Table 1.
Proportion of population in each county with 2-h access to a facility meeting the defined surgical standards
| % of population | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any surgical facility | Safe surgery equipment | Specialist personnel | Bellwether capability | All three standards met | |
| Montserrado (1 413 000) |
90.8 (1 283 000) |
90.7 (1 282 000) |
90.4 (1 278 000) |
89.7 (1 268 000) |
89.4 (1 263 000) |
| Margibi (347 000) |
68.3 (237 000) |
62.5 (217 000) |
69.5 (241 000) |
61.1 (212 000) |
61.1 (212 000) |
| Bomi (157 000) |
52.9 (83 000) |
46.5 (73 000) |
42.0 (66 000) |
41.4 (65 000) |
35.7 (56 000) |
| Nimba (586 000) |
41.3 (242 000) |
37.9 (222 000) |
12.6 (74 000) |
27.3 (160 000) |
0 (0) |
| Lofa (341 000) |
36.7 (125 000) |
25.8 (88 000) |
0.9 (3000) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
| Bong (385 000) |
35.8 (138 000) |
35.6 (137 000) |
30.4 (117 000) |
9.9 (38 000) |
0.3 (1000) |
| Maryland (187 000) |
35.8 (67 000) |
33.7 (63 000) |
33.7 (63 000) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
| Grand Bassa (261 000) |
35.6 (93 000) |
32.2 (84 000) |
2.7 (7000) |
1.2 (3000) |
1.2 (3000) |
| Grand Cape Mount (168 000) |
20.2 (34 000) |
11.9 (20 000) |
1.2 (2000) |
1.2 (2000) |
0.6 (1000) |
| Sinoe (130 000) |
18.5 (24 000) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
| Grand Gedeh (175 000) |
17.1 (30 000) |
3.4 (6000) |
3.4 (6000) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
| River Gee (107 000) |
15.9 (17 000) |
0.5 (500) |
0.5 (500) |
− (0) |
− (0) |
| Gbapolu (110 000) |
9.1 (10 000) |
4.6 (5000) |
0.9 (1000) |
0.9 (1000) |
0.5 (500) |
| River Cess (98 000) |
6.1 (6000) |
1.0 (1000) |
− (0) |
− (0) |
− (0) |
| Grand Kru (64 000) |
4.7 (3000) |
− (0) |
− (0) |
− (0) |
− (0) |
| Nationally (4 525 000) |
52.9 (2 392 000) |
48.6 (2 199 000) |
41.1 (1 858 000) |
38.7 (1 751 000) |
34.0 (1 538 000) |
Values in parentheses are population numbers rounded to closest 1000 or 100.