Table 2

Provincial summaries of changes in number of public health facilities and population within the national target of 5 km of a public health service provider in 2003 and 2008.

Province

Number of public health facilities in 2003

Number of public health facilities in 2008

% increase in public health facilities from 2003 to 2008

Population in 2003

Population within 5 km of a public health facility in 2003 (%)

Population in 2008

Population within 5 km of a public health facility in 2008 (%)

Central

437

657

34

3,933,597

3,427,483 (82.0)

4,665,152

4,555,059 (97.6)

Coast

330

432

24

2,808,870

1,862,461 (66.3)

3,254,162

2,708,321 (83.2)

Eastern

600

992

40

5,144,073

3,233,429 (62.9)

5,882,336

5,103,168 (86.8)

Nairobi

211

272

22

2,596,918

2,211,329 (83.6)

2,962,125

2,961,837 (100.0)

North Eastern

53

164

68

1,319,338

237589 (18.0)

1,150,133

331,737 (28.8)

Nyanza

472

799

41

4,823,786

3,997,043 (80.8)

5,591,531

5,569,071 (99.6)

Rift Valley

1,134

1,615

30

7,950,358

4,962,210 (62.4)

9,266,543

7,523,223 (81.2)

Western

274

403

33

3,874,160

2,975,949 (76.8)

4,294,284

4,274,647 (99.5)

Total

3,511

5,334

34

32,451,100

22,907,493 (71.0)

37,066,266

33,027,063 (89.1)

Population estimates were derived using inter-censal growth rates from the 1999 national census [citation [27]]

Noor et al. International Journal of Health Geographics 2009 8:13   doi:10.1186/1476-072X-8-13