Surgical need and contribution towards the met need by the study hospitals
| Need for surgical consultation | Need for surgical intervention | Children operated in study hospitals | Interpretation | |
| Proportion of children | 7.4%* | 7.6%–11.8% of children with need for surgical consultation* | 4.9%–7.6% of estimated need for a major surgical procedure | The 8238 children operated correspond to 4.9%–7.6% of the estimated need for a major surgical procedure in the paediatric population of Uganda in 2014 |
| Number of children | 1 413 400* (7.4% of 19.1 million paediatric population in 2014) | 107 418–166 781* | 8238 | Another 99 000–159 000 surgical procedures are needed to meet the need for major surgical interventions in children in Uganda |
| Rate, n per 100 000 paediatric population | 7400* | 562–873* | 22.0 | The surgical rate contributed by the study hospitals is a fraction of the estimated need |
*Butler et al.7