Question NW3719 to the Minister of Health
08 December 2017 - NW3719
Mashabela, Ms N to ask the Minister of Health
What is the hospital bed to population ratio in (a) each province and (b) the eight biggest metropolitan municipalities?
Reply:
The following tables reflect the details in this regard
(a) Provinces
|
Organisation unit |
Total Inpatient beds |
Total population |
Population to Total Inpatient bed ratio |
Beds per 1000 population |
|
Eastern Cape |
13,176 |
7,139,336 |
542 |
1.8 |
|
Free State |
4,687 |
2,881,998 |
615 |
1.6 |
|
Gauteng |
18,103 |
13,773,639 |
761 |
1.3 |
|
KwaZulu-Natal |
21,609 |
11,229,961 |
520 |
1.9 |
|
Limpopo |
7,814 |
5,877,930 |
752 |
1.3 |
|
Mpumalanga |
4,586 |
4,388,269 |
957 |
1.0 |
|
Northern Cape |
1,646 |
1,200,703 |
729 |
1.4 |
|
North West |
4,343 |
3,847,629 |
886 |
1.1 |
|
Western Cape |
9,783 |
6,393,555 |
654 |
1.5 |
|
National |
85,747 |
56,733,020 |
662 |
1.5 |
(b) The eight biggest metropolitan municipalities
|
Organisation unit |
Total Inpatient beds |
Total population Midyear 2017 DHIS |
Population to Total Inpatient bed ratio |
Beds per 1000 population |
|
Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality |
2090 |
864,130 |
413 |
2.4 |
|
Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality |
2233 |
1,279,035 |
573 |
1.7 |
|
Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality |
2388 |
801,716 |
336 |
3.0 |
|
City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality |
3388 |
3,500,231 |
1033 |
1.0 |
|
City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality |
5946 |
5,055,664 |
850 |
1.2 |
|
City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality |
5634 |
3,376,566 |
599 |
1.7 |
|
eThekwini metropolitan Municipality |
7450 |
3,715,328 |
499 |
2.0 |
|
City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality |
7103 |
4,070,914 |
573 |
1.7 |
END.