Table 2 NHIS registrants, by category, 2006 & 2008
From: Something old or something new? Social health insurance in Ghana
2005 | 2008 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Membership categories | Number of registrants | Proportion of total population | Number of registrants | Proportion of total population |
Formal sector | 468,092 | 2.24% | 811,567 | 3% |
Informal sector | 615,450 | 2.94% | 3,727,454 | 16% |
Paying members | 1,083,542 | 5.18% | 4,539,021 | 19.25% |
Pensioners | 43,208 | 0.21% | 71,147 | 0.30% |
Children | 1,751,175 | 8.37% | 6,305,727 | 27% |
70+ | 266,421 | 1.27% | 816,956 | 4% |
Indigent | 790,078 | 3.77% | 302,979 | 1% |
Pregnant women | 432,728 | 2% | ||
Overall exempt | 2,850,882 | 13.62% | 7,929,537 | 34% |
Total | 3,934,424 | 18.79% | 12,468,558 | 54% |
% of registrants paying | 28% | 36% |