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Table 1 Summary of Community Pharmacy Availability and Ownership Type from Pre 2003 to 2014

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

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