Table 1 Distribution of eye health professionals in Nampula Province
Districts | Population | Ophthalmic technicians | Optometrists | Ophthalmologists | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Actual N° | Rate per 100 thousand population | Balance | Actual N° | Rate per 250 thousand population | Balance | Actual N° | Rate per 250 thousand population | Balance | ||
Angoche | 347 176 | 1 | 0.3 | − 2 | 1 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | − 1 |
Erati | 387 713 | 2 | 0.5 | − 2 | 1 | 0.6 | − 1 | 0 | 0 | − 2 |
Island of Mozambique | 64 577 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lalaua | 98 177 | 0 | 0.0 | − 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Larde | 174 641 | 0 | 0.0 | − 2 | 0 | 0.0 | − 1 | 0 | 0 | − 1 |
Liupo | 107 369 | 1 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Malema | 98 385 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Meconta | 89 259 | 1 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mecuburi | 213 011 | 1 | 0.5 | − 1 | 0 | 0.0 | − 1 | 0 | 0 | − 1 |
Memba | 223 760 | 1 | 0.4 | − 1 | 0 | 0.0 | − 1 | 0 | 0 | − 1 |
Mogincual | 207 285 | 0 | 0.0 | − 2 | 0 | 0.0 | − 1 | 0 | 0 | − 1 |
Mogovolas | 328 460 | 1 | 0.3 | − 2 | 0 | 0.0 | − 1 | 0 | 0 | − 1 |
Moma | 368 905 | 1 | 0.3 | − 3 | 0 | 0.0 | − 1 | 0 | 0 | − 1 |
Monapo | 324 442 | 2 | 0.6 | − 1 | 0 | 0.0 | − 1 | 0 | 0 | − 1 |
Mossuril | 393 813 | 0 | 0.0 | − 4 | 0 | 0.0 | − 2 | 0 | 0 | − 2 |
Muecate | 134 280 | 0 | 0.0 | − 1 | 0 | 0.0 | − 1 | 0 | 0 | − 1 |
Murrupula | 184 732 | 2 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | − 1 | 0 | 0 | − 1 |
Nacala | 287 536 | 2 | 0.7 | − 1 | 1 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | − 1 |
Nacala-a-Velha | 121 726 | 1 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nacaroa | 145 450 | 1 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | − 1 | 0 | 0 | − 1 |
Nampula City | 760 214 | 25 | 3.3 | 17 | 4 | 1.3 | 1 | 4 | 1.3 | 1 |
Rapale | 166 327 | 1 | 0.6 | − 1 | 0 | 0.0 | − 1 | 0 | 0 | − 1 |
Ribaue | 256 144 | 1 | 0.4 | − 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | − 1 |
Total | 5 483 382 | 46 | 0.8 | − 9 | 8 | 0.4 | − 14 | 4 | 0.2 | − 18 |