Table 1.

Access: Active health facilities and health posts and rural and total population per BPHS facility, 2004–2011.

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	Change factor 2004–2011 from 2004 baseline
Active BPHS health facilities registereda	1075	1178	1132	1200	1493	1687	1837	1829	1.70
Per cent change year-to-year		10	−4	6	24	13	9	0
Active BPHS health facilities reportinga (percentage of registered facilities reporting)	392 (36)	828 (70)	986 (87)	1079 (90)	1326 (89)	1511 (90)	1671 (91)	1689 (92)	4.31
Per cent change year-to-year health facilities reporting		111	19	9	23	14	11	1
Active health posts reporting	631	4818	7116	9702	10,922	11,147	11,426	12,213	18.35
Per cent change year-to-year		664	48	36	13	2	3	7
Rural population per BPHS facility	15,175	14,247	15,245	14,789	12,223	11,124	10,505	10,849	0.71
Total population per BPHS facility	19,157	17,985	19,254	18,677	15,437	14,049	13,267	13,702	0.72
Total population	20,593,695	21,186,183	21,795,718	22,412,820	23,047,394	23,699,935	24,370,952	25,060,917	1.22

Source: MOPH, various HMIS reports, 2004–2011.

^aHealth facilities include health sub-centres, basic health centres, comprehensive health centres and district hospitals.