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. 2017 May 9;10(1):1289736. doi: 10.1080/16549716.2017.1289736

Table 2.

ENT surgeons, audiologists, and speech therapists/100,000 people in 2009 and 2015 compared to the UK

  ENT surgeons
Audiology
Speech therapy
  2009 2015 2009 2015 2009 2015
Burundi * 0.056 * 0.093 * 0.000
Cameroon * 0.150 * * 0.107
D.R.C 0.045 0.025 0.004 0.004
Ethiopia 0.014 0.022 0.001 0.001
Ghana 0.068 0.104 0.022 0.048 0.007 0.022
Guinea * 0.049 * 0.049 * 0.008
Kenya 0.121 0.163 0.012 0.015 0.009 0.034
Lesotho 0.1 0.094 0.047 0.047
Madagascar 0.09 0.062 0.012 0.041 0.024 0.004
Malawi 0.01 0.012 0.017 0.000
Mali * 0.092 * * 0.011
Nigeria 0.054 0.076 0.004 0.007 0.002 0.002
Rwanda * 0.064 * 0.032 * 0.008
S. Africa 0.417 0.46 1.021 0.827 2.383 2.748
Senegal 0.227 0.100 0.009 0.021 0.018 0.029
Sudan * 0.265 * 0.013 * 0.007
Swaziland 0.2 0.233 0.1 0.039 0.1 0.233
Tanzania 0.031 0.034 0.002 0.006 0.006
Togo * 0.111 * * 0.417
Uganda 0.057 0.087 0.004 0.037 0.007 0.016
Zambia 0.017 0.045 0.004 0.006 0.006
Zimbabwe 0.043 0.053 0.020 0.007 0.007
UK 1.0 2.36 4.1   16.393  

Note: Shaded cells indicate declining numbers/100,000 people; no data for 2009 denoted by * [5]. DRC: Democratic Republic of the Congo; U.K: United Kingdom.​​​​