E-health: Determinants, opportunities, challenges and the way forward for countries in the WHO African Region

BMC Public Health

Table 11 Total number of internet hosts, internet users, PCs, cellular subscribers, telephone mainlines, telephone subscribers across various income groupings of countries in the African region

Variable	Upper-middle income countries (N = 4)		Lower-middle income countries (N = 5)		Low income countries (N = 36)
	Total number	Number per 1 000 people	Total number	Number per 1 000 people	Total number	Number per 1 000 people
Total internet hosts	6452	1.47	294127	3.61	628470.6	1.06
Total internet users	256700	58.34	3712000	45.52	3739500	6.32
Total personal computers	293000	66.59	3821000	46.85	3378000	5.71
Total cellular subscribers	1198000	272.27	18666400	228.90	15255000	25.80
Total telephone mainlines	539600	122.64	7288900	89.38	4017300	6.79
Total telephone subscribers	1737700	394.93	22797300	279.55	17937400	30.33
Population	4400000		81550000		591340000

Notes: Low income – economies with gross national income (GNI) per capita of US$825 or less; Lower-middle income – economies with a GNI per capita of more than US$826 and less than US$3255; Upper-middle income – economies with a GNI per capita of more than US$3256 and less US$10065.

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