Table 2

Voluntary Health Insurance in Low-income Countries, World Health Survey, 2003


Number of respondents with health insurance
Number of respondents with voluntary health insurance
Percentage of insured respondents with voluntary health insurance
Q1 lowest income
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q5 highest income






Percentage of insured respondents with voluntary health insurance



Burkina Faso
40
10
25.0
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
100.00
Chad
194
17
8.8
0.00
0.00
0.00
10.90
89.10
Comoros
272
164
60.3
4.70
8.20
9.90
29.60
47.60
Cote D'Ivoire
1244
885
71.1
0.30
0.90
3.80
21.10
74.00
Ethiopia
23
4
17.4
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
100.00
Ghana
359
310
86.4
12.40
11.20
15.10
41.30
20.10
India
709
146
20.6
3.10
3.90
6.70
23.30
63.00
Kenya
1891
1758
93.0
0.30
3.40
10.20
24.60
61.50
Malawi
151
121
80.1
0.00
1.50
5.90
15.70
76.80
Mali
172
131
76.2
0.80
17.20
18.80
27.60
35.70
Mauritania
208
35
16.8
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
100.00
Nepal
140
127
90.7
0.00
0.00
0.00
2.00
98.00
Pakistan
132
1
0.8
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
100.00
Senegal
843
320
38.0
0.00
23.70
10.30
26.10
39.90
Vietnam
5195
3260
62.8
11.10
16.00
20.60
23.30
29.00
Zambia
565
269
47.6
2.70
6.50
14.60
19.70
56.60
Zimbabwe
1210
639
52.8
0.70
2.60
3.50
11.60
81.60



Average
785
482
61.4
2.12
5.59
7.02
16.28
68.99

Vialle-Valentin et al. Health Research Policy and Systems 2008 6:11   doi:10.1186/1478-4505-6-11