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. 2008 Oct 30;6:11. doi: 10.1186/1478-4505-6-11

Table 2.

Voluntary Health Insurance in Low-income Countries, World Health Survey, 2003

Number of respondents with health insurance Number of respondents with voluntary health insurance Percentage of insured respondents with voluntary health insurance Q1 lowest income Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 highest income


Percentage of insured respondents with voluntary health insurance



Burkina Faso 40 10 25.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00
Chad 194 17 8.8 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.90 89.10
Comoros 272 164 60.3 4.70 8.20 9.90 29.60 47.60
Cote D'Ivoire 1244 885 71.1 0.30 0.90 3.80 21.10 74.00
Ethiopia 23 4 17.4 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00
Ghana 359 310 86.4 12.40 11.20 15.10 41.30 20.10
India 709 146 20.6 3.10 3.90 6.70 23.30 63.00
Kenya 1891 1758 93.0 0.30 3.40 10.20 24.60 61.50
Malawi 151 121 80.1 0.00 1.50 5.90 15.70 76.80
Mali 172 131 76.2 0.80 17.20 18.80 27.60 35.70
Mauritania 208 35 16.8 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00
Nepal 140 127 90.7 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.00 98.00
Pakistan 132 1 0.8 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00
Senegal 843 320 38.0 0.00 23.70 10.30 26.10 39.90
Vietnam 5195 3260 62.8 11.10 16.00 20.60 23.30 29.00
Zambia 565 269 47.6 2.70 6.50 14.60 19.70 56.60
Zimbabwe 1210 639 52.8 0.70 2.60 3.50 11.60 81.60



Average 785 482 61.4 2.12 5.59 7.02 16.28 68.99