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Table 7 Utilisation of CT by examination region at public hospitalsb in Myanmar (2015–2017)

From: Geographic distribution and utilisation of CT and MRI services at public hospitals in Myanmar

Region of body examined

2015

2016

2017

N

%

N

%

N

%

CT examination

aCranial/Head

14,388

60.0

20,935

60.7

24,384

58.8

 Head & neck

356

1.5

466

1.4

479

1.2

 Head & other region

428

1.8

321

0.9

822

2.0

 Whole spine

11

0.0

11

0.0

14

0.0

 Cervical spine

112

0.5

140

0.4

212

0.5

 Thoracic spine &Thoraco-lumbar spine

79

0.3

160

0.5

221

0.5

 Lumbar spine &Lumbo-sacral spine

65

0.3

134

0.4

257

0.6

 Abdominal and/or pelvic

4159

17.4

6160

17.9

7130

17.2

 Thorax and other region

3485

14.5

4912

14.2

5821

14.0

 Body (thorax and abdomen)

60

0.3

185

0.5

343

0.8

 Whole body

1

0.0

3

0.0

1

0.0

 Pelvis

24

0.1

73

0.2

88

0.2

 Angiogram

93

0.4

117

0.3

202

0.5

 Limbs/Joints

77

0.3

111

0.3

235

0.6

 Other

629

2.6

751

2.2

1266

3.1

Total

23,967

100

34,479

100

41,475

100

  1. aCT examination of cranial/head region accounted (n = 25,252, 74.89%) of all examination (n = 33,720) in regional level hospitals
  2. bData were not available for Yangon General Hospital and Mandalay General Hospital