Region | Estimated 2015 population (in millions) | No of hospitals with potential surgical capacity | Hospital to population ratio per 1 00 000 population | Percentage of (mean) people 30 min of a surgical facility | Percentage of (mean) people 1 hour of a surgical facility | Percentage of (mean) people 2 hours of a surgical facility | Proportion of children under 15 years | Proportion of women of childbearing age | Estimated burden of surgery in all-age population (in millions) outside of 2 hours catchment (mean in millions) |
Central Africa | 151.55 | 971 | 0.64 | 56.99 | 72.62 | 87.34 | 0.47 | 0.22 | 19.19 |
Eastern Africa* | 329.14 | 1417 | 0.43 | 66.41 | 80.77 | 90.75 | 0.45 | 0.23 | 30.45 |
Southern Africa | 163.47 | 920 | 0.56 | 60.07 | 76.13 | 91.20 | 0.40 | 0.24 | 14.39 |
Western Africa | 352.72 | 1597 | 0.45 | 75.88 | 88.48 | 96.11 | 0.45 | 0.23 | 13.72 |
↵*Eastern African countries include the countries of the Horn of Africa.