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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of patients attending the 51 seasonal primary healthcare centers in the holy sites during the 2019 Hajj

From: Pattern of utilization, disease presentation, and medication prescribing and dispensing at 51 primary healthcare centers during the Hajj mass gathering

Variable

n

%

Gender

99,293

 

 Male

68,587

69.1

 Female

30,706

30.9

Age (Years)

72,913

 

  ≤ 19

2249

3.1

 20–34

13,079

17.9

 35–49

23,800

32.6

 50–64

25,731

35.3

  ≥ 65

8054

11.0

Residency

99,367

 

 Visitor

87,146

87.7

 Saudi resident

2362

2.4

 Saudi national

9608

9.7

 Unknown

251

0.2

Hajj status

99,367

 

 Hajj pilgrim

94,756

95.4

 Non-Pilgrim

4611

4.6

Nationalitya

99,367

 

 Africa

21,180

21.3

 Americas

1567

1.6

 Eastern Mediterranean Region

60,394

60.8

 Europe

3580

3.6

 Other

53

0.1

 South-East Asia

10,812

10.9

 Western Pacific Region

1781

1.8

Facility location

99,367

 

 Arafat (20 PHCCs)

9102

9.2

 Mina (25 PHCCs)

84,687

85.2

 Muzdalifah (6 PHCCs)

5578

5.6

  1. PHCC primary healthcare center
  2. aAccording to the World Health Organization (WHO) regions