The Department of Health reports that over the course of eight years, there have been a greater than 9% decrease in GP practices in Northern Ireland.
By the end of March this year, 317 surgeries had been performed versus 350 in 2014.
The previous year, there were two fewer.
With a drop of 16 percent over the previous eight years, the Western Trust has experienced the biggest decline in GP practices.
In the same time period, the average number of registered patients per practice increased by about 17%, from 5,500 to 6,439 patients.
Despite the decline in practices, the number of general practitioners (GPs), excluding locums, has increased by nearly 23% to 1,448 since 2014, with an increase of 29 GPs in the most recent year.
Since these numbers relate to total headcount rather than full-time equivalent positions, they do not provide a breakdown of those who work part-time.
Six out of ten doctors of general practice are female.
This represents a significant shift from 2014, when men made up the majority.
In the UK, Scotland has the highest density of general practitioners (GPs) per 100,000 registered residents.
Nearly 54,000 new (first-time) patients from Northern Ireland were registered with GP practices during the most recent fiscal year.
The increase over the previous year is 2,000.
More than half (52%) of these new patients were from outside the United Kingdom (36%) and came from Belfast.
