Table 2.
regional breakdown of diagnostic imaging equipment per million population
| Region | Population (X106) | Area (X103 km2) | Population density (X103 people/km2) | General X-ray | Dental X-ray | CT1 | Fluoroscopy | Mammography | MRI2 | SPECT3 gamma camera | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | u/mp | n | u/mp | n | u/mp | n | u/mp | n | u/mp | n | u/mp | n | u/mp | n | u/mp | ||||
| Greater Accra | 5.1 | 3.2 | 1594 | 139 | 27.3 | 45 | 8.8 | 25 | 4.9 | 10 | 2.0 | 21 | 4.1 | 12 | 2.4 | 1 | 0.2 | 253 | 49.6 |
| Ashanti | 5.9 | 24.4 | 242 | 79 | 13.4 | 17 | 2.9 | 12 | 2.0 | 12 | 2.0 | 9 | 1.5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 132 | 22.4 |
| Western | 2.2 | 13.8 | 159 | 40 | 18.2 | 2 | 0.9 | 3 | 1.4 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 47 | 21.4 |
| Eastern | 3.3 | 19.3 | 171 | 52 | 15.8 | 8 | 2.4 | 1 | 0.3 | 6 | 1.8 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 68 | 20.6 |
| Bono East | 0.6 | 23.3 | 26 | 10 | 16.7 | 0 | - | 1 | 1.7 | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 12 | 20.0 |
| Bono | 1.2 | 11.1 | 108 | 16 | 13.3 | 3 | 2.5 | 1 | 0.8 | 2 | 1.7 | 1 | 0.8 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 23 | 19.2 |
| Volta | 1.9 | 9.5 | 200 | 30 | 15.8 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 1.1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 34 | 17.9 |
| Upper West | 0.9 | 18.5 | 49 | 13 | 14.4 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 1.1 | 1 | 1.1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 15 | 16.7 |
| Oti | 0.8 | 11.1 | 72 | 9 | 11.3 | 1 | 1.3 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 10 | 12.5 |
| Central | 2.6 | 9.8 | 265 | 23 | 8.8 | 2 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.4 | 3 | 1.2 | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | - | 31 | 11.9 |
| Northern | 1.9 | 25.4 | 75 | 12 | 6.3 | 0 | - | 2 | 1.1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 17 | 8.9 |
| Ahafo | 0.9 | 5.2 | 173 | 8 | 8.9 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 8 | 8.9 |
| Upper East | 1.3 | 8.8 | 148 | 8 | 6.2 | 1 | 0.8 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 9 | 6.9 |
| Western North | 1.2 | 10.1 | 119 | 8 | 6.7 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 8 | 6.7 |
| Savanna | 1.1 | 35.9 | 31 | 6 | 5.5 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 6 | 5.5 |
| North-East | 0.6 | 9.1 | 66 | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 1.7 |
| Total | 31.5 | 238.5 | 132 | 454 | 14.41 | 79 | 2.51 | 46 | 1.46 | 39 | 1.24 | 37 | 1.17 | 18 | 0.57 | 1 | 0.03 | 674 | 21.40 |
N: number of diagnostic imaging equipment; u/mp: units per million population; 1computed tomography; 2magnetic resonance imaging; 3single photon emission computed tomography