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. 2022 Dec 5;110(2):169–176. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znac377

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.