Table 1 Geographical distribution of male and female doctors in 2019
Category | Male doctor | Female doctor | Population % | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Density per 10,000 population | Number | Density per 10,000 population | |||||
Male population (%) within province [15] | Female population (%) within province [15] | % of total SA population | ||||||
1 | Gauteng | 8941 | 5.89 | 6972 | 4.59 | 50.1 | 49.9 | 25.8 |
2 | KwaZulu-Natal | 4841 | 4.29 | 3173 | 2.81 | 47.7 | 52.3 | 19.2 |
3 | Mpumalanga | 1120 | 2.44 | 597 | 1.30 | 49.3 | 50.7 | 7.8 |
4 | Western Cape | 5984 | 8.74 | 4405 | 6.44 | 49.3 | 50.7 | 11.6 |
5 | Limpopo | 1115 | 1.86 | 641 | 1.07 | 47.3 | 52.7 | 10.2 |
6 | Eastern Cape | 1990 | 2.96 | 1234 | 1.84 | 47.1 | 52.9 | 11.4 |
7 | North West | 989 | 2.46 | 479 | 1.19 | 50.7 | 49.3 | 6.9 |
8 | Free State | 1213 | 4.20 | 699 | 2.42 | 48.2 | 51.8 | 4.9 |
9 | Northern Cape | 452 | 3.58 | 226 | 1.79 | 49.5 | 50.5 | 2.2 |
Total | 26,645 | 4.53 | 18,426 | 3.14 | 48.8 | 51.2 | 100 | |