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Table 3 Numbers and densities (per 100,000 population) of health workers, by Specialty

From: The capacity of primary health care facilities in Saudi Arabia: infrastructure, services, drug availability, and human resources

  Administrative Regions  
Variable Albaha Aljouf Almadinah Alqaseem Aseer Eastern Region Hail Jazan Makkah Najran Northern Borders Riyadh Tabouk Grand total
General Medicine Residents
Rural N (D) 103 (41) 38 (46) 121 (33) 64 (18) 262 (24) 113 (32) 88 (27) 173 (18) 380 (40) 47 (42) 31 (92) 270 (40) 76 (63) 1766 (31)
Urban N (D) 41 (18) 61 (14) 175 (10) 200 (18) 192 (16) 411 (9) 88 (22) 105 (16) 534 (7) 128 (27) 108 (32) 841 (11) 165 (20) 3049 (11)
Family Medicine Residents
Rural N (D) 13 (16) 1 (1) 2 (1) 5 (5) 16 (9) 14 (2) 42 (13) 12 (2) 51 (9) 11 (2) 0 (0) 54 (9) 3 (11) 224 (7)
Urban N (D) 21 (6) 23 (3) 27 (1) 76 (8) 12 (3) 43 (2) 31 (6) 18 (3) 76 (1) 10 (2) 0 (1) 183 (1) 17 (2) 537 (2)
Dental Residents
Rural N (D) 27 (10.7) 13 (15.6) 38 (10.2) 15 (4.1) 69 (6.4) 34 (9.7) 20 (6.2) 25 (2.6) 78 (8.1) 11 (9.7) 2 (5.9) 25 (3.7) 9 (7.4) 366 (6.4)
Urban N (D) 16 (6.8) 31 (7.1) 77 (4.2) 25 (2.3) 59 (5.0) 172 (3.7) 12 (3.0) 34 (5.2) 193 (2.5) 34 (7.0) 18 (5.3) 100 (1.3) 29 (3.6) 800 (2.9)
Psychiatry Residents
Rural N (D) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Urban N (D) 1 (0.4) 2 (0.5) 0 (0) 2 (0.2) 4 (0.2) 9 (0.1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 13 (0.2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 8 0 (0) 25 (0.1)
Nurses
Rural N (D) 309 (122.0) 164 (196.8) 325 (87.4) 64 (17.6) 781 (71.9) 410 (116.5) 312 (96.8) 549 (58.0) 881 (91.0) 130 (114.9) 31 (91.8) 654 (96.8) 162 (133.9) 4772 (83.9)
Urban N (D) 149 (63.7) 341 (78.0) 709 (39.0) 346 (31.7) 625 (53.1) 1936 (41.4) 270 (68.6) 360 (54.8) 1771 (22.6) 278 (57.6) 292 (85.5) 2722 (35.0) 618 (76.3) 10,417 (37.6)
Laboratory Personnel  
Rural N (D) 24 (9.5) 13 (15.6) 16 (4.3) 4 (1.1) 96 (8.8) 24 (6.8) 18 (5.6) 54 (5.7) 70 (7.2) 25 (22.1) 5 (14.8) 10 (1.5) 3 (2.5) 362 (6.4)
Urban N (D) 22 (9.4) 24 (5.5) 83 (4.6) 17 (1.6) 45 (3.8) 90 (1.9) 27 (6.9) 55 (8.4) 260 (3.3) 16 (3.3) 36 (10.5) 181 (2.3) 28 (3.5) 884 (3.2)
Public Health Specialists
Rural N (D) 3 (1.2) 0 (0) 29 (7.8) 4 (1.1) 11 (1.0) 40 (11.4) 57 (17.7) 11 (1.2) 31 (3.2) 8 (7.1) 0 (0) 90 (13.3) 10 (8.3) 294 (5.2)
Urban N (D) 6 (2.6) 8 (1.8) 23 (1.3) 22 (2.0) 38 (3.2) 67 (1.4) 9 (2.3) 13 (2.0) 54 (0.7) 11 (2.3) 2 (0.6) 74 (1.0) 8 (1.0) 335 (1.2)
Nutritionists
Rural N 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 4
Urban N 2   2 0 2 7 2 0 12 0 0 28 0 55
  1. Note: N numbers, D density per 100,000 population
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