Table 2

Country level estimates of all-age population and children under 15 years within travel time of 30 min, 1 hour and 2 hours (catchment) of surgery at a national level in sub-Saharan Africa

Country	Estimated 2015 population (in millions)	No of hospitals with potential surgical capacity	Hospital to population ratio per 1 00 000 population	Average catchment Euclidean distance (km)	Proportion of women of childbearing age	Proportion of children under 15 years	Proportion (mean) of people 30 min of a surgical facility	Proportion (mean) of people 1 hour of a surgical facility	Proportion (mean) of people 2 hours of a surgical facility	Estimated burden of surgery in all-age population (in millions) within 30 min	Estimated burden of surgery in all-age population (in millions) within 1 hour	Estimated burden of surgery in all-age population (in millions) within 2 hours	Estimated burden of surgery in children (<15 years, in millions) within 30 min	Estimated burden of surgery in children (<15 years in millions) within 1 hour	Estimated burden of surgery in children (<15 years; in millions) within 2 hours	Estimated burden of surgery in all-age population (in millions) outside of 2 hours catchment (mean in millions)
Angola	24.91	150.00	0.60	37.27	0.22	0.48	0.41	0.55	0.73	2.84–3.25	3.8–4.35	5.13–5.86	1.37–1.57	1.84–2.1	2.48–2.83	6.61
Benin	10.88	48.00	0.44	24.39	0.20	0.51	0.91	0.98	1.00	2.77–3.16	2.99–3.42	3.05–3.48	1.42–1.62	1.53–1.75	1.56–1.79	0.00
Botswana	2.26	29.00	1.28	68.39	0.28	0.33	0.65	0.76	0.90	0.41–0.47	0.48–0.55	0.57–0.65	0.14–0.16	0.16–0.18	0.19–0.21	0.24
Burkina Faso	18.09	62.00	0.34	30.07	0.22	0.47	0.66	0.87	0.98	3.35–3.83	4.39–5.01	4.95–5.66	1.58–1.81	2.07–2.36	2.34–2.67	0.40
Burundi	11.09	49.00	0.44	10.68	0.23	0.48	0.82	0.99	1.00	2.55–2.91	3.07–3.51	3.1–3.55	1.21–1.38	1.46–1.67	1.48–1.69	0.01
Central African Republic	4.85	20.00	0.09	66.79	0.24	0.45	0.59	0.77	0.94	0.8–0.92	1.05–1.2	1.28–1.46	0.36–0.41	0.47–0.54	0.57–0.66	0.28
Cameroon	23.32	184.00	38.56	28.25	0.22	0.46	0.74	0.88	0.98	4.81–5.5	5.78–6.6	6.38–7.29	2.2–2.52	2.65–3.02	2.92–3.34	0.52
Cape Verde	0.48	9.00	0.19	11.34	–	–	0.94	0.96	0.96	0.13–0.14	0.13–0.15	0.13–0.15	–	–	–	0.02
Chad	13.99	78.00	0.56	38.15	0.21	0.50	0.46	0.64	0.80	1.8–2.06	2.52–2.88	3.13–3.58	0.9–1.03	1.26–1.44	1.57–1.79	2.81
Congo Republic	4.57	25.00	0.55	47.09	0.26	0.44	0.65	0.79	0.93	0.83–0.95	1–1.15	1.19–1.36	0.37–0.42	0.44–0.51	0.53–0.6	0.31
Cote d’Ivoire	22.70	100.00	0.44	32.02	0.24	0.44	0.80	0.95	1.00	5.05–5.78	6.02–6.88	6.33–7.23	2.24–2.56	2.67–3.05	2.81–3.21	0.09
Democratic Republic of the Congo	77.24	435.00	0.56	39.17	0.21	0.51	0.59	0.77	0.93	12.79–14.62	16.68–19.06	20.07–22.94	6.58–7.52	8.58–9.81	10.33–11.8	5.56
Djibouti	0.86	13.00	1.52	23.48	0.23	0.43	0.78	0.85	0.93	0.19–0.21	0.2–0.23	0.22–0.26	0.08–0.09	0.09–0.1	0.1–0.11	0.06
Equatorial Guinea	0.81	18.00	2.21	14.89	0.23	0.39	0.68	0.87	0.98	0.16–0.18	0.2–0.23	0.22–0.25	0.06–0.07	0.08–0.09	0.09–0.1	0.02
Eritrea	5.23	22.00	0.42	29.36	0.26	0.41	0.35	0.48	0.63	0.51–0.58	0.7–0.8	0.93–1.06	0.21–0.24	0.29–0.33	0.38–0.43	1.91
Ethiopia	99.29	161.00	0.16	38.44	0.23	0.47	0.42	0.61	0.79	11.73–13.41	17.08–19.52	21.97–25.11	5.47–6.25	7.97–9.11	10.25–11.71	20.82
Gabon	1.67	59.00	3.54	33.26	0.21	0.44	0.72	0.82	0.96	0.33–0.38	0.38–0.44	0.45–0.51	0.15–0.17	0.17–0.19	0.2–0.22	0.07
Gambia	1.87	6.00	0.32	21.24	0.22	0.44	0.95	1.00	1.00	0.5–0.57	0.52–0.6	0.52–0.6	0.22–0.25	0.23–0.26	0.23–0.26	0.00
Ghana	27.36	178.00	0.65	21.05	0.26	0.38	0.92	0.99	1.00	7.04–8.04	7.59–8.68	7.66–8.75	2.65–3.02	2.85–3.26	2.88–3.29	0.00
Guinea	12.58	35.00	0.28	32.83	0.21	0.48	0.67	0.82	0.96	2.35–2.68	2.9–3.32	3.37–3.85	1.13–1.29	1.4–1.6	1.62–1.85	0.55
Guinea Bissau	1.81	8.00	0.44	29.22	0.24	0.44	0.55	0.65	0.81	0.28–0.32	0.33–0.38	0.41–0.47	0.12–0.14	0.15–0.17	0.18–0.21	0.34
Kenya	45.55	399.00	0.88	18.45	0.23	0.44	0.85	0.94	0.98	10.84–12.39	11.99–13.7	12.53–14.32	4.75–5.43	5.26–6.01	5.49–6.28	0.80
Lesotho	2.14	20.00	0.94	22.26	0.26	0.35	0.46	0.69	0.92	0.28–0.32	0.41–0.47	0.55–0.63	0.1–0.11	0.14–0.17	0.19–0.22	0.17
Liberia	4.47	38.00	0.85	32.53	0.23	0.43	0.74	0.88	0.98	0.92–1.05	1.1–1.26	1.23–1.4	0.4–0.46	0.48–0.54	0.53–0.61	0.09
Madagascar	24.11	125.00	0.73	29.42	0.21	0.50	0.46	0.65	0.87	3.11–3.55	4.37–5	5.87–6.71	1.55–1.78	2.19–2.5	2.94–3.35	3.15
Malawi	17.23	56.00	0.32	24.43	0.22	0.46	0.70	0.90	0.99	3.38–3.86	4.33–4.94	4.79–5.47	1.54–1.76	1.98–2.26	2.19–2.5	0.12
Mali	17.63	76.00	0.32	45.69	0.20	0.52	0.68	0.84	0.96	3.36–3.84	4.12–4.71	4.74–5.42	1.73–1.98	2.13–2.43	2.44–2.79	0.70
Mauritania	4.06	18.00	0.44	70.16	0.21	0.46	0.42	0.58	0.79	0.48–0.55	0.66–0.76	0.9–1.02	0.22–0.25	0.3–0.35	0.41–0.47	0.86
Mozambique	27.76	61.00	0.22	44.28	0.24	0.43	0.49	0.63	0.81	3.82–4.37	4.91–5.61	6.29–7.19	1.66–1.9	2.13–2.44	2.73–3.12	5.29
Namibia	2.44	35.00	1.43	75.64	0.25	0.34	0.79	0.89	0.94	0.54–0.62	0.61–0.7	0.65–0.74	0.19–0.21	0.21–0.24	0.22–0.25	0.14
Niger	19.95	41.00	0.21	59.37	0.19	0.56	0.61	0.77	0.89	3.43–3.92	4.32–4.94	5–5.71	1.91–2.18	2.4–2.75	2.78–3.18	2.11
Nigeria	182.14	879.00	0.48	17.70	0.24	0.42	0.90	0.98	1.00	45.97–52.54	49.83–56.95	50.93–58.21	19.23–21.98	20.85–23.83	21.31–24.35	0.23
Rwanda	11.54	47.00	0.41	10.43	0.24	0.42	0.81	0.99	1.00	2.62–2.99	3.19–3.65	3.24–3.7	1.1–1.26	1.34–1.54	1.36–1.56	0.00
Sao Tome and Principe	0.18	2.00	1.09	12.62	–	–	0.99	1.00	1.00	0.05–0.06	0.05–0.06	0.05–0.06	–	–	–	0.00
Senegal	15.10	29.00	0.19	38.46	0.23	0.44	0.79	0.93	0.99	3.36–3.83	3.92–4.48	4.18–4.77	1.49–1.7	1.74–1.99	1.85–2.12	0.18
Sierra Leone	6.29	32.00	0.51	21.75	0.25	0.41	0.73	0.89	0.99	1.28–1.46	1.57–1.8	1.74–1.99	0.53–0.6	0.64–0.74	0.71–0.81	0.08
Somalia	10.72	79.00	0.74	55.30	0.19	0.54	0.67	0.76	0.88	2–2.28	2.27–2.6	2.63–3.01	1.07–1.22	1.22–1.39	1.41–1.61	1.31
South Africa	54.43	327.00	0.60	32.43	0.25	0.30	0.70	0.85	0.96	10.63–12.15	12.95–14.8	14.62–16.7	3.16–3.62	3.86–4.41	4.35–4.97	2.23
South Sudan	12.38	40.00	0.32	60.57	0.23	0.48	0.53	0.74	0.92	1.83–2.09	2.56–2.93	3.18–3.63	0.87–1	1.22–1.39	1.51–1.73	1.04
Sudan	40.22	272.00	0.68	33.70	0.23	0.44	0.47	0.61	0.78	5.31–6.07	6.92–7.9	8.84–10.1	2.32–2.65	3.02–3.45	3.86–4.41	8.67
Swaziland	1.29	7.00	0.54	21.96	0.22	0.48	0.70	0.91	1.00	0.25–0.29	0.33–0.37	0.36–0.41	0.12–0.14	0.16–0.18	0.17–0.2	0.00
Togo	7.31	38.00	0.52	19.65	0.20	0.48	0.77	0.95	0.99	1.58–1.81	1.95–2.22	2.03–2.32	0.77–0.88	0.94–1.08	0.98–1.12	0.05
Uganda	39.08	121.00	0.31	23.99	0.21	0.51	0.64	0.87	0.98	6.98–7.97	9.57–10.93	10.77–12.31	3.59–4.1	4.92–5.62	5.53–6.33	0.62
United Republic of Tanzania	53.20	214.00	0.40	32.40	0.24	0.42	0.62	0.77	0.91	9.19–10.5	11.53–13.18	13.61–15.55	3.87–4.43	4.86–5.56	5.74–6.56	4.61
Zambia	16.21	91.00	0.56	39.42	0.21	0.48	0.49	0.66	0.86	2.22–2.53	3–3.43	3.89–4.45	1.06–1.21	1.43–1.64	1.86–2.13	2.31
Zimbabwe	15.60	169.00	1.08	20.45	0.22	0.48	0.58	0.79	0.96	2.55–2.91	3.45–3.94	4.2–4.8	1.22–1.4	1.66–1.89	2.02–2.31	0.59