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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