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2017 Health Indicators

The Health Indicators Bulletin covers a myriad of health-related demographic and economic indicators that highlight the paramount progress achieved by the Kingdom at all health levels. It also states accurate numbers and percentages of hospitals and other health facilities established over the past years. Moreover, it provides accurate statistics on physicians and their specialties, as well as an estimate of the population.

Following are the 2017 Health Indicators:

Demographic Indicators
Area (km²)	2,000,000

Population
Estimated population (in thousands)	32,552
Saudi / Total population (%)	63
Non-Saudi / Total population (%)	37
Annual population growth ratio (%) to total population	2.52
Children <5 years (%)	8.4
Children <15 years (%)	24.7
Older adults 65+ years (%)	3.2

Vital Statistics
Crude birth rate/ 1000 population	17.23
Crude mortality rate/1000 population	2.9
Life expectancy at birth (years)
Males	73.6
Females	76.3
Total	74.9
Total Fertility Rate	2.4
Neonatal mortality rate/1000 live births	2.74
Infant mortality rate/1000 live births	4.82
Under 5 years mortality rate/1000 live births	8.05
Maternal mortality rate/ 100٫000 live births	12

Economic Indicators
GDP per capita (in USD)	20,968
MOH budget (% to total State budget)	7.61

Health Resources
Total KSA hospitals	487
MOH hospitals	282
CBAHI accredited MOH hospitals	26
Other governmental hospitals	47
Other CBAHI accredited governmental hospitals	6
Private hospitals	158
CBAHI accredited private hospitals	54
MOH hospital beds	43,080
Other governmental hospital beds	12,279
Private hospital beds	17,622
Total beds in the Kingdom	72,981
MOH primary healthcare centers (PHCCs)	2,361
Private polyclinics	2,767
Private clinics	61
Red Crescent ambulance centers	404
Red Crescent ambulances	1,210

Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy Colleges:

Governmental
Colleges of Medicine	30
Colleges of Dentistry	20
Colleges of Pharmacy	21

Private
Colleges of Medicine	6
Colleges of Dentistry	6
Colleges of Pharmacy	8

Rates of Health Resources Per 10,000 Population
Physicians in KSA (including dentists)	30.1
Dentists in KSA	4.8
Pharmacists in KSA	8.7
Nurses in KSA (including midwives)	57.0
Allied health personnel in KSA	34.4
MOH PHCCs	0.73
MOH hospital beds	13.2
Other governmental hospital beds	3.8
Private hospital beds	5.4
Total hospital beds in KSA	22.4

Rates of MOH Resources Per 10,000 Population
Physicians (including dentists)	14.3
Dentists	1.13
Pharmacists	1.2
Nurses (including midwives)	31.9
Allied health personnel	18.3

Health Manpower:

MOH
Physicians (including dentists)	46,605
Dentists	3,991
Pharmacists	3,853
Nurses including midwives	103,990
Allied health personnel	59,646
MOH employees on overseas scholarships	1,711
MOH employees on domestic scholarships	7,870
MOH employees who received training	263,806

Other Governmental Sectors
Physicians (including dentists)	17,629
Dentists	1,283
Pharmacists	2,304
Nurses (including midwives)	35,808
Allied health personnel	30214

Private Sector
Physicians (including dentists)	33,840
Dentists	10,420
Pharmacists	22,155
Nurses (including midwives)	45,895
Allied health personnel	22,001

Total Health Manpower in KSA
Physicians (including dentists)	98,074
Dentists	15,694
Pharmacists	28,312
Nurses (including midwives)	185,693
Allied health personnel	111,861

Saudis Working in Health Sectors (%)
Ministry of Health	%
Physicians (including dentists)	36
Nurses (including midwives)	57.9
Pharmacists	93.1
Allied health personnel	93

Other Governmental Sectors
Physicians (including dentists)	51.7
Nurses (including midwives)	14.7
Pharmacists	67.6
Allied health personnel	73.3

Private Sector
Physicians (including dentists)	8.9
Nurses (including midwives)	5.8
Pharmacists	5.1
Allied health personnel	27

Total Health Manpower in KSA
Physicians (including dentists)	29.5
Nurses (including midwives)	36.7
Pharmacists	22.2
Allied health personnel	74.7

Health Activities:

MOH
Total PHCC visits (in millions)	50.2
OPD visits (in millions)	11.9
ER visits (in millions)	18.9
Inpatients (in millions)	1.4
Surgeries	420,502
Day surgeries	133,213
Deliveries	257,552
Dialysis centers	186
Hemodialysis patients	12,776
Peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients	550
Laboratory tests (in millions)	153
Radiological tests (in millions)	6.9
Cases referred by medical authorities for domestic treatment	76,555
Cases referred by medical authorities for treatment abroad	2,401
Number of Home Medicine Program beneficiaries since its launch	72,076

Health Activities in All KSA Health Sectors
Total PHCC and OPD visits (in millions)	144
Inpatients (in millions)	3.3
Surgeries (in millions)	1.6
Laboratory tests (in millions)	341
Radiological tests (in millions)	21.3
Average visits per person in a year	4.4
Average admissions per 100 Persons in a year	10

Other Health Indicators
Underweight newborns (%)	8.65
Basic immunization coverage (%)
Hexa. vaccine*	98
Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV)	96
BCG tuberculosis vaccine	97
MMR vaccine	96
Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV)	98

* Diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, Hib, hepatitis B & inactivated polio
** Measles, mumps & rubella

Incidence Rate Per 100,000 Population
Polio	0
Whooping cough (pertusis)	0.065
Measles	1.4
TB	6.44
Neonatal tetanus/1000 live births	0.009
Major Causes of Death Reported by MOH Hospitals by Disease Category (according to the International Classification of Diseases - ICD-10)
Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes	17.8
Diseases of the circulatory system	16.4
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period	6.9
Diseases of the respiratory system	4.3
Neoplasms	4.2
Diseases of the genitourinary system	3.2
Certain infectious or parasitic diseases	3.1
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities	2.7
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases	2.4
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified	34.8