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Table 3 General population and percentage (%), of different cadre of health personnel and their geographic distribution per region 2011

From: Cameroon public health sector: shortage and inequalities in geographic distribution of health personnel

Occupation regions

General population

General public health personnel

Physicians

Nurses

Paramedics

Pharmacist

Administration

Social assistant agents

Community pharmacist agents

Support staff

Adamawa

1,015,622 (5.23)

857 (3.43)

38 (0.15)

596 (2.39)

117 (0.47)

1 (0.00)

46 (0.18)

3 (0.01)

2 (0.01)

54 (0.22)

Centre

3,525,664 (18.17)

6930 (27.77)

647 (2.59)

3236 (13.00)

966 (3.87)

24 (0.10)

653 (2.62)

71 (0.28)

83 (0.33)

1250 (5.01)

East

801,968 (4.13)

1083 (4.34)

47 (0.19)

682 (2.73)

161 (0.65)

2 (0.01)

43 (0.19)

28 (0.11)

32 (0.13)

88 (0.35)

Extreme north

3,480,414 (17.93)

2715 (10.88)

70 (0.28)

1399 (5.61)

283 (1.13)

2 (0.01)

47 (0.19)

137 (0.55)

154 (0.62)

623 (2.50)

Littoral

2,865,795 (14.77)

3701 (14.83)

297 (1.19)

1889 (7.57)

477 (1.91)

5 (0.02)

108 (0.43)

11 (0.04)

108 (0.43)

806 (3.23)

North

1,050,229 (10.56)

1435 (5.75)

42 (0.17)

901 (3.61)

151 (0.61)

2 (0.01)

48 (0.19)

14 (0.06)

89 (0.36)

188 (0.75)

North West

1,804,695 (9.30)

1890 (7.57)

73 (0.29)

900 (3.61)

223 (0.89)

1 (0.00)

115 (0.46)

47 (0.19)

127 (0.51)

404 (1.62)

West

1,785,285 (9.20)

3066 (12.29)

91 (0.36)

1728 (6.92)

366 (1.47)

4 (0.02)

67 (0.27)

107 (0.43)

190 (0.76)

513 (2.06)

South

692,142 (3.57)

938 (3.76)

52 (0.21)

551 (2.21)

142 (0.57)

1 (0.00)

59 (0.24)

16 (0.06)

22 (0.09)

95 (0.38)

South West

1,384,286 (7.13)

2340 (9.38)

75 (0.30)

1199 (4.80)

239 (1.01)

13 (0.05)

64 (0.26)

16 (0.06)

93 (0.37)

641 (2.57)

Total

19,406,100 (100.00)

24955 (100.00)

1432 (5.74)

13081 (52.42)

3125 (12.52)

55 (0.22)

1250 (5.03)

450 (1.80)

900 (3.61)

4662 (18.68)

  1. Source: Data from the Ministry of Public Health.2011