Table 2 |
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NHIS registrants, by category, 2006 & 2008 |
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2005 |
2008 |
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Membership categories |
Number of registrants |
Proportion of total population |
Number of registrants |
Proportion of total population |
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Formal sector |
468,092 |
2.24% |
811,567 |
3% |
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Informal sector |
615,450 |
2.94% |
3,727,454 |
16% |
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Paying members |
1,083,542 |
5.18% |
4,539,021 |
19.25% |
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Pensioners |
43,208 |
0.21% |
71,147 |
0.30% |
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Children |
1,751,175 |
8.37% |
6,305,727 |
27% |
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70+ |
266,421 |
1.27% |
816,956 |
4% |
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Indigent |
790,078 |
3.77% |
302,979 |
1% |
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Pregnant women |
432,728 |
2% |
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Overall exempt |
2,850,882 |
13.62% |
7,929,537 |
34% |
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Total |
3,934,424 |
18.79% |
12,468,558 |
54% |
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% of registrants paying |
28% |
36% |
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Source: calculated based on data from annual health sector reviews for 2005 and 2008 |
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Witter and Garshong BMC International Health and Human Rights 2009 9:20 doi:10.1186/1472-698X-9-20 |
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