomes more complex and demanding, and each year it becomes more interesting, with 2007 proving no exception.

  Patient discharges Patient days Theatre patients Births Outpatients Clinical beds
Mater Private Hospital Brisbane (MPHB) 24,582 93,382 11,041 Not applicable (N/A) Not applicable (N/A) 323
Mater Private Hospital Redland (MPHR) 6,381 11,526 3,194 356 Not applicable (N/A) 67
Mater Mothers' Private Hospital (MMPH) 5,311 29,176 2,103 4,216 Not applicable (N/A) 94
Mater Mothers' Hospital (MMH) 8,896 33,056 2,772 3,972 45,180 102
Mater Children's Private Hospital (MCPH) 4,138 8,434 2,564 Not applicable (N/A) Not applicable (N/A) 32
Mater Children's Hospital (MCH) 14,070 31,524 5,431 Not applicable (N/A) 53,528 129
Mater Adult Hospital (MAH) 18,378 50,614 5,986 Not applicable (N/A) 70,982 191
  Emergency attendances
Mater Adult Hospital (MAH) Emergency 28,555
Mater Children's Hospital (MCH) Emergency 41,382
Mater Private Hospital Brisbane (MPHB) Emergency 18,553

In addition to the regular statistics provided in our annual reviews, we have picked out a few random facts for fun:

  • 48% of babies born at Mater Mothers' Hospitals (MMH) were girls.
  • 7% of cases in Mater Mothers' Hospitals (MMH) were on males (with an average age of 27 days).
  • We serve approximately 3500 meals per day and on a weekly basis use approximately:
    • 1300 kg of peeled potatoes
    • 5200 eggs
    • 6500 bottles of water
    • 1450 loaves of bread
    • 3400 kg of meat and poultry
    • 4900 L of milk
    • 1650 L of juice.