Table 1 Basic socio-demographic and health service/NHIS indicators
Indicator | Ashanti | Volta | Central | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|
a. Socio-demographics (GSS 2013) | ||||
 Percentage polpulation (2010 PHC) | 19.4 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 24,658,823 |
 Economically active population (2010) | 19.1 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 43.9 |
 Percentage population employed (2010) | 18.6 | 8.6 | 8.5 |  |
 Percentage self-employed of the employed | 65.5 | 75.3 | 69.2 | 64.9 |
 Population density (km2) (2010) | 196 | 103 | 224.1 | 103 |
 Percentage urban population (2010) | 60.6 | 33.7 | 47.1 | 50.9 |
 Sex ratio (males/100 females) (2010) | 94 | 92.8 | 91 | 95.2 |
 Households (2010) | 1,126,216 | 495,603 | 526,764 | 5,467,136 |
 Average household size (2010) | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.4 |
 Percentage population literate (2010) | 82.6 | 73.5 | 78.2 | 74.1 |
b. NHIS service availability (NHIA, 2013) | ||||
 NHIA District Offices | 25 | 15 | 13 | 166 |
 Active NHIS card-bearing members | 1,715,174 | 910,559 | 866,831 | 10,145,196 |
 Percentage active to regional population | 34 | 28 | 23 |  |
 NHIS-credentialed service providers (2013) | 619 | 321 | 334 | 3832 |
c. Health personnel availability (GHS 2013) | ||||
 Percentage share of health professionals | 18.2 | 8.5 | 8.6 |  |
 Percentage share of nurses (Professional) | 45.5 | 53.4 | 39.3 |  |
 Percentage share of nurses (Enlrolled) | 54.5 | 46.6 | 60.7 |  |
 Number of Doctors | 96 | 36 | 26 | n/a |
 Number of Community Health Nurses | 157 | 264 | 130 | n/a |