From: To evaluate the impact of opening up ownership of pharmacies in South Africa
 | Free State | Gauteng | Kwa Zulu-Natal | Limpopo | Northern Cape | Western Cape | Eastern Cape | Mpumalanga | North West | Total | |
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Pre2004 Registered Pharmacies | Pre 2004 Registered | 217 | 1449 | 671 | 122 | 68 | 578 | 213 | 185 | 208 | 3711 |
Closed before 1994 | 59 | 393 | 132 | 20 | 18 | 111 | 3 | 57 | 64 | 857 | |
Closed 1995–2003 | 85 | 529 | 224 | 45 | 18 | 189 | 8 | 49 | 83 | 1230 | |
Active in 2004 | 73 | 527 | 315 | 57 | 32 | 278 | 202 | 79 | 61 | 1624 | |
Rate of Closure per year (1995–2003) | 9.44 | 58.78 | 24.89 | 5.00 | 2.00 | 21.00 | 0.89 | 5.44 | 9.22 | 136.67 | |
Closed Post 2003 | 22 | 210 | 108 | 18 | 10 | 113 | 115 | 17 | 9 | 622 | |
Active in 2014 | 51 | 317 | 207 | 39 | 22 | 165 | 87 | 62 | 52 | 1002 | |
Pharmacy to 100,000 Population ratio | 2.78 | 5.55 | 3.30 | 1.14 | 3.25 | 6.01 | 2.88 | 2.35 | 1.99 | 3.55 | |
Post2004 Registered Pharmacies | Post 2003 Registered | 108 | 914 | 340 | 181 | 42 | 342 | 147 | 139 | 133 | 2346 |
Independent Pharmacy Closure | 14 | 131 | 43 | 14 | 13 | 37 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 284 | |
Corporate Pharmacy Closure | 1 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 43 | |
Rate of Closure per year (2004–2014) | 3.36 | 32.91 | 14.18 | 2.91 | 2.09 | 14.64 | 10.91 | 3.36 | 1.91 | 86.27 | |
Independent Active 2014 | 62 | 472 | 192 | 148 | 16 | 144 | 94 | 91 | 84 | 1303 | |
Corporate Active 2014 | 31 | 290 | 100 | 19 | 13 | 150 | 48 | 28 | 37 | 716 | |
Total Active in 2014 | 144 | 1079 | 499 | 206 | 51 | 459 | 229 | 181 | 173 | 3021 | |
Net gain/year | 6.45 | 50.18 | 16.73 | 13.55 | 1.73 | 16.45 | 2.45 | 9.27 | 10.18 | 127.00 | |
Percentage Net Gain | 5.08 | 39.51 | 13.17 | 10.67 | 1.36 | 12.96 | 1.93 | 7.30 | 8.02 | 100.00 | |
Pharmacy/100000 Population ratio | 5.08 | 8.05 | 4.51 | 3.55 | 4.27 | 7.31 | 3.27 | 4.17 | 4.62 | 5.43 | |
Population Census | 2001 | 2,623,956 | 9,501,134 | 9,535,936 | 4,995,535 | 983,653 | 4,624,336 | 7,022,968 | 3,365,886 | 3,072,342 | 45,725,746 |
2016 | 2,834,715 | 13,399,725 | 11,065,245 | 5,799,091 | 1,193,783 | 6,279,731 | 6,996,974 | 4,335,964 | 3,748,437 | 55,653,665 |