Table 1 Descriptive statistics for population, health clinic, and average outpatient attendance at national and regional levels, by urban and rural
Region | Health Clinic | Population (‘000)1 | Health Clinic: Population ratio | Pre-pandemic (Jan 2019 – Feb 2020) | 1st lockdown implementation (March – May 2020) | Lifting of 1st lockdown (June – Dec 2020) | 2nd lockdown implementation (Jan – June 2021) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Count | Column % | Count | Column % | Attendance2 | Attendance2 | % ∆ | Attendance2 | % ∆ | Attendance2 | % ∆ | ||
National | 1,053 | 100.0 | 32,447 | 100.0 | 1: 30,814 | 3,256 | 2,346 | -27.9 | 2,531 | 7.9 | 2,434 | -3.8 |
 Urban | 430 | 40.8 | 24,354 | 75.1 | 1: 56,637 | 5,917 | 4,156 | -29.8 | 4,528 | 9.0 | 4,332 | -4.3 |
 Rural | 623 | 59.2 | 8,093 | 24.9 | 1: 12,990 | 1,458 | 1,140 | -21.8 | 1,187 | 4.1 | 1,128 | -5.0 |
Northern | 197 | 100.0 | 6,653 | 100.0 | 1: 33,772 | 4,290 | 3,150 | -26.6 | 3,490 | 10.8 | 3,460 | -0.9 |
 Urban | 109 | 55.3 | 4,996 | 75.1 | 1: 45,835 | 6,054 | 4,398 | -27.4 | 4,952 | 12.6 | 4,900 | -1.1 |
 Rural | 88 | 44.7 | 1,657 | 24.9 | 1: 18,830 | 2,131 | 1,653 | -22.4 | 1,719 | 4.0 | 1,671 | -2.8 |
Central | 102 | 100.0 | 9,086 | 100.0 | 1: 89,078 | 7,006 | 4,590 | -34.5 | 5,129 | 11.7 | 4,963 | -3.2 |
 Urban | 88 | 86.3 | 8,794 | 96.8 | 1: 99,932 | 7,776 | 5,069 | -34.8 | 5,681 | 12.1 | 5,492 | -3.3 |
 Rural | 14 | 13.7 | 292 | 3.2 | 1: 20,857 | 2,169 | 1,579 | -27.2 | 1,700 | 7.7 | 1,638 | -3.6 |
Southern | 182 | 100.0 | 6,208 | 100.0 | 1: 34,110 | 3,931 | 2,899 | -26.3 | 3,138 | 8.2 | 3,020 | -3.8 |
 Urban | 85 | 46.7 | 4,843 | 78.0 | 1: 56,976 | 6,270 | 4,535 | -27.7 | 4,825 | 6.4 | 4,676 | -3.1 |
 Rural | 97 | 53.3 | 1,365 | 22.0 | 1: 14,072 | 1,933 | 1,501 | -22.3 | 1,661 | 10.7 | 1,569 | -5.5 |
East Coast | 243 | 100.0 | 4,533 | 100.0 | 1: 18,654 | 2,520 | 1,803 | -28.5 | 1,962 | 8.8 | 1,821 | -7.2 |
 Urban | 87 | 35.8 | 2,368 | 52.2 | 1: 27,218 | 3,688 | 2,554 | -30.7 | 2,833 | 10.9 | 2,594 | -8.4 |
 Rural | 156 | 64.2 | 2,165 | 47.8 | 1: 13,878 | 1,886 | 1,396 | -26.0 | 1,498 | 7.3 | 1,395 | -6.9 |
Eastern | 329 | 100.0 | 5,968 | 100.0 | 1: 18,140 | 1,635 | 1,258 | -23.1 | 1,249 | -0.7 | 1,169 | -6.4 |
 Urban | 61 | 18.5 | 3,353 | 56.2 | 1: 54,967 | 5,506 | 4,070 | -26.1 | 3,995 | -1.8 | 3,628 | -9.2 |
 Rural | 268 | 81.5 | 2,615 | 43.8 | 1: 9,757 | 794 | 680 | -14.4 | 645 | -5.1 | 609 | -5.6 |