Table 1 Comparison of health care resources and population size by province
From: Distribution of health care resources in Mongolia using the Gini coefficient
Category | Province | Number of population | Area (km) | Demographic density/1 km | Total number of physicians | Number of physicians /10 000 pop | Number of physicians /1 000 km | Total number of nurses | Number of nurses /10 000 pop | Number of nurses /1 000 km | Total number of hospital beds | Number of hospital beds /10 000 pop | Number of hospital beds /1 000 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Urban | Ulaanbaatar | 1 362 974 | 4 704 | 306.5 | 5 779 | 42.4 | 1 228.5 | 5 575 | 40.9 | 1 185.1 | 10 577 | 77.6 | 2 248.4 |
Suburban | Orkon | 94 421 | 840 | 127.2 | 260 | 27.5 | 309.1 | 342 | 36.2 | 406.9 | 592 | 62.7 | 704.8 |
Darkhan-Uul | 99 947 | 3 280 | 30.9 | 253 | 25.3 | 77.1 | 375 | 37.5 | 114.3 | 660 | 66 | 201.1 | |
Mean in suburban | 97 184 | 2 060 | 79.05 | 257 | 26.4 | 193.1 | 359 | 36.9 | 260.6 | 626 | 64.4 | 452.9 | |
Rural | Gobisumber | 16 058 | 5 540 | 3.1 | 60 | 37.6 | 10.9 | 68 | 42.1 | 12.2 | 89 | 55.7 | 16.1 |
Selenge | 106 212 | 41 200 | 2.6 | 192 | 18.1 | 4.7 | 286 | 26.9 | 6.9 | 630 | 59.3 | 15.3 | |
Uvurkhangai | 112 992 | 62 900 | 1.8 | 229 | 20.3 | 3.6 | 329 | 29.1 | 5.2 | 720 | 63.7 | 11.4 | |
Bayan-Ulgii | 95 151 | 45 700 | 2.2 | 158 | 16.6 | 3.5 | 287 | 30.2 | 6.3 | 671 | 70.5 | 14.7 | |
Arkhangai | 93 086 | 55 300 | 1.7 | 167 | 17.9 | 3 | 281 | 30.2 | 5.1 | 532 | 57.2 | 9.6 | |
Tuv | 90 107 | 74 000 | 1.2 | 188 | 20.9 | 2.5 | 302 | 33.5 | 4.1 | 533 | 59.2 | 7.2 | |
Khovd | 81 479 | 76 900 | 1.1 | 181 | 22.2 | 2.4 | 280 | 34.4 | 3.6 | 574 | 70.5 | 7.5 | |
Bulgan | 60 494 | 48 700 | 1.2 | 111 | 18.4 | 2.3 | 217 | 35.8 | 4.4 | 349 | 57.7 | 7.2 | |
Khuvsgul | 126 043 | 100 600 | 1.3 | 223 | 18.4 | 2.2 | 359 | 28.5 | 3.6 | 691 | 54.8 | 6.9 | |
Uvs | 75 792 | 69 600 | 1.2 | 145 | 18.4 | 2.1 | 274 | 36.2 | 3.9 | 521 | 68.8 | 7.5 | |
Khentii | 71 212 | 80 300 | 0.9 | 155 | 18.4 | 1.9 | 242 | 34 | 3 | 416 | 58.4 | 5.2 | |
Zavkhan | 69 732 | 82 500 | 0.9 | 159 | 18.4 | 1.9 | 270 | 38.7 | 3.3 | 592 | 84.9 | 7.2 | |
Dornogobi | 63 808 | 109 500 | 0.6 | 198 | 18.4 | 1.8 | 200 | 31.3 | 1.8 | 401 | 62.8 | 3.7 | |
Dundgobi | 44 351 | 74 700 | 0.6 | 121 | 18.4 | 1.6 | 164 | 37 | 2.2 | 247 | 55.6 | 3.3 | |
Sukhbaatar | 57 423 | 82 300 | 0.7 | 126 | 18.4 | 1.5 | 211 | 36.7 | 2.6 | 379 | 66 | 4.6 | |
Bayankhongor | 83 044 | 116 000 | 0.7 | 169 | 18.4 | 1.5 | 306 | 36.8 | 2.6 | 480 | 57.8 | 4.1 | |
Dornod | 75 194 | 123 600 | 0.6 | 174 | 18.4 | 1.4 | 274 | 36.5 | 2.2 | 438 | 58.3 | 3.5 | |
Gobi-Altai | 56 735 | 141 400 | 0.4 | 166 | 18.4 | 1.2 | 251 | 44.3 | 1.8 | 386 | 68.1 | 2.7 | |
Umnugobi | 59 694 | 165 400 | 0.4 | 150 | 18.4 | 0.9 | 160 | 26.8 | 1 | 412 | 69.1 | 2.5 | |
Mean in rural | 75 716 | 81 902 | 1.2 | 162 | 18.4 | 2.7 | 251 | 34.2 | 4 | 477 | 69.9 | 7.4 | |
U test result | ★ | ★★ | ★★ | ★★ | |||||||||
Total | 2 995 949 | 1 564 964 | 9 364 | 11 053 | 20 890 | ||||||||