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Table 1 Enrolment by age, sex, and member category from 2014 to 2016

From: Sociodemographic determinants of health insurance enrolment and dropout in urban district of Ghana: a cross-sectional study

Variable

2014

2015

2016 (Jan.–Sept.)

New (%)

Renewal (%)

New (%)

Renewal (%)

New (%)

Renewal (%)

Age

  < 18

17,145 (43.4)

13,194 (38.8)

18,273 (43.6)

17,746 (40.6)

6794 (40.5)

16,040 (40.3)

 18–69

21,587 (54.6)

18,690 (55.0)

23,029 (54.9)

23,291 (53.4)

9705 (57.9)

21,117 (53.0)

 70+

800 (2.0)

2124 (6.2)

633 (1.5)

2619 (6.0)

266 (1.6)

2670 (6.7)

Sex

 Female

24,022 (60.8)

19,729 (58.0)

24,545 (58.5)

25,383 (58.1)

9783(58.4)

24,267 (60.9)

 Male

15,510 (39.2)

14,280 (42.0)

17,390 (41.5)

18,273 (41.9)

6982 (41.6)

15,560 (39.1)

Member category

 Child under 5 yrs

6307 (16.0)

2539 (7.5)

8365 (19.9)

5352 (12.3)

4207 (25.0)

5539 (13.9)

 Child aged 5-17 yrs

9617 (24.3)

10,425 (30.7)

9105 (21.7)

12,353 (28.3)

2607 (15.6)

10,839 (27.2)

 Indigent

1334 (3.4)

404 (1.2)

1468 (3.5)

451 (1.0)

33 (0.2)

92 (0.2)

 Informal sector employee

14,815 (37.5)

12,653 (37.2)

15,972 (38.0)

16,572 (38.0)

6454 (38.5)

15,083 (37.9)

 LEAP beneficiary

26 (0.1)

37 (0.1)

32 (0.1)

52 (0.1)

60 (0.4)

48 (0.1)

 Aged (≥70 yrs)

756 (1.9)

2153 (6.3)

586 (1.4)

2534 (5.8)

240 (1.4)

2492 (6.3)

 Pregnant woman

5256 (13.3)

1171 (3.4)

5031 (12.0)

1211 (2.8)

2761 (16.5)

1793 (4.5)

 SSNIT contributor

1393 (3.5)

4479 (13.2)

1364 (3.3)

4975 (11.4)

395 (2.3)

3802 (9.5)

 SSNIT pensioner

28 (0.1)

148 (0.4)

12 (0.1)

156 (0.4)

8 (0.1)

139 (0.3)

Total

39,532 (53.8)

34,009 (46.2)

41,935 (49.0)

43,656 (51.0)

16,765 (29.6)

39,827 (70.4)

  1. LEAP Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty, SSNIT Social Security and National Insurance Trust