The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques

King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud

Prime Minister of the Council of Ministers - God Bless Him
 His Royal Highness Crown Prince

Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense
 His Royal Highness Prince

Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Second Deputy Prime Minister and King Abdullah's Advisor and Special Envoy
 T ABLE OF C ONTENTS
Content Page

Forward 9

About the Ministry of Health 10

List of Tables 11

List of Figures 15

Section I: Health Status

Chapter 1: Main Indicators 21

Section II: Health Resources

Chapter 2: Health resources at the MOH 33

Chapter 3: Primary health care centers at the MOH 42

Chapter 4: Hospitals and beds at the MOH 52

Chapter 5: Health resources in other governmental sectors 65

Chapter 6: Health resources in the private sector 72

Chapter 7: Total health resources in all health sectors in the Kingdom 84

Chapter 8: Medical education 94

Chapter 9: Training 99

Section III: Public Health and Preventive Medicine

Chapter 10: Infectious diseases 107

Chapter 11: Chest diseases 124

Chapter 12: Bilharziasis 132

Chapter 13: Leishmaniasis 136

Chapter 14: Malaria 142

Chapter 15: Environmental health and health education activities 147

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 Section IV: Health Services and Activities

Chapter 16: Outpatient visits 152

Chapter 17: Inpatients (admissions to hospitals) 169

Chapter 18: Surgical operations 177

Chapter 19: Deliveries and births 185

Chapter 20: Ophthalmology 192

Chapter 21: Psychiatric and social health 195

Chapter 22: Dental services 201

Chapter 23: Hemodialysis and organ transplantations 205

Chapter 24: Laboratory & radiology investigations and blood bank 208

Chapter 25: Medical rehabilitation 218

Chapter 26: Medical commissions 223

Chapter 27: Nutrition 228

Chapter 28: Other activities 231

Chapter 29: Deaths registered at MOH hospitals 236

Section V: Health Services During Hajj Season

Chapter 30: Health Services during Hajj Season 240

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 F OREWORD

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Our beloved country is witnessing broad development across all fields, especially the health
sector which witnessed major expansion in investments and significant progress in access to and
quality of services. Such development would not have been possible without the generous support
and direct patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and Their Royal Highnesses the
Crown Prince and the Second Deputy Premier - God bless them. The Ministry has been keen to record
this revitalization of the health sector through health information, statistics and indicators to reflect
the available health resources and services provided by the Ministry to the citizens and residents of
the Kingdom.

The efforts exerted by the Ministry are culminated in the issuing of an annual statistical book
that highlights health status trends and identifies health priorities and needs. The report provides fac-
tual figures and indicators of health services at various levels of care including preventive, diagnostic,
therapeutic, and rehabilitative services delivered in accordance with the latest evidence-based medi-
cine and state-of-the-art medical technologies. It also provides a snapshot of the key achievements
and health projects across the various regions of the Kingdom with a focus on the vision of ‘Patient
First’ that the Ministry endorsed years ago. In addition, the book addresses the continuous collabora-
tion between the Ministry of Health and other health sectors, including private hospitals and health
centers.

I am delighted to present to the reader the ‘Health Statistics Annual Book’ for the year 1433 H
(2012G) which sheds light on the integrated comprehensive health care system and its development
during the year. This book, also, briefs readers on the health services provided by the Ministry to pil-
grims in seasons of Hajj and Umrah in the holy sites of Makkah and Medinah and at the ports of entry
for pilgrims whether by land, sea or air. It is our hope that the report serves as a reference document
to health practitioners, specialists, researchers, and scholars, as well as policymakers at the Ministry
to help in the development of plans and strategies that provide the best possible health services.

I ask Allah the Almighty to guide us to what he loves and pleases; May all our deeds be purely
dedicated to Him.

Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabiah

Minister of Health

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 A BOUT THE MOH

Mission

The Ministry of Health (MOH) is committed to the mission assigned to it since its first coming into
being; i.e. the provision of healthcare at all levels, promotion of general health and prevention of dis-
eases, in addition to developing the laws and legislations regulating both the governmental and pri-
vate health sectors. Aside from that, MOH is accountable for performance monitoring in health insti-
tutions, along with the research activity and academic training in the field of health investment.

Vision

The Ministry of Health (MOH), by way of its objectives, policies and projects, seeks to accomplish a
promising future vision; namely, delivering best-quality integrated and comprehensive healthcare
services.

Values

The following set of basic values and principles govern the work in all MOH facilities:

Patient first Honesty and transparency

Justice Teamwork
Professionalism Initiative and productivity
Quality Societal involvement

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 L IST OF T ABLES
Tables Page

Table 1.1: Demographic indicators, KSA, 2012 24

Table 1.2: Economic indicators, KSA, 2012 24

Table 1.3: Immunization coverage, KSA, 2012 24

Table 1.4: Health resources, KSA, 2012 25

Table 1.5: Morbidity indicators, KSA, 2012 25

Table 1.6: Mortality indicators, KSA, 2012 25

Table 1.7: Population by nationality and region, KSA, 2012 26

Table 1.8: Rate of MOH hospital beds per 10,000 population by region, KSA, 2012 26

Table II: Job post appropriations for MOH, 2009-2012 32

Table 2.1: Total MOH facilities by region, 2012 36

Table 2.2: Total manpower in MOH facilities by region, category, gender and nationality, 2012 38

Table 2.3: Allied health professionals in MOH facilities by specialty, nationality and gender, 2012 40

Table 2.4: Technical and administrative personnel in MOH facilities by gender, nationality and region, 2012 41

Table 2.5: Workers in MOH facilities by gender, nationality and region, 2012 41

Table 3.1: Manpower in MOH health centers by region, category, gender and nationality, 2012 49

Table 3.2: Dentists and physicians in MOH health centers by main specialty, gender and nationality, 2012 51

Table 3.3: Physicians and dentists in MOH health centers by specialty and nationality, 2008-2012 51

Table 4.1: MOH hospitals by specialty and region, 2012 56

Table 4.2: Hospital beds at MOH by specialty and region, 2012 56

Table 4.3: Manpower in MOH hospitals by region, category, gender and nationality, 2012 61

Table 4.4: Physicians and dentists in MOH hospitals by specialty and grade, 2012 64

Table 5.1: Hospital beds in institutions within other governmental sectors by specialty, 2012 68

Table 5.2: Health manpower of institutions within other governmental sector by category, gender and
70
nationality, 2012

Table 6.1: Private sector hospitals, beds, dispensaries, and other medical facilities by region, 2012 75

Table 6.2: Hospital beds in the private sector by region and specialty, 2012 76

Table 6.3: Clinics in private sector by region and specialty, 2012 78

Table 6.4: Manpower in private sector by category, gender, nationality and region, 2011 81

Table 6.5: Physicians in hospitals and dispensaries of the private sector by specialty and grade, 2011 83

Table 7.1: Physicians and dentists in all KSA Health Sectors by specialty, gender and nationality, 2012 92

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 Table 9.1: Manpower from MOH enrolled in fellowship programs & postgraduate studies by specialty, 2012 101

Table 9.2: Number of trainees in technical skills' development centers, 2012 104

Table 9.3: CBAHI Accredited Private Hospitals at the end of 2012 104

Table 9.4: CBAHI Accredited MOH Hospitals at the end of 2012 105

Table 10.1a: Reported cases of meningitis by region, KSA, 2012 113

Table 10.1b: Reported cases of vaccine-preventable diseases by region, KSA, 2012 116

Table 10.1c: Reported cases of environment-acquired diseases by region, KSA, 2012 119

Table 10.1d: Reported cases of zoonotic diseases by region, KSA, 2012 121

Table 10.1e: Reported cases of Hepatitis C and unspecified Hepatitis by region, KSA, 2012 123

Table 11.1: Leprosy cases by region, 2008—2012 131

Table 13.1: Reported cases of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis by month, nationality, gender, residence, and age
141
group, 2012

Table 13.2: Reported cases of Visceral Leishmaniasis by region, KSA 2008—2012 141

Table 14.1: Notified Malaria Cases by Region and classification, KSA, 2012 145

Table 15.1: Environmental health activities by region, MOH, 2012 149

Table 15.2: Health awareness, MOH, 2012 150

Table 16.1: Visits to clinics at the MOH health centers by region, type of clinic and nationality, 2012 156

Table 16.2: Emergency cases at the MOH hospitals by region, type of disease/injury, and nationality,2012 158

Table 16.3: Emergency cases at the MOH hospitals by type of disease or injury, nationality and gender, 2012 159

Table 16.4: Patients & casualties offered first-aid carried by the Saudi Red Crescent Society Ambulance by re-
160
gion & type of case, 2012

Table 16.5: MOH hospital visits by selected diseases and region, 2012 161

Table 16.6: Cases of complications related to pregnancy & childbirth, and gynecology, as well as cases if abor-
166
tion at the MOH Hospitals, 2008-2012
Table 16.7: Percentage of malignant tumor cases registered in King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research
167
Center (Riyadh and Jeddah) among each gender, 2012

Table 17.1: Selected indicators for MOH hospital services by region, 2012 172

Table 18.1: Surgeries at the MOH hospitals by region and specialty, 2012 180

Table 18.2: Surgeries at the hospitals of other governmental sector by region and specialty, 2012 181

Table 18.3: Surgeries at the private hospitals by region and specialty, 2012 182

Table 18.4: Selected GYN procedures at the MOH hospitals by region, 2012 184

Table 19.1: Deliveries at the MOH hospitals by type of delivery and region, 2012 188

Table 19.2: Deliveries at the other governmental sector hospitals by type of delivery and region, 2012 190

Table 19.3: Births at the other governmental sector hospitals, 2012 191

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Table 20.1: Main activities and services at King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, 2008-2012 194

Table 21.1: Patients of the Psychiatric Department at the MOH hospitals by region, 2008-2012 199

Table 21.2: Cases of referrals from the Social Service Department at the MOH hospitals by region,
200
2012

Table 22.1: Visits to the dental centers at the MOH, 2012 203

Table 22.2: Oral surgeries at the MOH hospitals by region, 2008-2012 204

Table 24.1: Number of laboratory investigations at the MOH hospitals by type of investigation and
213
region, 2012

Table 24.2: Number of laboratory investigations and radiology patients at the other governmental
sector facilities, 2012 215

Table 24.3: Number of laboratory and radiology investigations at the private hospitals and dispensa-
ries, 2012 215

Table 24.4: Activities of the blood banks at the MOH by region, 2012
216

Table 24.5: Blood bank activities at the other governmental sector facilities, 2012
217

Table 25.1: Amputation cases at the medical rehabilitation centers of the MOH by cause of injury and
region, 2012 220

Table 25.2: Cases at the medical rehabilitation centers of the other governmental sector, 2012 221

Table 25.3: Sessions of rehabilitation services for disabled children by age group, 2012 222

Table 26.1: Number of cases referred by the medical commissions to governmental general or special-
225
ist hospitals according to the diagnosis by region, 2012

Table 26.2: Number of cases transferred abroad for treatment by medical specialty and region, 2012 226

Table 27.1: Approximate number of meals served at the MOH hospitals and selected indicators by
230
region, 2012

Table 28.1: Cases presented to the Forensic Medicine Centers of the Kingdom by region, 2011 233

Table 29.1: Mortality trends by diseases groups, 2008-2012

239

Table 30.1: Permanent and seasonal health facilities by region in Hajj season, 1433H
244

Table 30.2: Activities of health centers control at entry points (preventive care) during Hajj season,
1433H 245

Table 30.3: Outpatient visits and admissions to permanent and seasonal hospitals and health centers
during the period 1-15/12 in Makkah and Sacred places and during the period 15/11-15/12 in Medinah,
245
in seasons, 1432&1433H

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Table 30.4: Total deaths inside & outside hospitals by place of death during the period 1-15/12, Hajj
246
Seasons 1429-1433H
Table 30.5: Cases of death by place of death and nationality during the period 1-15/12 in Makkah
247
and Sacred places and during the period 15/11-15/12 in Medinah, 1433H
Table 30.6: Pilgrims deaths by cause and region during 1-15/12 in Makkah and Sacred places and
247
during the period 15/11-15/12 in Medinah, 1433H

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L IST OF F IGURES
Figures Page

Figure 1.1: Geographic distribution of population in KSA, 2012 27

Figure 1.2: Total estimated population in the Kingdom for the time period 2006 - 2012 28

Figure 1.3: Population age-groups pyramid, 2012 28

Figure 1.4: Population distribution by nationality, 2012 28

Figure 1.5: Selected economic indicators for the time period 2006 – 2012 28

Figure 1.6: Health human resources in the Kingdom for the time period 2006 – 2012 29

Figure 1.7: Hospital beds in the Kingdom for the time period 2006 – 2012 30

Figure 1.8: Selected mortality indicators in the Kingdom for the period 2006 – 2012 30

Figure IIa: Budget appropriations for MOH in relation to government budget, 2008-2012 32

Figure IIb: Financial appropriations of the MOH budget (values in SR 1000), 2008-2012 32

Figure 2.1: Ratio of health manpower in MOH facilities per 10,000 populating by region, 2012 36

Figure 2.2 : Total manpower in MOH facilities by nationality, 2008-2012 39

Figure 3.1: Ratio of MOH Health Centers (HC) per 100,000 population by region, 2012 45

Figure 3.2: Trending of total MOH health centers, 2008-2012 45

Figure 3.3: Trending of MOH health centers by region, 2008-2012 45

Figure 3.4: MOH health centers by region and some selected indicators, 2011 46

Figure 3.5: Ratio of health manpower in MOH health centers per 10,000 population by region, 2012 46

Figure 3.6: Proportions of manpower in MOH health centers by nationality and gender, 2012 48

Figure 3.7: Total manpower in MOH health centers by nationality, 2008-2012 50

Figure 4.1: The ratio of MOH hospitals per 100,000 population and hospital beds per 10,000 population by
55
region, 2012
Figure 4.2: Distribution of MOH hospitals and beds by specialty, 2012 57

Figure 4.3: Trending of MOH hospitals and hospital beds, 2008-2012 57

Figure 4.4: Trends observed in the change in number of MOH hospitals and hospital beds by region, 2008-
58
2012
Figure 4.5: Ratio of health manpower in MOH hospitals per 10,000 population by region, 2012 59

Figure 4.6: Proportions of manpower in MOH hospitals by nationality and gender, 2012 60

Figure 4.7: Manpower in MOH hospitals by nationality, 2008-2012 62

Figure 4.8: Selected indicators of resources available at MOH hospitals by region, 2012 63

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 Figure 5.1: Distribution of total hospital beds in other governmental sectors by specialty, 2012 68

Figure 5.2: Distribution of total health manpower in other governmental sectors by category and gender and
69
nationality, 2012

Figure 5.3: Total health manpower in other governmental sectors by category and nationality and gender, 2012 69

Figure 5.4: Distribution of physicians and dentists in other governmental sector by specialty and nationality, 2012 71

Figure 6.1: Ratio of hospital beds in the private sector per 10,000 population by region, 2012 75

Figure 6.2: Total number of private sector hospitals, beds and dispensaries, 2008 –2012 77

Figure 6.3: Private sector hospitals, beds and dispensaries by region, 2008 –2012 77

Figure 6.4: Ratio of health manpower in private sector per 10,000 population by region, 2011 78

Figure 6.5: Proportions of manpower in private sector by nationality and gender, 2011 80

Figure 6.6: Physicians, nurses and allied health professionals working in the private sector by nationality, 2007-
82
2011

Figure 7.1: Hospitals in various health sectors, KSA, 2012 87

Figure 7.2: Hospital beds in various health sectors, KSA, 2012 87

Figure 7.3: Total number of hospitals and beds in all health sectors, 2008-2012 88

Figure 7.4: Number of hospitals and beds in MOH, other governmental sectors and private sector, 2008-2012 88

Figure 7.5: Total number of physicians, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals in KSA, 2008-2012 89

Figure 7.6: Number of physicians, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals in MOH, other governmen-
90
tal sectors and private sector, 2008-2012

Figure 7.7: Proportion of Saudis among total number of physicians, nurses, pharmacists and allied health profes-
91
sionals in the Kingdom, 2008-2012

Figure 7.8: Proportion of Saudis among physicians, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals in MOH,
91
other governmental sectors and private sector, 2008-2012

Figure 7.9: Total physicians and dentists in all health centers by specialty and % of Saudis, 2012 93

Figure 8.1: Students of medicine and health majors in various universities for the academic year 2012/2013 96

Figure 8.2: Graduates of medicine and health majors from various universities for academic year 2011/ 2012 97

Figure 8.3: Trends of graduates of medicine and health majors in the Kingdom by gender and nationality, 2008-
98
2012

Figure 9.1: Total manpower from MOH enrolled in fellowship programs & post-graduate studies by gender and
102
place of study, 2012

Figure 9.2: Quality assurance workshops at health centers by region, 2012 102

Figure 9.3: Trainees in maternal and child care workshops at health centers by region, 2008-2012 103

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Figure 10.1a: Reported cases of meningitis by month and season, KSA, 2012 112

Figure 10.2a: Reported cases and incidence of meningitis, KSA, 2008—2012 112

Figure 10.3a: Reported cases and incidence rate (IR, per 100,000) of meningitis by nationality and gender, KSA,
113
2012

Figure 10.4a: Reported cases of meningitis by age group , KSA, 2012 113

Figure 10.5a: Incidence Rate (IR, per 100,000) of total meningitis by region, KSA, 2012 113

Figure 10.1b: Reported cases of vaccine-preventable diseases by month and season, KSA, 2012 114

Figure 10.2b: Reported cases and incidence of vaccine-preventable diseases, KSA, 2008—2012 114

Figure 10.3b: Reported cases and incidence (per 100,000) of vaccine-preventable diseases by nationality and gen-
115
der, KSA, 2012

Figure 10.4b: Reported cases of vaccine-preventable diseases by age group, KSA, 2012 115

Figure 10.5b: Incidence Rate (IR, per 100,000) of total chickenpox and Hepatitis B by region, KSA, 2012 116

Figure 10.1c: Reported cases of environment-acquired diseases by month and season, KSA, 2012 117

Figure 10.2c: Reported cases and incidence of environment-acquired diseases, KSA, 2008—2012 117

Figure 10.3c: Reported cases and incidence (per 100,000) of environment-acquired diseases by nationality and
118
gender, KSA, 2012

Figure 10.4c: Reported cases of environment-acquired diseases by age group, KSA, 2012 118

Figure 10.5c: Incidence Rate (IR, per 100,000) of total environment-acquired diseases by region, KSA, 2012 119

Figure 10.1d: Reported cases of zoonotic diseases by month and season, KSA, 2012 120

Figure 10.2d: Reported cases and incidence of zoonotic diseases, KSA, 2008—2012 120

Figure 10.3d: Reported cases and incidence of zoonotic diseases by nationality and gender, KSA, 2012 121

Figure 10.4d: Reported cases of zoonotic diseases by age group, KSA, 2012 121

Figure 10.5d: Incidence Rate (IR, per 100,000) cases of total brucellosis by region, KSA, 2012 121

Figure 10.1e: Reported cases of Hepatitis C and other infections hepatitis by month and season, KSA, 2012 122

Figure 10.2e: Reported cases and incidence of Hepatitis C and other infectious hepatitis, KSA, 2008—2012 122

Figure 10.3e: Reported cases and incidence of Hepatitis C and other infectious hepatitis by nationality and gender,
123
KSA, 2012

Figure 10.4e: Reported cases of Hepatitis C and other infectious hepatitis by age group, KSA, 2012 123

Figure 10.5e: Incidence Rate (IR, per 100,000) of Hepatitis C by region, KSA, 2012 123

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 Figure 11.1a: Incidence Rate (IR, per 100,000) of pulmonary tuberculosis by region, KSA, 2012 128
Figure 11.1b: Incidence Rate (IR, per 100,000) of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis by region, KSA, 2012 128
Figure 11.2a: Cases of pulmonary tuberculosis by region, gender and nationality, KSA, 2012 129
Figure 11.2b: Cases of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis by region, gender and nationality, KSA, 2012 130
Figure 11.3a: Cases of pulmonary tuberculosis by region and age group, KSA, 2012 130
Figure 11.3b: Cases of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis by region and age group, KSA, 2012 130
Figure 12.1: Reported Bilharzial cases by region, nationality and gender, KSA, 2012 135
Figure 12.2: Reported Bilharzial cases by region and age group, KSA, 2012 135
Figure 12.3: Reported Bilharzial cases by region and type of disease, KSA, 2012 135
Figure 12.4: Reported Bilharzial cases by type of disease and nationality, KSA, 2008-2012 135
Figure 13.1: Incidence Rate (IR, per 100,000) of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis by region, KSA, 2012 139
Figure 13.2: Reported cases of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis by nationality, KSA, 2008-2012 139
Figure 13.3: Reported cases of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis by region and gender, KSA, 2012 140
Figure 13.4: Reported cases of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis by region and nationality, KSA, 2012 140
Figure 13.5: Reported cases of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis by region and age group, KSA, 2012 140
Figure 13.6: Reported cases of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis by month & season, and residence, KSA, 2012 141
Figure 14.1: Notified Malarial cases by type of parasite, KSA, 2012 145
Figure 14.2: Notified malarial cases by month, KSA, 2012 146
Figure 14.3: Reported Malarial cases by region and type of parasite, KSA, 2012 146
Figure 14.4: Notified malarial cases in endemic zones, KSA, by age group, KSA, 2012 146
Figure 15.1: Environmental health activities, MOH, 2008-2012 149
Figure 16.1: Total visits to clinics at MOH health centers by region and nationality, 2012 157
Figure 16.2: Visits to clinics at the MOH health centers by specialty, 2012 157
Figure 16.3: Total emergency cases at the MOH Hospitals by region and nationality, 2012 159
Figure 16.4: Total emergency cases at the MOH hospitals by type of disease or injury, nationality and gender,
160
2012
Figure 16.5: Cases offered first aid and carried by ambulances of the Saudi Red Crescent Society by region, 2008 –
160
2012
Figure 16.6: MOH hospital visits by selected diseases, 2012 161
Figure 16.7: Visits to clinics at the MOH health centers and hospitals’ outpatients department by region & nation-
162
ality, 2012
Figure 16.8: Visits to clinics at the MOH health centers and hospitals’ outpatients department, 2008-2012 162
Figure 16.9: Visits to clinics and outpatient departments at facilities of other governmental sector (showing %
163
Saudis), 2012
Figure 16.10: Visits to clinics at private sector dispensaries and hospitals by region (showing % Saudis), 2012 163
Figure 16.11: Visits to clinics at private sector dispensaries and hospitals by region, 2008-2012 164
Figure 16.12: Outpatient visits to facilities across all health sectors (showing average number of visits per person),
164
2008-2012
Figure 16.13: Proportions of outpatient visits in various health sectors, 2012 165
Figure 16.14: Visits to diabetic clinics at MOH hospitals by region (showing % Males and % Saudis), 2012 165
Figure 16.15: Visits to antenatal and GYN clinics at the MOH Hospitals, 2008-2012 166
Figure 16.16: Cases of malignant tumors registered in King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (Riyadh
167
and Jeddah) by site of tumor, 2012
Figure 16.17: Cases of tumors among children referred to King Faisal specialist hospital (Riyadh and Jeddah) by
168
Site and gender, 2012

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Figure 17.1: Number of inpatients at the MOH hospitals by region (showing % Saudis), 2012 172

Figure 17.2: Number of inpatients at the MOH hospitals (showing % Saudis), 2008-2012 173

Figure 17.3: Trends of bed turn-over rate at the MOH hospitals, 2008-2012 173

Figure 17.4: Trends of average length of stay at the MOH hospitals, 2008-2012 173

Figure 17.5: Trends of bed occupancy rate at the MOH hospitals, 2008-2012 174

Figure 17.6: Number of inpatients at the other governmental sector hospitals (showing % Saudis), 2012 174

Figure 17.7: Number of inpatients at the private sector hospitals by region (showing % Saudis), 2012 175

Figure 17.8: Proportion of inpatients across all health sectors of the Kingdom, 2012 175

Figure 17.9: Total number of inpatients across the Kingdom, 2008-2012 176

Figure 17.10: Total number of inpatients for each health sector of the Kingdom, 2008-2012 176

Figure 17.11: Proportion of inpatients across all health sectors of the Kingdom, 2008-2012 176

Figure 18.1: Total number of surgeries in the MOH hospitals, 2012 179

Figure 18.2: Total number of surgeries in the other governmental sector hospitals, 2012 179

Figure 18.3: Total number of surgeries in the private hospitals, 2012 179

Figure 18.4: Number of same day surgeries at the MOH hospitals by region, 2012 183

Figure 18.5: Proportion of selected GYN procedures, 2012 183

Figure 19.1: Deliveries at the MOH hospitals, 2012 188

Figure 19.2: Deliveries at the MOH hospitals by region, 2012 188

Figure 19.3: Number of live births at the MOH hospitals (showing %pre-term birth) , 2008-2012 189

Figure 19.4: Number of total births at the MOH hospitals (showing still birth ratio), 2008-2012 189

Figure 19.5: Deliveries at the other governmental sector hospitals, 2012 190

Figure 19.6: Deliveries at the other governmental sector hospitals by region, 2012 190

Figure 20.1: Outpatient visits at King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital , 2008-2012 194

Figure 21.1: Outpatients of the Psychiatric Departments at the MOH according to main disease groups of ICD-10,
197
2012
Figure 21.2: Inpatients of the Psychiatric Departments at the MOH according to main disease groups of ICD-10,
197
2012

Figure 21.3: Outpatients of the Psychiatric Department at the MOH hospitals by region, 2012 198

Figure 21.4: Inpatients of the Psychiatric Department at the MOH hospitals by region, 2012 198

Figure 21.5: Patients of the Psychiatric Department at the MOH hospitals, 2008-2012 199

Figure 21.6: Categories of referrals from the Social Service Department at the MOH hospitals, 2012 200

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 Figure 22.1: Oral surgeries at the MOH hospitals, 2008-20012 204

Figure 23.1: Artificial kidney centers and dialysis patients by health sector, 2012 207

Figure 23.2: Hemodialysis patients across health sector by gender & nationality, 2012 207

Figure 24.1: Number of laboratory investigations at the MOH health centers by region, 2012 211

Figure 24.2: Number of radiology patients and films at the MOH health centers by region, 2012 211

Figure 24.3: Number of laboratory investigations at the MOH hospitals by region, 2012 211

Figure 24.4: Number of radiology patients at the MOH hospitals by region, 2012 212

Figure 24.5: Number of physiotherapy patients at the MOH hospitals by region, 2012 212

Figure 24.6: Total number of laboratory investigations at the MOH hospitals by type of investigation, 2012 212

Figure 24.7: Number of laboratory investigations at the MOH facilities, 2008-2012 214

Figure 24.8: Number of radiology patients served at the MOH facilities, 2008-2012 214

Figure 24.9: Number of physiotherapy patients served at the MOH facilities, 2008-2012 214
Figure 24.10: Number of samples and tests conducted at the MOH Poison Control and Forensic Chemistry Centers
216
by region, 2012
Figure 24.11: Trend of MOH Blood Banks activities, 2008-2012 217

Figure 25.1: Causes of amputation cases at the medical rehabilitation centers of the MOH, 2012 220

Figure 25.2: Number of disabled children receiving rehabilitation services by age group, 2012 221

Figure 25.3: Sessions of rehabilitation services for disabled children, 2012 222
Figure 26.1: Number of cases referred by the medical commissions to governmental general and specialist hospi-
225
tals (showing % Saudis), by region, 2012
Figure 26.2: Proportions of cases referred by the medical commissions to governmental general or specialist hos-
225
pitals by medical diagnosis, 2012
Figure 26.3: Proportion of transferred abroad for treatment by medical specialty, 2012 226

Figure 26.4: Number of cases transferred abroad for treatment by region and receiving country , 2012 227

Figure 26.5: Number of cases transferred abroad for treatment by region and type of decree, 2012 227
Figure 27.1: Approximate number of meals served in MOH hospitals (showing average number of patient meals /
230
bed per year) by region, 2012
Figure 28.1: Distribution of the Medical Legal Committees across the regions of the Kingdom, 2011 233

Figure 28.2: Cases of medical malpractice referred to the Medical Legal committees by region, 2011 234

Figure 28.3: Number of sessions and resolutions of the Medical Legal committees by region, 2011 234
Figure 28.4: Distribution of resolutions of medical malpractice death cases issued by the Medico Legal commit-
235
tees according to conviction and by region, 2011
Figure 28.5: Number of MOH hospitals implementing the Home Health Care Program (showing number of man-
235
power and beneficiaries) by region, 2012
Figure 29.1: Deaths among Saudis registered at the MOH hospitals by diseases group and gender, 2012 238

Figure 29.2: Deaths among non-Saudis registered at the MOH hospitals by diseases group and gender, 2012 238

Figure 30.1: Pilgrims from inside and outside of the Kingdom, 1423-1433H 244

Figure 30.2: MOH health manpower devoted to Hajj season, 1433H 244

Figure 30.3: Outpatient visits, hospital emergency visits and inpatients during Hajj season, 1432&1433H 245
Figure 30.4: Cases and incidence rate of heat exhaustion (per 100,000 pilgrims) during the period 1-15/12 , 1424-
246
1433H
Figure 30.5: Total deaths inside & outside hospitals during the period 1-15/12, Hajj Seasons 1429-1433H 246

Figure 30.6: Total death by region, place of death and nationality, 1433H 247

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SECTION I.

H EALTH S TATUS

Chapter 1: Main Indicators

 1. M AIN I NDICATORS

The Ministry of Health in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is committed to providing the latest health sta-
tistics and information for all partners in the health sector, including decision-makers and health care
service providers. From that end, the Ministry issues its annual report which includes all the figures
and data pertaining to health care across different sectors of the Kingdom. Among the most im-
portant data to be included in this report are the main indicators that reflects the growth of the health
sector and the development of health services over the past couple of years. Indicators gain their im-
portance for two chief reasons: First, they provide an ample review of the current situation in terms
of health performance. And second, indicators allow for a close assessment of health strategies and
stand on the progress towards achieving the stated goals, whether short-or long-term. This first chap-
ter of the report offers a detailed record of the most important demographic, economic, and health
indicators in the Kingdom. As well, it presents a geographical distribution by the thirteen administra-
tive regions of the kingdom and the trend over time for some selected indicators. And similar to other
chapters of this report, this chapter displays the most important points in ‘sound-bite’ boxes that com-
pare the performance of the Kingdom, show the trend across time, and present the key achievements
at the level of the Kingdom.

HOW DOES KSA COMPARE?

Life expectancy in KSA for year 2012 (73.8 years) exceeds the regional average
by 5.8 years and exceeds the global average by 3.8 years.

Percentage of population under 15 years of age in KSA for year 2012 (30%) is
almost similar to that of the Eastern Mediterranean Region (34%) and is
higher than the percentage reported globally (27%).

Crude birth rate (per 1,000 population) in KSA for year 2012 (22.5) is lower than
both the regional (31.4) and global (24.3) averages.

Crude death rate (per 1,000 population) in KSA for year 2012 (3.8) is lower than
the regional rate (6.3) and is almost half the global rate (7.9).

Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) among Saudis for year 2012 (16.2) is
63% less than the regional rate (44) and 56% less than the global rate (37).

Source: World Health Statistics Report (2013),World Health Organization

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TREND OVER TIME…
In terms of health human resources, there has been an increase in the
rate of personnel per 10,000 population between years 2006 and 2012,
with an increase of 20% among physicians, 46% among dentists, 35%
among nurses, 47% among pharmacists, and 38% among allied health pro-
fessionals.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS ...

Incidence rate of measles decreased by more than two thirds between years
2006 (3.41 per 100,000 population) and 2012 (1.01 per 100,000 popula-
tion).

Between the years 2006 and 2012, overall immunization coverage for DPT,
OPV, BCG, MMR and PCV across the Kingdom increased from 95% to
around 98%.

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 Table 1.1: Demographic indicators, KSA, 2012
Indicator Year

Total Estimated Population Size 29,195,895 2012

Crude birth rate per 1,000 population 22.5 2012

Annual population growth rate (%)

Total 3.19 Between
Saudi 2.21 2004 & 2010
Non-Saudi 5.61

Percentage of population under 5 years (%) 10.85 2012

Percentage of population under 15 years (%) 30.37 2012

Percentage of population 15- 64 years (%) 66.89 2012

Percentage of population 65 years & above (%) 2.73 2012

Total fertility rate 2.87 2012

Life expectancy at birth

Total 73.8
2012
Male 72.8
Female 75.2

Percentage of low birth weight (%) 8.8 2011

Source: Central Department of Statistics & Information

Table 1.2: Economic indicators, KSA, 2012

Indicator Year

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita (in USD) 24,911 2012

Percentage of MOH Budget of total governmental budget (%) 6.8 2012

Per capita MOH expenditure (in USD) 430 2012

Source: Central Department of Statistics & Information

Table 1.3: Immunization coverage, KSA, 2012

Indicator Percentage (%) Year

Pentavalent Vaccine* 97.7 2012

Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) 97.7 2012

BCG Vaccine 98.6 2012

MMR Vaccine** 97.8 2012

Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) 97.7 2012

* Includes Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Haemophilus influenza type B and Hepatitis B ** Includes Measles, Mumps and Rubella

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Table 1.4: Health resources, KSA, 2012

Rate
Indicator Year
(per 10,000 population)

Physicians 24.4 2012

Dentists 3.41 2012

Pharmacists 5.3 2012

Nurses 47.8 2012

Allied health professional 26.3 2012

MOH primary health care centers 0.77 2012

Hospital Beds (all sectors), KSA 20.9 2012

MOH hospital beds 12.3 2012

Other governmental sector hospital beds 3.8 2012

Private hospital beds 4.8 2012

Table 1.5: Morbidity indicators, KSA, 2012

Rate
Indicator (per 100,000 Year
population)

Poliomyelitis 0.00 2012

Whooping cough 0.02 2012

Measles 1.01 2012

Tetanus (All ages) 0.07 2012

Neonatal tetanus per 1,000 live births 0.02 2012

Pulmonary TB 8.83 2012

Extra-pulmonary TB 3.50 2012

Pulmonary & extra-pulmonary TB 12.33 2012

Table 1.6: Mortality indicators, KSA, 2012

Indicator Rate Year

Crude death rate per 1,000 population 3.8 2012

Infants mortality rate per 1,000 Saudi live births 16.2 2012

Under 5 mortality rate per 1,000 live births 18.7 2012

Maternal mortality rate per 10,000 live births 1.4 2012

Source: Central Department of Statistics & Information

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 Table 1.7: Population by nationality and region, KSA, 2012

Regions Saudi Non-Saudi Total

Riyadh 4,556,482 2,753,484 7,309,966

Makkah 4,364,881 3,107,094 7,471,975

Medinah 1,338,831 572,167 1,910,998

Qaseem 984,618 319,005 1,303,623

Eastern 3,065,883 1,348,395 4,414,278

Aseer 1,693,198 351,872 2,045,070

Tabouk 701,120 144,737 845,857

Ha`il 516,655 122,044 638,699

Northern 284,388 58,110 342,498

Jazan 1,171,898 288,642 1,460,540

Najran 426,751 114,593 541,344

Al-Bahah 369,711 70,216 439,927

Al-Jouf 370,216 100,904 471,120

Total 19,844,632 9,351,263 29,195,895

Table 1.8: Rate of MOH hospital beds per 10,000 population by region, KSA, 2012

Bed rate (per 10,000 pop-

Regions Population Hospital beds
ulation)

Riyadh 7,309,966 7,473 10.2

Makkah 7,471,975 6,933 9.3

Medinah 1,910,998 2,647 13.9

Qaseem 1,303,623 2,409 18.5

Eastern 4,414,278 5,111 11.6

Aseer 2,045,070 2,870 14.0

Tabouk 845,857 1,125 13.3

Ha`il 638,699 1,095 17.1

Northern 342,498 910 26.6

Jazan 1,460,540 1,800 12.3

Najran 541,344 1,070 19.8

Al-Bahah 439,927 1,035 23.5

Al-Jouf 471,120 471,120 28.7

Total 29,195,895 35,828 12.3

The administrative regions include the following health regions:

Riyadh, Makkah (Jeddah, Ta’if, Qunfudah), Medinah, Qaseem, Eastern (Al-Ahsa’a, Hafr Al-Baten), Aseer (Bishah), Tabouk, Ha’il,
Northern, Jazan, Najran, Al-Bahah, Al- Jouf (Qurrayat).

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 Total Population

Saudi Population

Non-Saudi Population

Figure 1.1: Geographic distribution of population in KSA, 2012

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Figure 1.2: Total estimated population in the Kingdom for the time period 2006 - 2012

>65 years – 2.73% ——————

15-64 years – 66.89%

<15 years – 30.37%

<5 years – 10.85%

Figure 1.3: Population age-groups pyramid, 2012 Figure 1.4: Population distribution by nationality, 2012

Figure 1.5: Selected economic indicators for the time period 2006 - 2012
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Figure 1.6: Health human resources in the Kingdom for the time period 2006 - 2012

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Figure 1.7: Hospital beds in the Kingdom for the time period 2006 - 2012

Figure 1.8: Selected mortality indicators in the Kingdom for the period 2006 - 2012

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SECTION II.

H EALTH R ESOURCES

Chapter 2: Health resources at the MOH

Chapter 3: Primary health care centers at the MOH
Chapter 4: Hospitals and beds at the MOH
Chapter 5: Health resources in other governmental sectors
Chapter 6: Health resources in the private sector
Chapter 7: Total health resources in all health sectors in the Kingdom
Chapter 8: Medical education
Chapter 9: Training
 A Glance at the Ministry of Health Financing

The financial appropriations of the government budget allocated for the Ministry of Health (MOH)
is considered the main financing source for health resources. The Saudi government exerts effort
to ensure continuous support to the MOH through the five year developmental plan, in which the
allocated MOH budget undergoes continuous increase.

Figure IIa: Budget appropriations for MOH in relation to government budget, 2008-2012

Figure IIb: Financial appropriations of the MOH budget (values in SR 1000), 2008-2012

Table II: Job post appropriations for MOH, 2009-2012

Approved University Teachers
Budget Year Health Cadre Workers Total
Positions Teaching Staff Cadre
2009 42,769 130,073 1 2 3,173 176,018
2010 43,881 139,099 1 2 3,086 186,069
2011 45,731 148,851 1 2 3,087 197,672
2012 47,917 157,431 1 2 2,087 208,438

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SECTION II.

H EALTH R ESOURCES

Chapter 2: Health resources at the MOH

 H EALTH R ESOURCES AT
2. THE MOH

Health Facilities of the Ministry of Health

Table 2.1 displays the distribution, by region of the Kingdom, of the health facilities of the Ministry of
Health (MOH) that are providing various health services during the year 2012. The highest number of
hospitals are present in Riyadh (46) and Makkah (37), and the highest number of primary health care
(PHC) centers are present in Riyadh (435) and Makkah (355). In total, the MOH operates 259 hospitals
and 2,259 PHC centers.

Health Manpower in facilities of the Ministry of Health

The reported health manpower employed at facilities of the MOH comprised four categories: physi-
cians (including dentists), nurses, pharmacists, and allied health professionals (including technical
personnel). Figure 2.1 shows the distribution of the four categories of health manpower at the MOH
and their rations per 10,000 population across the regions of the Kingdom. For physicians, the highest
ratio is present in Northern Borders (26.07 physicians per 10,000 population). For nurses, the highest
ratio is present in Al-Jouf (66.10 nurses per 10,000 population). For pharmacists, the highest ratio is
present in Najran (1.37 pharmacists per 10,000 population). For Allied Health Professionals, the high-
est ratio is present in Northern Borders (27.59 professionals per 10,000 population).

The distribution of the four categories of health manpower at the MOH by region, nationality and gen-
der is displayed in Table 2.2. The total number of physicians (including dentists) is 35,841. The number
of Saudi physicians (including Saudi dentists) is 9,119 (representing 25.4% of the total number of physi-
cians at the MOH). The total number of nurses is 82,948. The number of Saudi nurses is 45,875
(representing 55.3% of the total number of nurses at the MOH). The total number of pharmacists is
2,154. The number of Saudi pharmacists is 1,810 (representing 84.0% of the total number of pharma-
cists at the MOH). The total number of allied health professionals is 45,698. The number of Saudi allied
health professionals is 40,031 (representing 89.8% of the total number of allied health professionals at
the MOH).

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS ...

Between years 2008 and 2012, the proportion of Saudis from the total health man-
power employed at the MOH increased from 48.0% to 58.7% .

More specifically, there has been a marked increase in the proportion of Saudis
within the nursing workforce during that time period, from 44.5% in 2008 to
55.3% in 2012.

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 HOW DOES KSA COMPARE?
In 2012, there are 2.3 nurses for every physician employed at facilities
of the MOH in the KSA, in comparison to 1.3 nurses for every phy-
sician in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) and 1.8 nurses for
every physician globally.
Source: World Health Statistics Report (2013),World Health Organization

Figure 2.2 represents the change in proportions of health manpower employed by the MOH by na-
tionality during the time period of 2008-2012. From the total health manpower, the proportion of
Saudis increased from 48.0% in 2008 to 58.7% in 2012.
Table 2.3 displays the distribution of allied health professionals employed by the MOH by specialty,
and provides further details on the proportions of each specialty by nationality and gender.
Tables 2.4 and 2.5 display the distribution of technical & administrative personnel and workers em-
ployed at the MOH, respectively, by gender, nationality and region.

TREND OVER TIME…

Total health manpower (including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and
allied health professionals) employed by the MOH increased by 50.8% be-
tween years 2008 and 2012, with the addition of 56,129 personnel.

From year 2008 to 2012, the increase in health manpower employed at the MOH
was as follows: 44.5% among physicians, 49.6% among nurses, 40.9% among
pharmacists and 58.9% among allied health professionals.

During the period from year 2008 to 2012, the total number of Saudi health man-
power employed at the MOH increased by 84.6% (from 52,994 to 97,835), while
the total number of Non-Saudi health manpower increased by 19.6% (from
57,518 to 68,806).

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Table 2.1: Total MOH facilities by region, 2012

Hemodialysis
Dialysis Cen-
PHC centers

laboratories
tion centers

ters control
Health cen-
Rehabilita-
Cardiology

Oncology

machines
Hospitals

Medicine
Diabetes

smoking

Forensic
at entry
centers

Central
Center

Center

Dental

points
Center

clinics

Anti-
ter
Region

Riyadh 46 435 1 1 3 1 30 697 1 1 1 11 1

Makkah 37 355 1 1 7 5 16 547 3 3 2 9 4
Medinah 20 154 1 0 2 1 11 307 0 1 3 8 1
Qaseem 18 159 1 1 1 1 13 251 1 0 0 3 1
Eastern 32 248 2 1 4 3 14 383 3 1 7 4 3
Aseer 27 317 0 0 3 2 16 339 1 1 1 4 1
Tabouk 11 73 0 0 1 1 7 136 0 0 3 1 1
Ha'il 11 100 1 0 1 0 9 121 1 1 0 1 1
Northern 7 45 1 0 2 1 5 109 0 0 1 3 1
Jazan 19 155 0 0 1 2 7 234 0 0 2 1 1
Najran 10 65 1 0 2 1 4 81 0 1 2 2 1
Al - Bahah 10 101 0 0 2 1 6 119 0 1 0 7 1
Al - Jouf 11 52 0 0 3 1 5 137 1 1 1 2 2
Total 259 2,259 9 4 32 20 143 3,461 11 11 23 56 19

Physicians#

Nurses

Figure 2.1: Ratio of health manpower in MOH facilities per 10,000 populating by region, 2012
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 Pharmacists

Allied Health Professionals

of MOH
Headquarter

Riyadh

Makkah

Medinah

Qaseem

Eastern

Aseer

Tabouk

Ha'il

Northern

Jazan

Najran

Al-Bahah

Al Jouf

Total

Category

# of Physi-
273 6,715 7,286 2,809 2,247 5,445 2,778 1,178 1,083 893 1,886 1,039 1,061 1,148 35,841
cians* (P)
P per 10,000 N/A 9.19 9.75 14.70 17.24 12.33 13.58 13.93 16.96 26.07 12.91 19.19 24.12 24.37 12.28
# of Nurses
254 16,447 15,479 6,874 5,307 12,766 6,280 2,717 2,772 2,149 4,397 2,256 2,136 3,114 82,948
(N)
N per 10,000 N/A 22.50 20.72 35.97 40.71 28.92 30.71 32.12 43.40 62.74 30.11 41.67 48.55 66.10 28.41
# of Pharma-
139 502 350 120 93 322 195 42 40 41 133 74 52 51 2,154
cists (Ph)
Ph per 10,000 N/A 0.69 0.47 0.63 0.71 0.73 0.95 0.50 0.63 1.20 0.91 1.37 1.18 1.08 0.74
# of Allied
789 9,255 8,942 3,352 3,456 6,606 3,078 1,326 1,346 945 2,835 1,376 1,126 1,266 45,698
Health (AHP)
AHP per
N/A 12.66 11.97 17.54 26.51 14.97 15.05 15.68 21.07 27.59 19.41 25.42 25.60 26.87 15.65
10,000
Total 1,455 32,919 32,057 13,155 11,103 25,139 12,331 5,263 5,241 4,028 9,251 4,745 4,375 5,579 166,641

Figure 2.1 (continued): Ratio of health manpower in MOH facilities per 10,000 population by region, 2012
* Includes dentists
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Table 2.2: Total manpower in MOH facilities by region, category, gender and nationality, 2012

Total Headquarter of MOH

Category Saudi Non-Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi
Males Males Females Females Males Males Females Females
Physicians# 6,051 20,264 3,068 6,458 83 155 24 11
Nurses 19,409 1,423 26,466 35,650 216 5 28 5
Pharmacists 1,202 176 608 168 116 0 23 0
Allied Health
33,995 1,396 7,036 3,271 718 1 69 1
Professionals

Riyadh Makkah Medinah

Non- Non- Non- Non- Non- Non-
Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi
Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi
Males Females Males Females Males Females
Males Females Males Females Males Females
1,341 3,534 559 1,281 1,719 3,153 1,278 1,136 537 1,513 244 515
3,284 555 3,737 8,871 3,914 332 4,651 6,582 1,905 17 2,435 2,517
172 14 294 22 168 57 86 39 80 9 19 12

6,662 376 1,508 709 6,195 341 1,862 544 2,698 47 495 112

Qaseem Eastern Aseer

Saudi Non-Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi
Males Males Females Females Males Males Females Females Males Males Females Females
165 1513 52 517 1,211 2,541 814 879 464 1,776 44 494
1229 44 1068 2966 2,028 323 6,136 4,279 1,405 45 1,821 3,009
59 12 8 14 165 16 121 20 162 6 13 14

2788 64 219 385 4,266 265 1,766 309 2,287 122 311 358

Tabouk Ha'il Northern

Saudi Non-Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi
Males Males Females Females Males Males Females Females Males Males Females Females
43 857 16 262 29 807 5 242 8 720 3 162
897 20 1,073 727 795 16 907 1,054 588 7 1,006 548
23 5 12 2 34 4 1 1 21 6 9 5

1,074 33 154 65 1,029 33 93 191 685 11 116 133

Jazan Najran Al-Bahah Al-Ajouf

Non- Non- Non- Non- Non- Non- Non- Non-
Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi
Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi
Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females
Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females

298 1,236 14 338 40 792 4 203 66 796 5 194 47 871 6 224

1,043 15 1,778 1,561 513 15 296 1,432 552 29 184 1,371 1,040 0 1,346 728

98 24 6 5 59 4 5 6 19 14 0 19 26 5 11 9

2,565 19 166 85 1,145 17 70 144 878 41 81 126 1,005 26 126 109

# Physicians include dentists

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Figure 2.2 : Total manpower in MOH facilities by nationality, 2008-2012
# Includes dentists

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Table 2.3: Allied health professionals in MOH facilities by specialty, nationality and gender, 2012

Saudi Non-Saudi
Specialty Total % Saudi
Male Female Male Female
Research/Health Services Specialist 982 21 2 4 1,009 99.4%
Radiology Specialist 465 105 16 59 645 88.4%
Physiotherapist 526 233 46 47 852 89.1%
Public Health Specialist 248 36 11 0 295 96.3%
Dietician 445 225 2 4 676 99.1%
Sociologist 869 473 1 4 1,347 99.6%
Specialist/Lab Analyst 1,804 501 46 85 2,436 94.6%
Psychiatric Specialist 403 162 8 0 573 98.6%
Hearing Specialist/Speech Pathologist 23 39 8 8 78 79.5%
Optometry Specialist 143 113 2 4 262 97.7%
Specialist Statistician 165 8 0 1 174 99.4%
Medical Records Specialist 17 13 4 12 46 65.2%
Other Specialists 430 196 80 65 771 81.2%
Surgical Technician 1,355 48 42 243 1,688 83.1%
Lab Technician 4,648 1039 198 645 6,530 87.1%
Radiology Technician 4,078 668 110 487 5,343 88.8%
Assistant Pharmacist (Technician) 5,457 813 73 276 6,619 94.7%
Anesthesiology Technician 1,209 9 94 208 1,520 80.1%
Physiotherapy Technician 1000 351 72 220 1,643 82.2%
Dietary Technician 638 51 4 19 712 96.8%
Prosthetics Technician 63 3 27 1 94 70.2%
ECG&EEG Technician 12 9 26 36 83 25.3%
Dental Technician 404 90 15 33 542 91.1%
Optometry Technician 271 3 0 6 280 97.9%
Hearing/Speech Technician 0 7 6 0 13 53.8%
Sanitation Supervisor 2,986 2 12 0 3,000 99.6%
Statistical Technician 506 13 3 0 522 99.4%
Sterilization Technician 72 2 70 58 202 36.6%
Medical Records Technician/Medical Secre-
2,380 1039 75 231 3,725 91.8%
tary
Other Technicians 2,396 764 343 515 4,018 78.6%
Total 33,995 7,036 1,396 3,271 45,698 89.8%

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Table 2.4: Technical and administrative personnel in MOH facilities by gender, nationality and region, 2012

Saudi Non-Saudi
Region Total % Saudi
Male Female Male Female
Riyadh 8293 2137 602 200 11232 92.9%
Makkah 8535 1333 1002 277 11147 88.5%
Medinah 5175 527 214 2 5918 96.4%
Qaseem 2982 219 2582 96 5879 54.4%
Eastern 6161 1490 918 106 8675 88.2%
Aseer 3835 196 944 80 5055 79.7%
Tabouk 1146 98 490 19 1753 71.0%
Ha'il 1145 90 311 6 1552 79.6%
Northern 716 69 170 0 955 82.2%
Jazan 2682 116 303 2 3103 90.2%
Najran 1211 40 353 0 1604 78.0%
Al- Bahah 1593 76 1307 410 3386 49.3%
Al- Jouf 1204 128 164 0 1496 89.0%
Total 44,678 6,519 9,360 1,198 61,755 82.9%

Table 2.5: Workers in MOH facilities by gender, nationality and region, 2012
Saudi Non-Saudi
Region Total % Saudi
Male Female Male Female
Riyadh 1985 453 4926 1186 8550 28.5%
Makkah 3522 521 5886 2664 12593 32.1%
Medinah 1750 468 1043 513 3774 58.8%
Qaseem 1302 130 1618 672 3722 38.5%
Eastern 1415 268 2529 990 5202 32.4%
Aseer 1309 460 2543 913 5225 33.9%
Tabouk 484 107 860 415 1866 31.7%
Ha'il 391 155 855 414 1815 30.1%
Northern 450 93 1164 305 2012 27.0%
Jazan 1978 212 1503 357 4050 54.1%
Najran 427 28 940 325 1720 26.5%
Al- Bahah 494 69 630 227 1420 39.6%
Al- Jouf 331 51 782 426 1590 24.0%
Total 15,838 3,015 25,279 9,407 53,539 35.2%

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SECTION II.

H EALTH R ESOURCES

Chapter 3: Primary health care centers at the MOH

 P RIMARY H EALTH C ARE
3. C ENTERS AT THE MOH

Primary Health Care (PHC) Centers at the Ministry of Health

The Ministry of Health (MOH) is the major governmental agency entrusted with the provision of
preventive, curative and rehabilitative health care for the Kingdom’s population. The MOH provides
Primary Health Care (PHC) services through a network of health care centers, which included 2,259
centers in 2012. Figure 3.1 shows the distribution of the centers as well as the ratios per 100,000
population across the 13 provinces of the Kingdom. The highest ratio is present Al-Bahah (22.96
centers per 100,000 population).
The total number of PHC centers at the MOH increased over the recent years (2008-2012), as
demonstrated in Figure 3.2. Figure 3.3 further displays this increasing trend in the number of PHC
centers during the time period of 2008-2012, while providing numbers by region of the Kingdom.
The largest growth in the number of PHC centers was noted in Makkah (23%) and Riyadh (20%).
Each PHC center provides health services to 13,455 people, on average. Figure 3.4 demonstrates
the availability of dental, X-ray, and laboratory services within the PHC centers across the 13 prov-
inces. The highest percentage of centers with a dental clinic is present in Qaseem (89%). The high-
est percentage of centers with X-ray equipment is present in Ha’il (52%). The highest percentage of
centers with laboratories is also present in Ha’il (89%).

TREND OVER TIME…

The total number of PHC centers at the MOH increased by 17.4% from
year 2007 (1,925 centers) to 2012 (2,259 centers).
The rate of physicians (including dentists) employed at PHC centers of the MOH
increased from 2.3 physicians per 10,000 population in 2008 to 2.9 physicians
per 10,000 population in 2012.
The rate of nurses employed at PHC centers of the MOH increased from 5.2 nurses
per 10,000 population in 2008 to 5.6 nurses per 10,000 population in 2012.
The rate of pharmacists employed at PHC centers of the MOH dropped from 0.07
pharmacists per 10,000 population in 2008 to 0.05 pharmacists per 10,000 in
2012.
The rate of allied health professionals employed at PHC centers of the MOH in-
creased from 2.1 professionals per 10,000 population in 2008 to 3.5 profession-
als per 10,000 in 2012.

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 HOW DOES KSA COMPARE?
In 2012, there are 1.9 nurses for every physician employed at PHC centers of
the MOH in the KSA, in comparison to 1.3 nurses for every physician in the East-
ern Mediterranean Region (EMR) and 1.8 nurses for every physician globally.
Source: World Health Statistics Report (2013),World Health Organization

Health Manpower in PHC Centers at the Ministry of Health

Figure 3.5 displays the distribution of the four categories of health manpower employed at PHC centers of
the MOH and the ratio of manpower per 10,000 population by region for the year 2012. There is a total of
8,390 physicians (including dentists), 16,317 nurses, 137 pharmacists and 10,113 allied health professionals
in all PHC centers. Al-Bahah has the highest ratios for all categories of manpower: physicians (7.64 per
10,000 population), nurses (17.62 per 10,000 population), pharmacists (0.11 per 10,000 population), and
allied health professionals (7.25 per 10,000 population).
The proportion of total health manpower at PHC centers of the MOH by nationality and gender for year
2012 is displayed in Figure 3.6. The proportions are further detailed in Table 3.1 by the region of the King-
dom. The change in proportion of health manpower by nationality for the four categories of manpower
during the time period of 2008-2012 is shown in Figure 3.7.
Table 3.2 reveals the proportions of physicians (by main specialty) and dentists by gender and nationality.
Furthermore, Table 3.3 shows changes in the total number of physicians (by main specialty) and dentists
by nationality over the time period 2008-2012.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS ...

The proportion of Saudis within the total health manpower employed at PHC cen-
ters of the MOH increased significantly from 57.5% in 2008 to 71.4% in 2012.

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 Region Number Ratio
Riyadh 435 5.95
Makkah 355 4.75
Medinah 154 8.06
Qaseem 159 12.20
Eastern 248 5.62
Aseer 317 15.50
Tabouk 73 8.63
Ha'il 100 15.66
Northern 45 13.14
Jazan 155 10.61
Najran 65 12.01
Al- Bahah 101 22.96
Al- Jouf 52 11.04
Total 2,259 7.74

Figure 3.1: Ratio of MOH Health Centers (HC) per 100,000 population by region, 2012

Figure 3.2: Trending of total MOH health centers, 2008-2012

Figure 3.3: Trending of MOH health centers by region, 2008-2012

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Figure 3.4: MOH health centers by region and some selected indicators, 2011 *
* Represents data for 2011 due to absence of 2012 data

Physicians#

Nurses

Figure 3.5: Ratio of health manpower in MOH health centers per 10,000 population by region, 2012
# Includes dentists
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 Pharmacists

Allied Health Professionals

Riyadh

Makkah

Medinah

Qaseem

Eastern

Aseer

Tabouk

Ha'il

Northern

Jazan

Najran

Al-Bahah

Al Jouf

Total
Category

# of Physicians* (P) 1,086 1,815 532 663 1,408 937 203 278 188 487 221 336 236 8,390
P per 10,000 1.49 2.43 2.78 5.09 3.19 4.58 2.4 4.35 5.49 3.33 4.08 7.64 5.01 2.87
# of Nurses (N) 1,887 3,462 1382 1,158 2,040 1,825 592 760 384 1024 477 775 551 16,317
N per 10,000 2.58 4.63 7.23 8.88 4.62 8.92 7 11.9 11.21 7.01 8.81 17.62 11.7 5.59
# of Pharmacists
(Ph)
74 14 7 2 9 8 1 1 3 10 2 5 1 137
Ph per 10,000 0.1 0.02 0.04 0.02 0.02 0.04 0.01 0.02 0.09 0.07 0.04 0.11 0.02 0.05
# of Allied Health
(AHP)
1,803 2,435 733 819 1,462 753 248 305 146 585 289 319 216 10,113
AHP per 10,000 2.47 3.26 3.84 6.28 3.31 3.68 2.93 4.78 4.26 4.01 5.34 7.25 4.58 3.46
Total 4,850 7,726 2654 2,642 4,919 3,523 1,044 1,344 721 2,106 989 1,435 1,004 34,957

Figure 3.5 (continued): Ratio of health manpower in MOH health centers per 10,000 population by region, 2012

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Figure 3.6: Proportions of manpower in MOH health centers by nationality (top) and gender (bottom), 2012

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Table 3.1: Manpower in MOH health centers by region, category, gender and nationality, 2012

Total
Category
Saudi Males Non-Saudi Males Saudi Females Non-Saudi Females
Physicians# 1,293 4,304 808 1,985
Nurses 5,940 40 6,899 3,438
Pharmacists 27 20 82 8

Allied Health Professionals 8,598 10 1,289 216

Riyadh Makkah Medinah

Non- Non- Non- Non- Non- Non-
Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi
Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi
Males Females Males Females Males Females
Males Females Males Females Males Females
169 486 128 303 416 652 395 352 112 229 54 137
743 6 920 218 1,422 2 1,291 747 618 0 555 209
2 0 72 0 7 3 3 1 1 3 0 3
1,455 7 326 15 2,028 0 384 23 676 0 53 4

Qaseem Eastern Aseer

Non- Non- Non- Non- Non- Non-
Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi
Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi
Males Females Males Females Males Females
Males Females Males Females Males Females
27 428 12 196 304 605 207 292 188 543 6 200
326 0 318 514 473 8 1,282 277 523 11 817 474
2 0 0 0 4 0 5 0 7 0 0 1
729 0 53 37 1,209 1 241 11 604 0 112 37

Tabouk Ha'il Northern

Non- Non- Non- Non- Non- Non-
Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi
Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi
Males Females Males Females Males Females
Males Females Males Females Males Females
8 128 3 64 2 198 1 77 1 144 0 43
274 1 278 39 332 0 290 138 149 2 184 49
0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
222 0 25 1 277 0 11 17 124 0 16 6

Jazan Najran Al-Bahah Al-Ajouf

Non- Saudi Non- Non- Saudi Non- Non- Saudi Non- Non- Saudi Non-
Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi
Saudi Fe- Saudi Saudi Fe- Saudi Saudi Fe- Saudi Saudi Fe- Saudi
Males Males Males Males
Males males Fe- Males males Fe- Males males Fe- Males males Fe-

50 317 1 119 3 159 0 59 8 243 1 84 5 172 0 59

318 4 487 215 187 0 100 190 314 6 112 343 261 0 265 25

2 8 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0

547 0 33 5 253 0 4 32 266 1 28 24 208 1 3 4

# Physicians include dentists

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Figure 3.7: Total manpower in MOH health centers by nationality, 2008-2012
# Includes dentists

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Table 3.2: Dentists and physicians in MOH health centers by main specialty, gender and nationality, 2012

Category Saudi Non-Saudi Total

Male 384 1,449 1,833
General Physician Female 278 598 876
Total 662 2,047 2,709
Male 462 500 962
Dentistry Female 224 164 388
Total 686 664 1,350
Male 4 60 64
OBS/GYN Female 20 133 153
Total 24 193 217
Male 15 141 156
Pediatrics Female 12 53 65
Total 27 194 221
Male 275 920 1,195
Family Medicine Female 195 644 839
Total 470 1,564 2,034
Male 153 1,234 1,387
Others Female 79 393 472
Total 232 1,627 1,859
Male 1,293 4,304 5,597
Total Female 808 1,985 2,793
Total 2,101 6,289 8,390

Table 3.3: Physicians and dentists in MOH health centers by specialty and nationality, 2008-2012

Year
Specialty Nationality
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Saudi 382 338 676 557 662
General Physician Non-Saudi 3,666 1,463 2,479 1,727 2,047
Total 4,048 1,801 3,155 2,284 2,709
Saudi 222 434 525 561 686
Dentistry Non-Saudi 850 788 653 834 664
Total 1,072 1,222 1,178 1,395 1,350
Saudi 11 42 43 28 24
OBS/GYN Non-Saudi 23 317 177 195 193
Total 34 359 220 223 217
Saudi 8 59 46 35 27
Pediatrics Non-Saudi 54 306 202 214 194
Total 62 365 248 249 221
Saudi … … 382 423 470
Family Medicine Non-Saudi … … 1,347 1,471 1,564
Total … … 1,729 1,894 2,034
Saudi 86 568 298 377 232
Others Non-Saudi 464 2,538 1,528 1,981 1,627
Total 550 3,106 1,826 2,358 1,859
Saudi 709 1,441 1,970 1,981 2,101
Total Non-Saudi 5,057 5,412 6,386 6,422 6,289
Total 5,766 6,853 8,356 8,403 8,390
... Data not available

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SECTION II.

H EALTH R ESOURCES

Chapter 4: Hospitals and beds at the MOH

 H OSPITALS AND B EDS AT
4. THE MOH

Hospital and Beds at the MOH Facilities

The total number of MOH hospitals operating in year 2012 is 259, with a total number of 35,828 beds.
Figure 4.1 shows the distribution of MOH hospitals and beds and the ratios for hospitals per a 100,000
population and for hospital beds per 10,000 population by region in the Kingdom.
Table 4.1 displays the distribution of MOH hospitals by both region and specialty. The majority of hos-
pitals (77.6%) are “General”. More specifically, Riyadh contains the largest proportion of hospitals
(17.8%), followed by Makkah (14.3%), then Eastern province (12.4%). As shown in Table 4.2, which
displays the distribution of MOH beds by region and specialty, the majority of beds are within the pe-
diatrics (13.6%) and internal medicine (13.0%) departments. Figure 4.2 further demonstrates the dis-
tribution of MOH hospitals and beds by specialty in 2012.
The total number of MOH hospitals and beds increased over the last five years (2008-2012), as
demonstrated in Figure 4.3. Figure 4.4 details the trend observed for the change in number of MOH
hospitals and beds by region during the time period of 2008-2012 .

Health Manpower at MOH Hospitals

The total reported health manpower at the MOH hospitals encompasses physicians (including den-
tists), nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals. Figure 4.5 displays the distribution of health
manpower and their ratios per 10,000 population by region for the year 2012. For physicians, the high-
est ratio is present in Northern borders (20.03 physicians per 10,000 population). For nurses, the high-
est ratio is present in Al-Jouf (51.43 nurses per 10,000 population). For pharmacists, the highest ratio is
present in Najran (1.09 pharmacists per 10,000 population). For allied health professionals, the highest
ratio is present in Northern borders (22.48 professionals per 10,000 population).

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS …
The proportion of Saudis within the total health manpower em-
ployed at MOH hospitals increased from 42.4% in 2008 to
53.5% in 2012.
More specifically, between the years 2008 and 2012, the pro-
portion of Saudis among the four categories increased as
follows: physicians (20.0% to 24.8%), nurses (36.0% to
48.1%) , pharmacists (63.7% to 81.8%), and allied health

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 Figure 4.6 describes the proportions of health manpower in the MOH hospitals according to the na-
tionality and gender. Out of the total number of physicians working in MOH hospitals in 2012
(26,266), 24.8% are Saudi. Out of the total number of nurses working in MOH hospitals in 2012
(64,408), 48.1% are Saudi. In contrast, the proportion of pharmacists and allied health professionals
working at MOH hospitals who are Saudi nationals is 81.8% and 86.5%, respectively. Moreover, the
male gender is dominating in most categories of health manpower (75.0% of physicians, 60.7% of
pharmacists, and 73.3% of allied health professionals), except for nursing (20.6%).
The distribution of health manpower at MOH hospitals by region, category, gender and nationality is
demonstrated in Table 4.3. The proportion of health manpower by nationality has been changing,
among the different categories, during the time period of 2008-2012. This variation is displayed in Fig-
ure 4.7.

Selected indicators of resources available at MOH hospitals by region of the Kingdom are represented
in Figure 4.8. The average rate of physicians per 100 beds is 73.3. The average rate of nurses per 100
physicians is 245, while there are 1.80 nurses for each bed. The highest rate of physicians per 100 beds
(83.8 physicians) is recorded in Medinah, while the lowest rate (61.5 physicians per 100 beds) is record-
ed in Aseer.
Table 4.4 represents the distribution of physicians and dentists at MOH hospitals by specialty and
grade, in 2012.

HOW DOES KSA COMPARE?

In 2012, there are 2.5 nurses for every physician employed at MOH hospitals
in the KSA, in comparison to 1.3 nurses for every physician in the Eastern Medi-
terranean Region (EMR) and 1.8 nurses for every physician globally.
Source: World Health Statistics Report (2013),World Health Organization

TREND OVER TIME…

Between the years 2008 and 2012, the number of MOH hospitals and
beds increased by 12.1% and 13.0%, respectively.

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 Hospitals
Region Hospitals per 100,000
population
Riyadh 46 0.63
Hospitals Makkah 37 0.50
Medinah 20 1.05
Qaseem 18 1.38
Eastern 32 0.72
Aseer 27 1.32
Tabouk 11 1.30
Ha'il 11 1.72
Northern 7 2.04
Jazan 19 1.30
Najran 10 1.85
Al- Bahah 10 2.27
Al-Jouf 11 2.33
Total 259 0.89

Beds per
Hospital
Region 10,000
Beds
population
Riyadh 7,473 10
Makkah 6,933 9
Medinah 2,647 14
2,409 18
Hospital Beds Qaseem
Eastern 5,111 12
Aseer 2,870 14
Tabouk 1,125 13
Ha'il 1,095 17
Northern 910 27
Jazan 1,800 12
Najran 1,070 20
Al- Bahah 1,035 24
Al-Jouf 1,350 29
Total 35,828 12

Figure 4.1: The ratio of MOH hospitals per 100,000 population and hospital beds per 10,000 pop-
ulation by region, 2012
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Table 4.1: MOH hospitals by specialty and region, 2012

OBS & Psychiatric/ Leprosy

Region General Eyes/ENT Chest & Fever Total
Pediatric convalescence /Rehab
Riyadh 36 5 1 1 2 1 46
Makkah 26 4 1 2 3 1 37
Medinah 16 1 0 1 1 1 20
Qaseem 15 1 0 0 2 0 18
Eastern 22 2 2 0 6 0 32
Aseer 23 2 0 0 2 0 27
Tabouk 9 1 0 0 1 0 11
Ha'il 9 1 0 0 1 0 11
Northern 6 0 0 0 1 0 7
Jazan 17 0 0 1 1 0 19
Najran 8 1 0 0 1 0 10
Al- Bahah 6 2 0 0 2 0 10
Al - Jouf 8 1 0 0 2 0 11
Total 201 21 4 5 25 3 259

Table 4.2: Hospital beds at MOH by specialty and region, 2012

Psychiatry & neurolo-

Burns & Plastic S.
Ophthalmology

Skin & venereal

Chest &fevers
Internal Med.

Orthopedics

Faciodental

OBS/GYN

Pediatrics

Isolation
Urology
Surgery

Others
E.N.T

Total
Region

gy
IC

Riyadh 1,008 717 281 78 16 889 1,141 881 101 289 130 41 47 626 198 1,030 7,473
Makkah 814 667 295 70 21 661 660 611 117 128 298 9 26 1,086 243 1,227 6,933
Medinah 447 266 133 57 3 372 409 202 44 35 77 0 18 107 74 403 2,647
Qaseem 309 221 86 37 33 277 197 225 51 49 49 10 42 200 30 593 2,409
Eastern 639 392 200 62 23 590 661 359 103 147 23 18 66 533 158 1,137 5,111
Aseer 341 379 130 68 14 346 438 238 39 33 49 13 32 232 36 482 2,870
Tabouk 152 92 54 15 9 133 187 122 19 13 26 9 4 57 37 196 1,125
Ha`il 212 115 16 7 0 204 190 43 11 0 0 0 0 85 35 177 1,095
Northern 76 63 35 9 0 108 140 97 18 12 28 14 9 114 44 143 910
Jazan 217 190 140 33 1 208 331 92 48 38 56 3 14 75 55 299 1,800
Najran 82 75 36 31 10 129 158 90 24 15 50 17 22 59 41 231 1,070
Al-Bahah 259 222 0 0 0 150 180 46 0 0 0 0 0 100 25 53 1,035
Al-Jouf 96 66 46 16 9 128 182 176 15 11 16 6 8 134 27 414 1,350
Total 4,652 3,465 1,452 483 139 4,195 4,874 3,182 590 770 802 140 288 3,408 1,003 6,385 35,828

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 Hospitals

Hospital beds

Figure 4.2: Distribution of MOH hospitals and beds by specialty, 2012

Figure 4.3: Trending of MOH hospitals (left) and hospital beds (right), 2008-2012

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Figure 4.4: Trends observed in the change in number of MOH hospitals (top) and hospital beds (bottom) by region, 2008-2012
Physicians#

Nurses

Pharmacists

Figure 4.5: Ratio of health manpower* in MOH hospitals per 10,000 population by region, 2012
# Includes dentists
* Includes manpower of operation companies 59
 Allied Health Professionals

Riyadh

Makkah

Medinah

Qaseem

Eastern

Aseer

Tabouk

Ha'il

Northern

Jazan

Najran

Al-Bahah

Al Jouf

Total
Category

# of Physicians* (P) 5,529 5,292 2,218 1,546 3,857 1,765 936 766 686 1,333 797 700 841 26,266
P per 10,000 7.56 7.08 11.61 11.86 8.74 8.63 11.07 11.99 20.03 9.13 14.72 15.91 17.85 9
# of Nurses (N) 14,361 11,650 5,325 4,062 10,412 4,300 2,032 1,826 1,727 3,294 1,706 1,290 2,423 64,408
N per 10,000 19.65 15.59 27.87 31.16 23.59 21.03 24.02 28.59 50.42 22.55 31.51 29.32 51.43 22.06
# of Pharmacists
394 309 100 83 276 164 35 25 28 104 59 42 42 1,661
(Ph)
Ph per 10,000 0.54 0.41 0.52 0.64 0.63 0.8 0.41 0.39 0.82 0.71 1.09 0.95 0.89 0.57
# of Allied Health
7026 5,799 2,382 2,453 4,961 2,218 970 846 770 2,095 899 684 922 32,025
(AHP)
AHP per 10,000 9.61 7.76 12.46 18.82 11.24 10.85 11.47 13.25 22.48 14.34 16.61 15.55 19.57 10.97
Total 27,310 23,050 10,025 8,144 19,506 8,447 3,973 3,463 3,211 6,826 3,461 2,716 4,228 124,360

Figure 4.5 (continued): Ratio of health manpower* in MOH hospitals per 10,000 population by region, 2012

Figure 4.6: Proportions of manpower in MOH hospitals by nationality (left) and gender (right), 2012
60 * Includes manpower of operation companies
Table 4.3: Manpower in MOH hospitals by region, category, gender and nationality, 2012

Total
Category
Saudi Males Non-Saudi Males Saudi Females Non-Saudi Females
Physicians# 4,331 15,361 2,185 4,389
Nurses 11,906 1,367 19,098 32,037
Pharmacists 870 139 492 160

Allied Health Professionals 22,165 1,311 5,538 3,011

Riyadh Makkah Medinah

Non- Non- Non- Non- Non- Non-
Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi
Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi
Males Females Males Females Males Females
Males Females Males Females Males Females
1,127 3,007 424 971 1,196 2,457 862 777 400 1,264 185 369
2,408 548 2,784 8,621 2,219 330 3,278 5,823 1,179 16 1,836 2,294
145 14 213 22 134 54 83 38 66 6 19 9
4,812 369 1,151 694 3,511 339 1,429 520 1,797 47 431 107

Qaseem Eastern Aseer

Non- Non- Non- Non- Non- Non-
Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi
Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi
Males Females Males Females Males Females
Males Females Males Females Males Females
134 1,056 39 317 838 1,852 591 576 247 1,191 37 290
836 44 744 2,438 1,416 315 4,693 3,988 782 27 980 2,511
52 9 8 14 125 16 115 20 132 6 13 13
1,882 63 160 348 2,909 247 1,518 287 1,654 70 198 296

Tabouk Ha'il Northern

Non- Non- Non- Non- Non- Non-
Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi
Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi
Males Females Males Females Males Females
Males Females Males Females Males Females
25 702 13 196 25 581 4 156 6 558 3 119
562 18 766 686 311 16 599 900 405 5 819 498
18 4 11 2 21 2 1 1 14 3 7 4
756 33 117 64 562 33 81 170 533 11 100 126

Jazan Najran Al-Bahah Al-Ajouf

Non-
Non- Non- Non- Non- Non- Non- Non-
Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi
Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi
Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Fe-
Males Females Males Females Males Females Males
males

214 893 13 213 34 616 4 143 51 536 4 109 34 648 6 153

687 11 1,277 1,319 258 15 191 1,242 179 22 66 1,023 664 0 1,065 694
81 12 6 5 45 4 5 5 18 6 0 18 19 3 11 9
1,874 19 122 80 705 16 66 112 497 40 45 102 673 24 120 105
# Includes dentists

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Figure 4.7: Manpower in MOH hospitals by nationality, 2008-2012
# Includes dentists

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 Figure 4.8: Selected indicators of resources available at MOH hospitals by region, 2012

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 Table 4.4: Physicians and dentists in MOH hospitals by specialty and grade, 2012

Specialty Resident Registrar Consultant Total

General Practitioners 3,188 2 11 3,201
Dentistry 982 414 156 1,552
Internal medicine 1,111 687 281 2,079
Surgery 1,340 789 337 2,466
Orthopedics 257 433 127 817
Urology 84 232 83 399
Cardiothoracic surgery 5 44 61 110
Neurosurgery 67 83 75 225
Plastic surgery 32 60 48 140
E.N.T. 98 272 109 479
Ophthalmology 217 274 179 670
OBS/GYN 705 824 266 1,795
Cardiology 123 212 168 503
Chest diseases 38 141 38 217
Skin & venereology 40 202 71 313
Neurology 44 37 47 128
Public Health 8 38 - 46
Tropical Medicine 2 29 33 64
Radiology 102 362 179 643
Laboratory 26 489 138 653
Anesthesia 232 617 234 1,083
Physical medicine 51 106 40 197
Pediatrics 1,098 982 386 2,466
Psychiatry 216 273 86 575
Forensic M. - 67 8 75
Family medicine 645 85 36 766
Emergency 1,651 188 75 1,914
Intensive care 484 188 139 811
Nephrology 269 189 85 543
Pediatric surgery 35 81 51 167
Blood diseases 6 8 38 52
Gastroenterology 5 32 40 77
Endocrinology 44 45 71 160
Oncology 23 72 84 179
Vascular surgery 9 34 25 68
Others 269 221 143 633
Total 13,506 8,812 3,948 26,266

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SECTION II.

H EALTH R ESOURCES

Chapter 5: Health resources in other governmental sectors

 H EALTH R ESOURCES IN O THER
5. G OVERNMENTAL S ECTORS

Health Facilities in other Governmental Sectors

Facilities in other governmental sectors include the following:

University hospitals and medical centers in the Kingdom; Armed Forces Hospitals; National Guards
Medical Services; Ministry of Interior Medical Services; King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Cen-
ter, Riyadh; King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Jeddah; Royal Commission Hospitals;
ARAMCO Hospitals; School Health Units, Ministry of Education; Youth Welfare; Saudi Red Crescent
Society; Saline Water Conversion Corporation; and Institute of Public Administration, Riyadh.

The total number of hospital beds in facilities of other governmental sectors is 11,043 in 2012. They
are distributed across various specialties, as seen in Figure 5.1 and Table 5.1. The highest number of
beds was recorded in the departments of internal medicine (18.3%), followed by surgery (16.8%).

Health Manpower in other Governmental Sectors

The distribution of total health manpower employed in facilities of other governmental sectors is dis-
played, by category, as well as by gender and nationality, in Figure 5.2. The total number of physicians
(including dentists) is 13,198, of which 6,588 are Saudi (49.9% of the total). The total number of den-
tists is 1,089, of which 904 are Saudi (68.8% of the total). The total number of nurses is 28,380, of
which 3,820 are Saudi (13.5% of the total). Pharmacists constitute around 3% of total health manpow-
er (1,853 pharmacists), with 1,114 being Saudi (60.1% of the total). The total number of allied health
professionals is 20,897, of which 12,559 are Saudi (60.1% of the total).

Figure 5.3 further describes the characteristics (nationality and gender) of health manpower, among
the four categories, who are employed in facilities of the other governmental sectors . In Table 5.2,
there is a detailed description of the characteristics (nationality and gender) of the health manpower
working among various facilities of the other governmental sectors, by category of employment for
year 2012. The distribution of physicians and dentists by specialty and nationality is displayed in Fig-
ure 5.4.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS …
The proportion of Saudis within the total health manpower employed at
facilities of other governmental sectors increased from 34.5% in 2008
to 37.5% in 2012.

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 TREND OVER TIME…
The number of physicians employed at facilities of other govern-
mental sectors in KSA increased by 13.9% from year 2008 to
2012.
The number of nurses employed at facilities of other governmental sectors in
KSA increased by 20.6% from year 2008 to 2012.
The number of pharmacists employed at facilities of other governmental sectors
in KSA Increased by 30.5% from year 2008 to 2012.
The number of allied health professionals employed at facilities of other govern-
mental sectors in KSA increased by 32.6% from year 2008 to 2012.

Figure 5.1: Distribution of total hospital beds in other governmental sectors by specialty, 2012

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Table 5.1: Hospital beds in institutions within other governmental sectors by specialty, 2012

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K.A.U.H.,R: King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Riyadh; K.K.U.H.,R: King Khaled University Hospital, Riyadh; K.A.U.H.,J: King Abdulaziz University
Hospital, Jeddah; K.F.U.H.,K: King Fahed University Hospital, Khobar; A.F.Hs: Armed Forces Hospitals; N.G.Hs: National Guards Hospitals; S.F.H: Securi-
ty Forces Hospital; K.F.S.H.,R: King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh; K.F.S.H.,J: King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre,
Jeddah; R.C.Hs: Royal Commission Hospitals; ARAMCO Hs: ARAMCO hospitals.

* Data for 2011 is used for these categories due to missing data from year 2012
** Data for 2010 is used for these categories due to missing data from year 2011 and 2012
# Number of isolation rooms in (Riyadh and Jeddah) and R.C.Hs are included with inpatients room

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Figure 5.2: Distribution of total health manpower in other governmental sectors by category (left) and gender and na-
tionality (right), 2012

Figure 5.3: Total health manpower in other governmental sectors by category and nationality (left) and gender (right),
2012
Note: Physicians include dentists

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Table 5.2: Health manpower of institutions within other governmental sector by category, gender and nationality, 2012
King Abdulaziz University King Khaled University King Abdulaziz University
Hospital, Riyadh Hospital, Riyadh Hospital, Jeddah*
Category
Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi Non-Saudi Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi Non-Saudi Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi Non-Saudi
Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females

Physicians# 65 23 75 26 345 142 270 80 397 268 165 48

Nurses 26 4 18 312 35 27 116 1,817 18 77 72 912

Pharmacists 7 18 5 1 80 61 33 18 15 8 7 10

Allied health
172 112 83 56 581 356 231 262 146 135 110 115
professionals

Total 270 157 181 395 1,041 586 650 2,177 576 488 354 1,085

King Fahed University National Guards

Armed Forces Hospitals*
Hospital, Khobar Medical Services**
Category
Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi Non-Saudi Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi Non-Saudi Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi Non-Saudi
Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females

Physicians# 245 163 134 32 1,498 708 2,122 602 1,029 561 999 239

Nurses 31 115 49 473 1,302 828 983 8,618 90 377 514 4,893

Pharmacists 17 16 2 1 226 106 129 114 174 116 47 54

Allied health
171 166 103 124 2,895 916 886 2,105 913 487 716 1,479
professionals

Total 464 460 288 630 5,921 2,558 4,120 11,439 2,206 1,541 2,276 6,665

Ministry of Interior King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Re- King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Re-
Medical Services** search Centre, Riyadh search Centre, Jeddah
Category Non-
Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi Non-Saudi Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi Non-Saudi Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi
Saudi
Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males
Females

Physicians# 204 51 144 56 251 45 262 36 109 54 27 166

Nurses 92 636 100 645 108 189 282 1,904 3 99 111 780

Pharmacists 35 17 3 3 32 45 49 91 4 15 26 36

Allied health
103 64 80 168 327 297 293 301 71 61 125 125
professionals

Total 434 768 327 872 718 576 886 2,332 187 229 289 1,107

Royal Commission Hospitals ARAMCO Others***

Category
Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi Non-Saudi Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi Non-Saudi Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi Non-Saudi
Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females

Physicians# 22 24 180 95 144 68 214 25 85 87 471 142

Nurses 10 9 65 579 7 128 151 951 287 33 146 86

Pharmacists 10 6 7 11 13 8 53 12 58 27 18 9

Allied health
65 29 65 142 374 252 262 330 3,756 110 117 60
professionals

Total 107 68 317 827 538 456 680 1,318 4,186 257 752 297

# Include dentists
* Represent data from year 2011 due to the absence of data for the year 2012
** Represent data from year 2010 due to the absence of data for the year 2011 and 2012
*** Others include sum of manpower from the following institutions: School health units (MOE), Youth Welfare (YWH), Saudi Red Crescent Society (SRCS), Saline Water Conver-
sion Corporation (SWCCMU), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPMMU), Medinah Islamic university (MISUMCl) ^, Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University
(IMUMU), King Khaled University (MKSU, Abha),Omm Alqurra U, and Institute of Public Administration in Riyadh (IPAMCl)

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Figure 5.4: Distribution of physicians and dentists in other governmental sector by specialty and nationality, 2012

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SECTION II.

H EALTH R ESOURCES

Chapter 6: Health resources in the private sector

 H EALTH R ESOURCES IN
6. THE P RIVATE S ECTOR

Health Facilities in the Private Sector

The private health sector within the Kingdom encompasses different types of health facilities, which
are summarized by region in Table 6.1. In 2012, the highest percentage of private hospitals (32.1%) are
present in Makkah, followed by Riyadh (23.3%). The highest number of hospital beds are present in
Riyadh (4,109 beds comprising 29.0% of the total number of hospital beds private sector), followed by
Makkah (27.7%). Figure 6.1 further displays the ratios of hospital beds in the private sector per 10,000
population by region of the Kingdom. The highest ratio is present in the Eastern province 8.05 beds
per 10,000.

The total number of private dispensaries is 2,168, with 749 dispensaries (34.5%) present in Riyadh and
573 dispensaries (26.4%) present in Makkah. The total number of private pharmacies is 6,947, repre-
senting a rate of one pharmacy per 4,203 individual.

Table 6.2 details the distribution of hospital beds in the private sector by region and specialty. The to-
tal number of private sector hospitals, beds and dispensaries has increased during the time period of
2008-2012. Figure 6.2 displays this increasing trend for each of the variables. The change in the num-
ber of the private sector hospitals, beds and dispensaries by region of the Kingdom over the time peri-
od 2008-2012 is shown in Figure 6.3.
Table 6.3 represents the distribution of private clinics (198 in total) by region and specialty for year
2012. There are 117 clinics (59.1%) present in Makkah and 47 (23.7%) are present in Riyadh. This means
that about 83% of the private clinics in the Kingdom are present in Makkah and Riyadh, together.

HOW DOES KSA COMPARE?

In 2012, there are 1.3 nurses for every physician employed at a health
facility in the private sector in the KSA, in comparison to 1.3 nurses for eve-
ry physician in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) and 1.8 nurses for
every physician globally.
Source: World Health Statistics Report (2013),World Health Organization

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 Health Manpower in the Private Sector

Health manpower in the private sector includes physicians, nurses, pharmacists and allied
health professionals. The total number of physicians working in the private hospitals and pol-
yclinics is 22,146; the number of physicians in the private clinics and company clinics is 333.
Therefore the total number of physicians (including dentists) is 22,479. There are 28,373 nurs-
es in the private sector. The total number of pharmacists working in the private polyclinics
and hospitals is 981 while 10,602 pharmacists are working in the private pharmacies, there-
fore the total number of pharmacists in the private sector is 11,583. 10,174 allied health pro-
fessionals work in the private sector. Their distribution and ratios per 10,000 population by
region for year 2011 are displayed in Figure 6.4. The Eastern Province has the highest ratios
for all categories of manpower: physicians (11.25 per 10,000 population), nurses (20.34 per
10,000 population), pharmacists (0.93 per 10,000 population), and Allied Health Professionals
(7.28 per 10,000 population).

TREND OVER TIME…

Between 2008 and 2012, there was an 11.4% increase in the number of
private hospitals, from 123 to 137 hospitals. Simultaneously, there
was an addition of 2,803 beds (representing a 24.7% increase in the number
of private hospital beds).

The proportion of Saudis employed in health facilities of the private sector has
increased from 5.3% in 2007 to 6.3% in 2011.

The proportions of health manpower employed in the private sector by nationality and gen-
der for year 2011 are displayed in Figure 6.5. The proportions are further detailed by region of
the Kingdom in Table 6.4 . The change in the proportion of the four categories of health man-
power by nationality, during the time period of 2007-2011, is shown in Figure 6.6.The distribu-
tion of physicians in hospitals and dispensaries of the private sector by specialty and grade is
displayed in Table 6.5.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS …
Between 2008 and 2012, 297 private health dispensaries were established, repre-
senting a 16% increase in total number of dispensaries in the private sector.

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Table 6.1: Private sector hospitals, beds, dispensaries, and other medical facilities by region, 2012

Physiotherapy
Private Clinics

Dental Prosth
Dispensaries*

Laboratories

Pharmacies
Hospitals

Opticals
Center
Beds
Region

Riyadh 32 4,109 749 47 32 26 701 18 1,973

Makkah 44 3,917 573 117 35 22 382 42 1,179
Medinah 12 1,035 100 11 5 2 125 8 349
Qaseem 5 393 83 3 1 1 77 6 315
Eastern 28 3,555 272 7 7 6 310 0 853
Aseer 11 780 158 2 5 4 103 1 574
Tabouk 1 86 45 7 3 1 44 2 171
Ha'il 1 60 33 2 8 15 52 1 230
Northern 0 0 17 0 1 0 5 0 64
Jazan 1 30 44 1 1 0 50 0 344
Najran 1 100 37 0 0 3 21 0 93
Al- Baha 1 100 27 0 0 0 32 0 92
Al-Jouf 0 0 30 1 0 0 11 0 110
Total 137 14,165 2,168 198 98 80 1,913 78 6,947
* Include dispensaries and polyclinics, specialized and general clinics

Beds per
Beds
Region 10.000
Riyadh 4,109 5.62
Makkah 3,917 5.24
Medinah 1,035 5.42
Qaseem 393 3.01
Eastern 3,555 8.05
Aseer 780 3.81
Tabouk 86 1.02
Ha'il 60 0.94
Northern 0 0
Jazan 30 0.21
Najran 100 1.85
Al- Baha 100 2.27
Al-Jouf 0 0
Total 14,165 4.85

Figure 6.1: Ratio of hospital beds in the private sector per 10,000 population by region, 2012

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 Table 6.2: Hospital beds in the private sector by region and specialty, 2012

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Region

Chest & fevers

Skin & venereal
geries

General
Burns & Plastic Sur-
Psychiatry & Neurolo-
Total

Orthopedics
OBS/GYN
Pediatrics
ENT

Internal Medicine
Ophthalmology
Isolation

Faciodental
Others

Surgery
Intensive care

Urology
gy
820 599 685 54 31 32 730 487 188 84 84 2 12 30 18 10 243 4,109
Riyadh

753 656 581 39 95 0 423 592 305 48 53 3 13 2 151 82 121 3,917

Makkah

218 97 133 8 14 1 121 153 63 6 13 2 0 0 7 10 189 1,035

Medinah

24 62 53 10 0 0 130 65 29 14 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 393
Qaseem

116 888 837 54 11 30 544 682 199 58 48 7 2 4 28 10 37 3,555

Eastern

444 100 63 0 0 0 98 0 30 21 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 780

Aseer

86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 86
Tabouk

60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60
Ha'il

30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30
Jazan

5 15 8 8 8 0 20 10 4 8 5 0 2 0 2 0 5 100
Najran

100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
Al- Bahah

2,656 2,417 2,360 173 159 63 2,066 1,989 818 239 229 16 31 36 206 112 595 14,165
Total
Figure 6.2: Total number of private sector hospitals, beds and dispensaries, 2008 –2012

Figure 6.3: Private sector hospitals, beds and dispensaries by region, 2008 –2012

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Table 6.3: Clinics in private sector by region and specialty, 2012

Psychiatry & Neu-

Internal Medicine
General Medicine

General surgery

Ophthalmology

Skin & venereal

Heart & Chest
Orthopedics
Pediatrics
OBS/GYN
Dentistry

Urology

Others
rology

Total
ENT
Region

Riyadh 9 12 4 0 4 4 2 0 0 2 6 2 2 0 47
Makkah 16 18 7 6 15 18 8 3 4 4 6 7 1 4 117
Medinah 2 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
Qaseem 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Eastern 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7
Aseer 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Tabouk 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7
Ha'il 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Northern 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jazan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Najran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al- Baha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al-Jouf 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Total 32 45 13 6 21 24 12 3 4 6 13 11 3 5 198

Physicians#

Nurses

Figure 6.4: Ratio of health manpower in private sector per 10,000 population by region, 2011 @
# Includes dentists
@
Data for 2011 is used due to missing data from year 2012. The numbers exclude physicians in private and company clinics; as well as pharma-
78 cists in the private pharmacies.
 Pharmacists

Allied Health Professionals

Riyadh

Makkah

Medinah

Qaseem

Eastern

Aseer

Tabouk

Ha'il

Northern

Jazan

Najran

Al-Bahah

Al Jouf

Total

Category

# of Physicians (P) 6,393 5,864 1,198 667 4,964 1,336 246 649 141 226 203 135 124 22,146
P per 10,000 8.75 7.85 6.27 5.12 11.25 6.53 2.91 10.16 4.12 1.55 3.75 3.07 2.63 7.59
# of Nurses (N) 7,841 6,529 1,303 769 8,978 1,417 287 646 101 89 177 146 90 28,373
N per 10,000 10.73 8.74 6.82 5.9 20.34 6.93 3.39 10.11 2.95 0.61 3.27 3.32 1.91 9.72
# of Pharmacists
179 268 32 19 410 47 0 5 11 2 0 7 1 981
(Ph)
Ph per 10,000 0.24 0.36 0.17 0.15 0.93 0.23 0 0.08 0.32 0.01 0 0.16 0.02 0.34
# of Allied Health
2,546 2,276 486 277 3,215 593 112 311 97 49 93 73 46 10,174
(AHP)
AHP per 10,000 3.48 3.05 2.54 2.12 7.28 2.9 1.32 4.87 2.83 0.34 1.72 1.66 0.98 3.48
Total 16,959 14,937 3,019 1,732 17,567 3,393 645 1,611 350 366 473 361 261 61,674

Figure 6.4 (continued): Ratio of health manpower in private sector per 10,000 population by region, 2011 @
@
Data for 2011 is used due to missing data from year 2012. The numbers exclude physicians in private and company clinics; as well as pharmacists in the
private pharmacies.

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Figure 6.5: Proportions of manpower in private sector by nationality (top) and gender (bottom), 2011@
@
Data for 2011 is used due to missing data from year 2012

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Table 6.4: Manpower in private sector by category, gender, nationality and region, 2011 @

Total
Category
Saudi Males Saudi Females Non-Saudi Males Non-Saudi Females
Physicians# 957 279 14,557 6,353

Nurses 461 398 2,613 24,901

Pharmacists 55 38 571 317

Allied Health Professionals 1,040 627 3,846 4,661

Riyadh Makkah Medinah

Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi Non-Saudi Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi Non-Saudi Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi Non-Saudi
Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females

357 94 3,966 1,976 204 66 4,086 1,508 33 5 838 322

83 3 529 7,226 130 69 515 5,815 109 30 87 1,077
12 12 90 65 7 4 138 119 3 0 23 6
167 58 898 1,423 280 153 904 939 94 42 200 150

Qaseem Eastern Aseer

Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi Non-Saudi Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi Non-Saudi Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi Non-Saudi
Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females

12 2 410 243 305 109 3,241 1,309 30 2 827 477

6 0 57 706 54 253 1,200 7,471 32 3 80 1,302

0 0 10 9 31 21 268 90 2 1 22 22
22 0 112 143 345 371 1,077 1,422 58 1 271 263

Tabouk Ha'il Northern

Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi Non-Saudi Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi Non-Saudi Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi Non-Saudi
Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females

3 0 176 67 1 0 454 194 0 0 101 40

12 17 24 234 4 1 44 597 10 21 20 50
0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 11 0
9 2 58 43 14 0 125 172 0 0 70 27

Jazan Najran Al-Bahah Al-Ajouf

Non- Non- Non- Non- Non- Non- Non- Non-
Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi
Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi
Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females
Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females

5 0 147 74 2 0 135 66 1 0 86 48 4 1 90 29
2 0 8 79 5 1 10 161 5 0 7 134 9 0 32 49
0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 1 0
3 0 27 19 30 0 36 27 12 0 29 32 6 0 39 1
@
Data for 2011 is used due to missing data from year 2012
# Includes dentists

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Figure 6.6: Physicians#, nurses and allied health professionals* working in the private sector by nationality,
2007-2011@
# Physicians include dentists
82 * Allied health professionals include pharmacists excluding those in private pharmacies
@ Data for 2011 is used due to missing data from year 2012
Table 6.5: Physicians in hospitals and dispensaries of the private sector by specialty and grade, 2011 @

Grade
Specialty Total
Resident Specialist Consultant

General Physician 2950 13 - 2963

Dentistry 4664 1048 161 5873
Internal medicine 191 1145 214 1550
Surgery 86 626 212 924
Orthopedics 69 459 147 675
Urology 21 234 97 352
Cardiothoracic surgery - 13 20 33
Neurosurgery 8 26 37 71
Plastic Surgery 3 36 49 88
E.N.T 34 577 131 742
Ophthalmology 58 468 134 660
OBS/GYN 257 1417 308 1982
Cardiology 42 190 114 346
Chest diseases 6 118 54 178
Skin & Venereology 76 624 108 808
Neurology 9 33 41 83
Public Health - 11 8 19
Tropical Medicine 1 33 16 50
Radiology 85 613 97 795
Laboratory 31 639 103 773
Anesthesia 73 353 164 590
Physical medicine 6 77 36 119
Pediatrics 222 1331 299 1852
Psychiatry 17 70 56 143
Forensic M. - - - -
Family medicine 6 57 32 95
Emergency 25 44 10 79
Intensive care 16 14 7 37
Nephrology 7 18 22 47
Pediatric surgery - 1 15 16
Blood diseases - 1 9 10
Gastroenterology 1 26 50 77
Endocrinology - 9 30 39
Oncology - 3 20 23
Vascular surgery 1 2 13 16
Others - 26 12 38
Total 8965 10355 2826 22146
@ Data for 2011 is used due to missing data from year 2012

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SECTION II.

H EALTH R ESOURCES

Chapter 7: Total health resources in all health sectors in the Kingdom

 T OTAL H EALTH R ESOURCES
7. IN ALL H EALTH S ECTORS IN THE K INGDOM

Health Facilities
In 2012, the total number of hospitals in the Kingdom is 435. Figure 7.1 displays the distribution of hos-
pitals across the different health sectors. The total number of beds in all hospitals in the Kingdom is
61,036. It is significant to note that there are 35,828 beds under the management of the MOH, corre-
sponding to 58.7% of the total beds in the Kingdom (Figure 7.2). Figure 7.3 displays the increasing
trend in the number of hospitals and hospital beds in the Kingdom for the years 2008 to 2012. Be-
tween the years 2011 and 2012, the Kingdom witnessed an increase of 15 hospitals (a 3.6% increase).
Figure 7.4 further details this increasing pattern in the number of hospitals and hospital beds per
health sector, i.e. MOH, other governmental and private, during the period 2008-2012.

Health Manpower

The total number of health manpower for the categories of physicians, nurses, pharmacists and allied
health professionals in 2012 is shown in Figure 7.5, along with the change in the numbers during the
period of 2008-2012. In year 2012, total health manpower working in the Kingdom were distributed as
follows: 71,518 physicians (including 10,002 dentists), 139,701 nurses, 15,590 pharmacists, and 76,769
allied health professionals. The change in the numbers of the four categories of health manpower dur-
ing the time period of 2008-2012 is further detailed per health sector of employment in Figure 7.6.

In year 2012, the proportion of health manpower working in the Kingdom who are Saudis is as follows:
physicians (23.8%), nurses (36.2%), pharmacists (19.4%), and allied health professionals (72.0%). Fig-
ure 7.7 reveals the change in the proportions of Saudis among the total number of physicians, nurses
and allied health professionals working in the Kingdom for the time period of 2008-2012. This change
in proportions is further detailed per health sector of employment in Figure 7.8 .

HOW DOES KSA COMPARE?

In 2012, there are 2.0 nurses for every physician employed in KSA, in
comparison to 1.3 nurses for every physician in the Eastern Mediterranean
Region (EMR) and 1.8 nurses for every physician globally.
In 2012, there are 20.9 hospital beds per 10,000 population in KSA, in compari-
son to 12 hospital beds per 10,000 population in the Eastern Mediterranean
Region (EMR) and 30 hospital beds per 10,000 population globally.
Source: World Health Statistics Report (2013),World Health Organization

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 TREND OVER TIME…
Between 2008 and 2012, among the health sectors, the MOH wit-
nessed the highest increase in the number of hospitals (12%), fol-
lowed by the private sector (11.4% ).

Between 2008 and 2012, there was an total addition of 7,148 hospital beds (13%
increase); the health sector witnessing the highest increase in hospital beds
was the private sector (24.7% ), followed by the MOH (13.0% ).

The rate of total hospital beds per 10,000 population dropped from 21.7 beds in
2008 to 20.9 beds in 2012.

Between 2008 and 2012, the number of health manpower increased among all
health manpower categories, except pharmacists. Increases were as follows:
physicians (33.9%), nurse (37.9%), and allied health professionals (48.9%).

Table 7.1 shows the distribution of physicians and dentists working in all health sectors of the King-
dom, by specialty, gender, nationality, and region.

Figure 7.9 displays the 2012 distribution of physicians and dentists working in all health sectors by
specialty and exhibits the proportion of Saudis working in each specialty. The specialty with the high-
est proportion of Saudis is Endocrinology (47.2%), while the specialty with the least proportion of Sau-
di is Anesthesia (10.8%).

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS …
Between 2008 and 2012, 42 new hospitals were built in KSA, resulting in an in-
crease of 10.7% in the number of hospitals and an addition of 7,148 beds to
the Kingdom’s hospital bed capacity.

The proportion of Saudis among total health manpower increased from 2008 to
2012 by: 14.4% among physicians (20.8% to 23.8%), 24.4% among nurses
(29.1% to 36.2%) , 49.2% among pharmacists (13.0% to 19.4%), and 18.0%
among allied health professionals (61.2% to 72.2%).

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Figure 7.1: Hospitals in various health sectors, KSA, 2012

Figure 7.2: Hospital beds in various health sectors, KSA, 2012

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Figure 7.3: Total number of hospitals and beds in all health sectors, 2008-2012

Figure 7.4: Number of hospitals and beds in MOH, other governmental sectors and private sector, 2008-2012

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Figure 7.5: Total number of physicians#, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals in KSA, 2008-2012**
# Physicians include dentists
** The numbers include physicians in the private and company clinics; as well as pharmacists in the private pharmacies.

89
Figure 7.6: Number of physicians#, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals in MOH, other governmental
sectors and private sector, 2008-2012
# Physicians include dentists

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Figure 7.7: Proportion of Saudis among total number of physicians #, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals
in the Kingdom, 2008-2012
#Includes dentists

Figure 7.8: Proportion of Saudis among physicians # (top left), nurses (top right), pharmacists (lower left) and allied health
professionals (lower right) in MOH, other governmental sectors and private sector, 2008-2012
# Includes dentists

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 Table 7.1: Physicians and dentists in all KSA Health Sectors by specialty, gender and nationality, 2012
MOH Other Governmental Sector Private Sector@ Total KSA

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Specialty

Total
Total
Total
Total

Saudi
Saudi
Saudi
Saudi

Males
Males
Males
Males

%Saudi
%Saudi
%Saudi
%Saudi

Females
Females
Females
Females
Females
Females
Females
Females

Non-Saudi
Non-Saudi
Non-Saudi
Non-Saudi
Non-Saudi
Non-Saudi
Non-Saudi
Non-Saudi

Saudi Males
Saudi Males
Saudi Males
Saudi Males
General Practitioner 1148 792 2941 1202 6083 32 546 358 507 175 1586 57 101 32 2123 741 2997 4 1795 1182 5571 2118 10666 28
Dentistry 966 530 1152 336 2984 50 416 333 243 97 1089 69 254 98 3363 2214 5929 6 1636 961 4758 2647 10002 26
Internal medicine 403 145 1527 385 2460 22 285 123 270 66 744 55 56 6 1261 243 1566 4 744 274 3058 694 4770 21
Surgery 497 163 2365 398 3423 19 397 81 312 27 817 59 52 1 855 21 929 6 946 245 3532 446 5169 23
Orthopedics 111 2 750 16 879 13 148 7 141 3 299 52 40 - 638 5 683 6 299 9 1529 24 1861 17
Urology 80 1 328 15 424 19 97 6 80 2 185 56 29 - 324 6 359 8 206 7 732 23 968 22
Cardiothoracic surgery 15 - 93 3 111 14 47 3 105 5 160 31 5 - 29 - 34 15 67 3 227 8 305 23
Neurosurgery 43 7 177 8 235 21 58 4 59 5 126 49 15 - 59 2 76 20 116 11 295 15 437 29
Plastic surgery 19 7 106 12 144 18 45 4 27 4 80 61 24 2 65 2 93 28 88 13 198 18 317 32
E.N.T. 105 27 365 31 528 25 129 28 105 5 267 59 49 14 646 48 757 8 283 69 1116 84 1552 23
Ophthalmology 182 64 375 90 711 35 141 65 101 18 325 63 89 10 471 102 672 15 412 139 947 210 1708 32
OBS/GYN 77 270 777 912 2036 17 105 200 108 252 665 46 74 58 324 1546 2002 7 256 528 1209 2710 4703 17
Cardiology 54 12 390 54 510 13 90 11 194 14 309 33 25 3 295 26 349 8 169 26 879 94 1168 17
Chest diseases 11 7 202 18 238 8 29 2 31 1 63 49 20 - 153 8 181 11 60 9 386 27 482 14
Skin & venereology 93 52 149 47 341 43 87 54 22 13 176 80 56 11 436 315 818 8 236 117 607 375 1335 26
Neurology 41 22 62 7 132 48 46 25 51 9 131 54 11 1 69 6 87 14 98 48 182 22 350 42
Public Health 25 7 117 17 166 19 15 30 35 14 94 48 7 - 6 6 19 37 47 37 158 37 279 30
Tropical Medicine 18 10 44 8 80 35 19 7 11 2 39 67 8 - 36 6 50 16 45 17 91 16 169 37
Radiology 115 47 432 80 674 24 152 83 168 21 424 55 12 6 609 168 795 2 279 136 1209 269 1893 22
Laboratory 32 49 373 248 702 12 46 55 71 18 190 53 9 7 493 264 773 2 87 111 937 530 1665 12
Anesthesia 50 20 898 168 1136 6 133 40 453 36 662 26 12 2 496 80 590 2 195 62 1847 284 2388 11
Physical medicine 28 8 134 36 206 17 16 6 10 8 40 55 3 - 69 47 119 3 47 14 213 91 365 17
Pediatrics 419 252 1478 591 2740 24 339 209 369 147 1064 52 75 14 1349 439 1877 5 833 475 3196 1177 5681 23
Psychiatry 105 22 383 84 594 21 61 30 40 12 143 64 19 10 90 24 143 20 185 62 513 120 880 28
Forensic M. 18 1 55 1 75 25 1 - - - 1 100 - - - - - … 19 1 55 1 76 26
Family medicine 419 264 1347 875 2905 24 340 220 470 249 1279 44 43 11 29 12 95 57 802 495 1846 1136 4279 30
Emergency 224 47 1479 452 2202 12 139 24 444 40 647 25 7 - 69 3 79 9 370 71 1992 495 2928 15
Intensive care 153 41 548 111 853 23 27 4 217 19 267 12 2 - 34 1 37 5 182 45 799 131 1157 20
Nephrology 54 14 434 90 592 11 28 8 88 9 133 27 11 1 34 1 47 26 93 23 556 100 772 15
Pediatric surgery 24 8 131 13 176 18 13 3 24 2 42 38 7 - 9 - 16 44 44 11 164 15 234 24
Blood diseases 15 4 20 13 52 37 33 17 51 13 114 44 3 1 4 2 10 40 51 22 75 28 176 41
Gastroenterology 16 3 56 5 80 24 47 3 39 3 92 54 22 - 53 2 77 29 85 6 148 10 249 37
Endocrinology 54 26 64 25 169 47 20 9 4 5 38 76 7 - 25 7 39 18 81 35 93 37 246 47
Oncology 25 8 119 28 180 18 54 11 86 18 169 38 9 1 12 1 23 43 88 20 217 47 372 29
Vascular surgery 6 1 63 1 71 10 13 1 12 - 26 54 8 - 8 - 16 50 27 2 83 1 113 26
Others 406 135 330 78 949 57 232 130 254 96 712 51 101 15 21 5 142 82 739 280 605 179 1803 57
Total 6051 3068 20264 6458 35841 25 4394 2194 5202 1408 13198 50 1265 304 14557 6353 22479 7 11710 5566 40023 14219 71518 24
@
Data for 2011 is used due to missing data from year 2012
 Figure 7.9: Total physicians and dentists in all health centers by specialty and % of Saudis, 2012

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SECTION II.

H EALTH R ESOURCES

Chapter 8: Medical education

 8. M EDICAL E DUCATION

Under the umbrella of the general governmental policy, the Ministry of Health aims at enhancing the
skills and expertise of the human resources. There is a plan to update the scientific skills of the nation-
al personnel and to encourage them to specialize in the different health and medical fields. The health
institutes are being invested in and some of them have been changed to colleges of health science.
The intermediate health institutes were constructed to give a chance to the graduates of the general
secondary schools and the secondary health institutes to get a distinguished level of education. There
is a continuous updating of the curriculum, training methods, as well as field and practical work. More-
over, the MOH has laid the foundation and basic guidelines for local and overseas training.

Figure 8.1 represents the distribution of students of medicine and other health majors in various uni-
versities, by gender and nationality. They were distributed as follows: medicine (15,813), dentistry
(3,692), pharmacy (6,391), applied sciences (17,360), nursing (3,961) and physiotherapy (214). The fe-
male students represented 49.2% of all students. In terms of nationality, almost 99% were of Saudi
nationality.

Figure 8.2 represents the distribution of graduates of medicine and other health majors in various uni-
versities, by gender and by nationality. They were distributed as follows: medicine (1,772), dentistry
(369), pharmacy (668), applied health sciences (1,771), and nursing (454). The female graduates repre-
sented 47.0% of all graduates. Around 97% were of Saudi nationality.

Figure 8.3 displays the trends of graduates of medicine and other health majors in the Kingdom by
gender and nationality.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS …
During the time period of 2008-2012, the
total number of graduates of medicine and other
health majors increased by 100%.

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Figure 8.1: Students of medicine and health majors in various universities for the academic year 2012/2013

96
Figure 8.2: Graduates of medicine and health majors from various universities for academic year 2011/ 2012
* The data for nursing in King Khaled University in Abha represents the academic year 2010/2011 as those of 2011/2012 are not available yet

97
Figure 8.3: Trends of graduates of medicine and health majors in the Kingdom by gender and nationality,
2008-2012
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SECTION II.

H EALTH R ESOURCES

Chapter 9: Training
 9. T RAINING

The Ministry of Health continues to provide opportunities for manpower working in different special-
ties in the health sector to receive training locally and even abroad. Its aim is to improve their levels of
performance and enhance their competencies, as well as introduce them to the most up-to-date tech-
nical developments and the modern healthcare methods and systems. Additionally, the MOH strives
to train graduates of the university colleges of medicine and health in the specialties deemed needed
by the MOH.

Table 9.1 displays the distribution of manpower from the MOH in various fellowship programs and
postgraduate studies, by specialty. Programs with the highest number of students included: Internal
Medicine (90), Pediatrics (87), Family Medicine (67), Dentistry (65), General Surgery (54), and Radiolo-
gy (38). As shown in Figure 9.1 as well, students studying locally in the Kingdom constituted around
81% of total number of students. The majority of enrolled students were males (72%).

Figure 9.2 displays three variables related to quality assurance workshops given at health centers: the
number of training courses provided, the number of trainees, and the percentage of the targeted
number of trainees that were actually trained. This data is shown by region of the Kingdom. Displayed
in Figure 9.3 is the change in the number of trainees in maternal and child care at health centers by
region over the time period of 2008-2012. The trend from 2008 to 2012 is summarized in Figure 9.4 for
the Kingdom as a whole. Table 9.2 shows the number of trainees who have completed training cours-
es in technical skills development centers during the year 2012. A total of 35,182 trainees attended to
these centers in 2012. Table 9.3 displays the distribution of Central Board for Accreditation of
Healthcare Institutions (CBAHI) accredited private hospitals across the Kingdom. Displayed in Table
9.4 is the distribution of CBAHI accredited MOH hospitals across the Kingdom.

TREND OVER TIME… KEY ACHIEVEMENTS …

Between 2008 and 2012, the total num- In 2012, several regions of the Kingdom,
ber of trainees attending maternal & including Medinah, Qaseem, Aseer,
child care workshops at health cen- Jazan, and Al-Bahah, succeeded in
ters of the Kingdom increased by achieving more than 60% of the tar-
22.7% (2,525 to 3,099 trainees). geted number of trainees in quality
assurance workshops.

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Table 9.1: Manpower from MOH enrolled in fellowship programs & postgraduate studies by specialty, 2012

Locally Abroad
Specialty Total
Male Female Male Female

Internal Medicine 54 24 11 1 90

Pediatrics 47 35 4 1 87

Psychiatry 3 2 4 0 9

Dermatology & Venereology 2 0 9 1 12

Family medicine 44 23 0 0 67

Community medicine 17 1 1 0 19

Family & Community medicine 0 0 0 0 0

Neurology 1 0 2 0 3

Pathology 1 4 0 0 5

Epidemiology 2 0 4 1 7

General surgery 29 5 18 2 54

OBS/GYN 11 12 1 0 24

Ophthalmology 3 3 3 2 11

ENT 8 1 4 0 13

Anesthesia 12 6 4 4 26

Radiology 19 12 6 1 38

Orthopedics 12 1 7 0 20

Urology 4 0 3 0 7

Emergency Medicine 9 1 2 0 12

Forensic Medicine 10 3 0 0 13

Anatomy 0 0 0 0 0

Medical Diploma 0 0 4 0 4

Plastic Surgery 1 0 1 0 2

Occupational Medicine 2 2 0 1 5

Rehabilitative Medicine 0 0 11 4 15

Dentistry 43 21 1 0 65

Other specialist fellowship 14 2 1 1 18

Total 348 158 101 19 626

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Figure 9.1: Total manpower from MOH enrolled in fellowship programs & post-graduate studies by gender and place of
study, 2012

No. of
48 50 26 4 95 15 1 2 1 18 3 3 4
courses

Figure 9.2: Quality assurance workshops at health centers by region *, 2012

* Data for the Eastern region represent that of 2011 because 2012 is not released yet; Data was missing for the number of target train-
ees in workshops for Eastern and Qunfudah (a region of Makkah)

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 Figure 9.3: Trainees in maternal and child care workshops at health centers by region **, 2008-2012

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** Data was missing for the number of trainees in Maternal and Child care Workshops in Riyadh for year 2010
 Table 9.2: Number of trainees in technical skills' development centers, 2012
Course No. of Trainees
Pediatric Fundamentals of Critical Care Support (PFCCS) 169
Basic Cardiovascular Life Support (BCLS) 28882
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) 3347
Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) 171
Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) 135
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) 99
Advanced Pediatric Life Support (APLS) 215
Fundamental Critical Care Support (FCCS) 425
Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses (ATCN) 50
TRIAGE 101
Critical Care Nursing (CCN) 311
Adult Mechanical Ventilation (AMV) 453
Pediatric Mechanical Ventilation (PMV) 50
Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) 202
Basic Life Support in Obstetrics (BLSO) 94
Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) 82
Fundamental Disaster Management (FDM) 135
Electrocardiography (ECG) 137
TOXIO 66
AIR WAY 58
Total 35182

Table 9.3: CBAHI Accredited Private Hospitals at the end of 2012

Region Hospital Name Date of Accreditation

1 National Hospital 2011
2 Kingdom Hospital 2011
3 Al Hamadi Hospital 2011
Riyadh
4 Dr Abdulrahman Al Mashary Hospital 2012
5 Care Hospital 2012
6 Najd Consultation Hospital 2012
7 Magrabi Hospital 2011
8 Hai Al-Jamea Hospital 2011
9 Abdullateef Jameel Rehabilitation Hospital 2011
10 Dr Khalid Idrees Hospital 2012
Jeddah
11 De Abdulrahman Taha Bakhsh Hospital 2012
12 Al Hayat Hospital 2012
13 Bugshan Hospital 2012
14 Erfan & Bagedo General Hospital 2012
Madinah 15 Mouwasat Hospital 2012
16 Al Yousif Hospital - Al Khobar 2012
Eastern
17 Astoon Hospital 2012
18 Abha Private Hospital 2011
Aseer 19 Al Hayat National Hospital 2011
20 Magrabi Hospital 2012
Al-Baha 21 Ghodran General Hospital 2011

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Table 9.4: CBAHI Accredited MOH Hospitals at the end of 2012

Region Hospital Name Date of Accreditation

1 King Fahad Medical City 2010
2 Al-Yamama Hospital 2010
3 Al-Eman General Hospital 2010
4 Prince Salman Hospital 2010
5 King Saud Medical City 2010
Riyadh
6 King Khalid Hospital- Al Kharj 2012
7 Al Aflaj General Hospital 2012
8 Wadi Al Dawasir General Hospital 2012
9 Al Dawadmi General Hospital 2012
10 Herra General Hospital 2010
Makkah
11 King Abdulaziz Hospital 2010
12 King Abdulaziz Hospital & Oncology Center 2010
13 King Fahad Hospital 2010
Jeddah 14 Maternity & Children Hospital 2010
15 Rabegh General Hospital 2012
Ta'if 16 King Abdulaziz Specialized Hospital 2010
17 Maternity & Children Hospital 2011
18 King Fahad Hospital 2011
Madinah 19 Ohoud General Hospital 2011
20 Al Ansar General Hospital 2012
21 Jubail General Hospital 2012
22 King Fahad Specialized Hospital 2010
23 King Saud Hospital 2010
Qaseem
24 Maternity & Children Hospital 2012
25 Maternity & Children Hospital 2010
26 Saud Al Babtain Cardiac Center 2010
27 Jubail General Hospital 2011
Eastern 28 Qateef General Hospital 2011
29 Dammam Medical Complex 2011
30 Al Khafji General Hospital 2012
31 King Fahad Hospital 2010
Al-Ahsa 32 Maternity & Children Hospital 2011
33 Prince Saud Bin Jalawi Hospital 2012
Hafr Al-Baten 34 King Khalid Hospital 2011
35 Aseer Central Hospital 2010
36 Khamis Mushayt General Hospital 2010
37 Abha General Hospital 2012
Aseer
38 Billasmar General Hospital 2012
39 Sarat Obaida General Hospital 2012
40 Al Namas General Hospital 2012
Bishah 41 King Abdullah Hospital 2012
Tabuk 42 King Khalid Hospital 2011
Ha'il 43 King Khalid Hospital 2010
44 Arar Central Hospital 2012
Northern
45 Prince Abdulaziz Bin Musaad Hospital 2012
Jazan 46 King Fahad Hospital 2010
47 King Khalid Hospital 2010
Najran 48 Maternity & Children Hospital 2012
49 Sharourah General Hospital 2012
Al-Baha 50 King Fahad Hospital 2010

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SECTION III.
P UBLIC H EALTH AND
P REVENTIVE M EDICINE

Chapter 10: Infectious diseases

Chapter 11: Chest disease
Chapter 12: Bilharziasis
Chapter 13: Leishmaniasis
Chapter 14: Malaria
Chapter 15: Environmental health and health education activities
SECTION III.
P UBLIC H EALTH AND
P REVENTIVE M EDICINE

Chapter 10: Infectious diseases

 10. I NFECTIOUS D ISEASES

Infectious diseases are caused by pathogenic microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, parasites and
fungi. They can be spread, directly or indirectly, from one person to another. Additionally, zoonotic
diseases are infectious diseases of animals that can cause disease when transmitted to humans.

The Ministry of Health in the Kingdom aims at eliminating infectious diseases through the continuous
upgrade of the surveillance system, as well as the solid implementation of prevention and control pro-
grams. The continuous efforts during the previous years have resulted in the successful elimination of
many infectious diseases. Moreover, the spread of epidemiological control units all over the Kingdom
has helped control other infectious diseases; and this has been witnessed through reduced incidence
rates.

The statistics of infectious diseases were processed according to the Gregorian calendar year of 2012
corresponding to the period from 7 Safar 1433 to 18 Safar 1434 Hijri.

HOW DOES KSA COMPARE?

The incidence rate of Measles in KSA for year 2012 is 1.01 per
100,000 population. This rate is considered very low in comparison to
the EMR incidence rate of 5.9 per 100,000 population and the global
rate of 5.1 per 100,000 population.
Source: World Health Statistics Report (2013),World Health Organization

A. Important Epidemiological Diseases

As shown in Table 10.1a, four cases of meningococcal meningitis have been discovered during the year
2012, representing an incidence rate of 0.01 per 100,000 population. One case was recorded in each of
Riyadh, Makkah, Medina, and Jazan. Other types of cerebrospinal meningitis, including pneumococcal
and hemophilus influenza, had an incidence rate of 0.01 per 100,000 population and 0.003 per 100,000
population, respectively.

The reporting of cases for all notifiable communicable diseases by province in the Kingdom (Table
10.1a) shows a geographical variation for ‘Other Meningitis’. The highest percentage of ‘Other Menin-
gitis’ cases is recorded in Riyadh (119 cases, 55.3% of all cases).

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Figure 10.5a shows that the highest incidence rates of total meningitis in the year 2012 are present in
Qaseem (3.22 cases per a 100,000 population) and Northern Borders (3.21 cases per 100,000 popula-
tion) .

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS ...

The expanded program of immunization (EPI) for vaccine-preventable diseases is
undergoing continuous growth. As a result of the high immunization coverage
(more than 90%) achieved during this decade, a reduction in the incidence of
certain vaccination targeted diseases has been witnessed.

B. Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

The incidence rate recorded for the vaccine-preventable diseases for the year 2012 is as follows:
Whooping Cough (0.02 per 100,000 population), Neonatal Tetanus (0.02 per 1,000 live births), Measles
(1.01 per 100,000population), Mumps (0.22 per 100,000 population), Rubella (0.06 per 100,000 popula-
tion), Hepatitis B (15.79 per 100,000 population) and Chickenpox (64.06 per 100,000 population). No
cases of Diphtheria and Poliomyelitis are recorded this year.

Seasonal variation, displayed in Figure 10.1b, is observed with Measles cases, as infections increased in
the period between January and June. Additionally, a surge is observed in Chickenpox cases during
spring (May-June) 2012.

The immunization coverage of the complete three doses of DPT (Diphtheria, Pertussis- Whooping
Cough, and Tetanus), HBV3 (Hepatitis B) and OPV (Oral Poliomyelitis Vaccine) is 97.7%, while the im-
munization coverage for MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella) is 97.8% in year 2012.

As shown in Figure 10.3b, the distribution of infectious diseases according to nationality shows that
the incidence of the vaccine-preventable diseases is more or less the same among Saudis and non-
Saudis except for a few diseases, including Chickenpox and Hepatitis B. The rates among Saudis are
higher than among non-Saudis; 78.04 and 19.65 per 100,000 population among Saudis and 34.41 and
7.59 per 100,000 population among Non-Saudis, for Chickenpox and Hepatitis B, respectively. The
difference in Chickenpox rates may be due to the fact that most of the non-Saudis living in the King-
dom are adults.

The distribution of cases according to age groups (Figure 10.4b) demonstrates some characteristic
features among vaccine-preventable diseases; more than half of the Chickenpox cases (55.2%) oc-
curred among the age group 5-14years. For Hepatitis B, 67.3% of cases occurred among the age group
15-44 years.

The geographical distribution of reported cases for all vaccine-preventable diseases is shown in Table
10.1b. Figure 10.5b provides insight on the incidence rates of Chickenpox and Hepatitis B for the year
2012 across the regions of the Kingdom.

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 C. Environment-acquired Diseases

The incidence rate for the environment-acquired diseases for the year 2012 is as follows: Cholera
(0.02 per 100,000 population), Amoebic Dysentery (7.44 per 100,000 population), Typhoid and Para-
typhoid (1.01 per 100,000 population), Shigellosis (0.23 per 100,000 population), Salmonellosis (3.91
per 100,000 population), and Hepatitis A (1.06 per 100,000 population).

Salmonellosis displays a geographical variation (Table2.1c); the Eastern Province notifies the largest
number of Salmonella cases (649 cases, 46.6%).

D. Zoonotic Diseases (Animal-acquired Diseases)

The incidence rate of Brucellosis (Malta Fever) is 12.54 per 100,000 population in year 2012, in com-
parison with 13.89 per 100,000 population in year 2011. Successful control of this disease is attributed
to the engagement of the Ministry of Health in the Brucellosis Control Program, which is implement-
ed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Water and the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs through
the committee of zoonotic diseases. The incidence rates for Dengue Fever and Khurma Fever for year
2012 are 5.99 and 0.20 per 100,000 population, respectively. No case of Rabies and Rift Valley Fever is
notified this year, which is similar to the situation in year 2011. Dengue fever and Brucellosis (Malta
Fever) both display seasonal variation (Figure 10.1d), with infections following an increase from April
to July.

Brucellosis (Malta Fever) and Dengue Fever display variation in distribution by nationality (Figure
10.3d). The incidence rate of Brucellosis among Saudis is 13.17 per 100,000 population while it is 11.21
per 100,000 population among the Non-Saudis. This difference is due to the fact that some of the
Bedwain (who are mainly Saudis) drink raw milk and graze sheep. Dengue Fever displays the opposite
pattern, as the incidence rate among the non-Saudis (8.87 per 100,000 population) is higher than
among Saudis (4.64 per 100,000 population).

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS ...

The Kingdom is implementing a comprehensive program to eradicate Mea-
sles through immunizing the students in the intermediate and secondary
school levels (above 14 years) by MMR. The incidence of the disease de-
creased due to implementation of the second stage of vaccination
against Measles, Rubella and Mumps.

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Dengue fever also exhibits geographical variation, as shown in Table 10.1d; Makkah markedly con-
tains the highest number of cases of Dengue fever (90.34% of cases). Age distribution, reported in
Figure 10.4d, shows that for Brucellosis (Malta Fever), 59.16% of cases occur among the age group of
15-44 years (as many adults are in close contact with sheep during grazing), followed by the age group
of above 45 years (22.97%). For Dengue Fever, a majority of cases (70.15%) are present among the
age group of 15-44 years.

E. Quarantinable Diseases

No case of any of the quarantinable diseases (yellow fever and plague) are reported in year 2012.

F. Other Infectious Diseases

The incidence rates for Hepatitis C and Unspecified Hepatitis diseases for year 2012 are 8.01 and 0.37
per 100,000 population, respectively. In terms of seasonal variation (Figure 10.1e), Hepatitis C infec-
tions show a peak during the Spring (March—June) of year 2012.

TREND OVER TIME…

This incidence rate of meningococcal meningitis for year 2012
(0.01 per 100,000 population) is half the rate recorded dur-
ing the previous year.

Between years 2011 and 2012, there has been a decrease in the incidence
rate of environment-acquired diseases: Salmonellosis (from 4.91 to
3.91 per 100,000 population) and Hepatitis A (from 1.13 to 1.06 per
100,000 population).

The incidence rate of Brucellosis (Malta Fever) decreased from 13.89 per
100,000 population in year 2011 to 12.53 per 100,000 population in
2012 (representing a 10.8% decrease).

Dengue fever witnessed a pronounced decrease in its incidence rate

(324% decrease) from 2011 (11.64 per 100,000 population) to 2012
(5.99 per 100,000 population).

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Figure 10.1a: Reported cases of meningitis by month and season, KSA, 2012

Figure 10.2a: Reported cases and incidence of meningitis, KSA, 2008—2012

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 Meningitis pneumococcal
Saudis IR: 0.01
Non-Saudis IR: 0.01

Figure 10.4a: Reported cases of meningitis by age group , KSA, 2012

Table 10.1a: Reported cases of meningitis by region, KSA, 2012
Meningitis
Haemophilus
Region Meningococcal Pneumococcal Others Total
influenzae
Riyadh 1 0 0 119 120
Other Meningitis Makkah 1 0 0 11 12
Saudis IR: 0.88 Medinah 1 2 0 7 10
Non-Saudis IR: 0.43
Qaseem 0 1 1 40 42
Eastern 0 0 0 16 16
Aseer 0 0 0 4 4
Tabouk 0 0 0 0 0
Ha`il 0 0 0 3 3
Northern 0 0 0 11 11
Jazan 1 0 0 1 2
Najran 0 0 0 3 3
Al-Bahah 0 0 0 0 0
Al-Jouf 0 0 0 0 0
Total 4 3 1 215 223

IR (per
Meningitis, Haemophilus Region
100,000)
Saudis IR: 0.01 Riyadh 1.64
Non-Saudis IR: 0 Makkah 0.16
Medinah 0.52
Qaseem 3.22
Eastern 0.36
Aseer 0.20
Tabouk 0.00
Ha`il 0.47
Northern 3.21
Jazan 0.14
Najran 0.55
Al-Bahah 0.00
Al-Jouf 0.00
Total 0.76

Meningococcal Meningitis,
Saudis IR: 0.01
Non-Saudis IR: 0 0.02

Figure 10.3a: Reported cases and

incidence rate (IR, per 100,000) of
meningitis by nationality and gen-
der, KSA, 2012
Figure 10.5a: Incidence Rate (IR, per 100,000) of total meningitis by region,
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Figure 10.1b: Reported cases of vaccine-preventable diseases by month and season, KSA, 2012

Figure 10.2b: Reported cases and incidence of vaccine-preventable diseases, KSA, 2008—2012 (i)

Figure 10.2b: Reported cases and incidence of vaccine-preventable diseases, KSA, 2008—2012 (ii)*
*The incidence rate of Rubella was not checked for 2011 due to lack of reagents
114 NNT Incidence /1000 Live Birth
 Measles Mumps Chickenpox Hepatitis B
Saudis IR: 1.75 Saudis IR: 0.19 Saudis IR: 78.04 Saudis IR: 19.65
Non-Saudis IR: 0.3 Non-Saudis IR: 0.28 Non-Saudis IR: 34.41 Non-Saudis IR: 7.59

Whooping Cough Tetanus Neonatorum Tetanus, Other Forms Rubella

Saudis IR: 0.03 Saudis IR: 0 per 1,000 live birth Saudis IR: 0.01 Saudis IR: 0.08
Non-Saudis IR: 0.01 Non-Saudis IR: 0.15 per 1,000 live birth Non-Saudis IR: 0.05 Non-Saudis IR: 0.02

Figure 10.3b: Reported cases and incidence (per 100,000) of vaccine-preventable diseases by nationality and
gender, KSA, 2012

Figure 10.4b: Reported cases of vaccine-preventable diseases by age group, KSA, 2012
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 Chickenpox IR
Region
(per 100,000)
Riyadh 33.91
Makkah 45.85
Medinah 46.26
Qaseem 130.56
Eastern 115.67
Aseer 142.88
Tabouk 9.81
Ha`il 19.41
Northern 102.77
Jazan 12.94
Najran 200.43
Al-Bahah 57.74
Al-Jouf 20.80
Total 64.06

Hepatitis B IR
Region
(per 100,000)
Riyadh 6.54
Makkah 13.48
Medinah 5.34
Qaseem 5.29
Eastern 7.68
Aseer 11.05
Tabouk 1.54
Ha`il 1.57
Northern 2.04
Jazan 2.19
Najran 3.33
Al-Bahah 8.64
Al-Jouf 0.21
Total 8.01

Figure 10.5b: Incidence Rate (IR, per 100,000) of total chickenpox (top) and Hepatitis B (bottom) by region, KSA, 2012
Table 10.1b: Reported cases of vaccine-preventable diseases by region, KSA, 2012
other forms

Chickenpox
Poliomyelitis
neonatorum

Hepatitis B
Diphtheria

Whooping

Tetanus

Measles

Rubella
Mumps
Tetanus
Cough

Region

Riyadh 0 3 0 0 0 19 13 5 2,479 934

Makkah 0 0 14 7 0 131 5 4 3,426 1,608
Medina 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 0 884 394
Qaseem 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 2 1,702 223
Eastern 0 3 0 0 0 23 26 2 5,106 609
Aseer 0 0 0 0 0 16 2 1 2,922 457
Tabouk 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 83 116
Ha’il 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 124 19
Northern 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 352 62
Jazan 0 0 0 0 0 54 2 1 189 107
Najran 0 0 0 0 0 15 4 2 1,085 41
Al-Bahah 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 254 26
Al-Jouf 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 98 13
Total 0 6 14 7 0 294 64 18 18,704 4,609

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Figure 10.1c: Reported cases of environment-acquired diseases by month and season, KSA, 2012

Figure 10.2c: Reported cases and incidence of environment-acquired diseases, KSA, 2008—2012

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 Cholera Hepatitis A Typhoid and Paratyphoid Amoebic dysentery
Saudis IR: 0.03 Saudis IR: 1.16 Saudis IR: 0.93 Saudis IR: 7.95
Non-Saudis IR: 0 Non-Saudis IR: 0.86 Non-Saudis IR: 1.18 Non-Saudis IR: 6.37

Bacillary dysentery (Shigellosis) Salmonella food poisoning Echinococcus Hydatid Disease

Saudis IR: 0.28 Saudis IR: 4.39 Saudis IR: 0.04
Non-Saudis IR: 0.12 Non-Saudis IR: 2.89 Non-Saudis IR: 0

Figure 10.3c: Reported cases and incidence (per 100,000) of environment-acquired diseases by nationality and gender,
KSA, 2012

Figure 10.4c: Reported cases of environment-acquired diseases by age group, KSA, 2012

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 Al-Bahah
Northern
Medinah

Qaseem
Makkah

Eastern

Tabouk

Al-Jouf
Region

Riyadh

Najran
Aseer

Jazan

Total
Ha`il
100,000)
IR (per

14.65

28.07

13.48

13.86
11.72

31.35

0.58
0.47

5.52
5.14
7.63

1.16

3.18
1.3

Figure 10.5c: Incidence Rate (IR, per 100,000) of total environment-acquired diseases by region, KSA, 2012

Table 10.1c: Reported cases of environment-acquired diseases by region, KSA, 2012

Environment-acquired diseases

Region Bacillary dys- Salmonella Echinococcus

Typhoid and Amoebic
Cholera Hepatitis A entery food poison- Hydatid
Paratyphoid Dysentery
(Shigellosis) ing Disease

Riyadh 0 83 16 7 15 367 0
Makkah 0 40 77 1,124 13 155 0
Medina 0 12 45 48 3 16 0
Qaseem 0 21 28 18 2 6 0
Eastern 5 56 68 680 32 525 0
Aseer 0 67 28 274 0 35 0
Tabouk 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
Ha’il 0 3 5 0 0 0 0
Northern 0 1 0 3 0 0 0
Jazan 0 3 9 1 1 2 0
Najran 0 11 3 2 1 23 0
Al-Bahah 0 3 16 0 0 10 7
Al-Jouf 0 4 0 16 0 2 0
Total 5 310 295 2,173 67 1,141 7

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Figure 10.1d: Reported cases of zoonotic diseases by month and season, KSA, 2012

Figure 10.2d: Reported cases and incidence of zoonotic diseases, KSA, 2008—2012

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 Brucellosis Dengue Fever Khurma Fever
Saudis IR: 13.17 Saudis IR: 4.64 Saudis IR: 0.15
Non-Saudis IR: 11.21 Non-Saudis IR: 8.87 Non-Saudis IR: 0.30

Figure 10.3d: Reported cases and incidence of zoonotic diseases by nationality and gender , KSA, 2012

Figure 10.4d: Reported cases of zoonotic diseases by age group, KSA, 2012

IR (per Table 10.1d: Reported cases of zoonotic diseases by

Region 100,00 region, KSA, 2012
0)
Riyadh 6.18
Makkah 3.02
Medinah 9.21
Qaseem 69.58
Eastern 11.03
Aseer 38.78
Tabouk 1.54
Ha`il 32.72
Northern 34.45
Jazan 4.25
Najran 22.35
Al-Bahah 17.96
Al-Jouf 3.82
Total 12.54

Figure 10.5d: Incidence Rate (IR, per 100,000) cases of total

brucellosis by region, KSA, 2012
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Figure 10.1e: Reported cases of Hepatitis C and other infections hepatitis by month and season, KSA, 2012

Figure 10.2e: Reported cases and incidence of Hepatitis C and other infectious hepatitis, KSA, 2008—2012

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 Hepatitis C Other infectious hepatitis
Saudis IR: 8.53 Saudis IR: 0.39
Non-Saudis IR: 6.93 Non-Saudis IR: 0.32

Figure 10.3e: Reported cases and incidence of Hepatitis C and Figure 10.4e: Reported cases of Hepatitis C and
other infectious hepatitis by nationality and gender, KSA, 2012 other infectious hepatitis by age group, KSA,
2012

IR (per 100,000
Region
population)
Riyadh 6.54
Makkah 13.48
Medinah 5.34
Qaseem 5.29
Eastern 7.68
Aseer 11.05
Tabouk 1.54
Ha`il 1.57
Northern 2.04
Jazan 2.19
Najran 3.33
Al-Bahah 8.64
Al-Jouf 0.21
Total 8.01

Figure 10.5e: Incidence Rate (IR, per 100,000) of Hepatitis C by region, KSA, 2012

Table 10.1e: Reported cases of Hepatitis C and unspecified Hepatitis by region, KSA, 2012
Region Hepatitis C Other infectious hepatitis
Riyadh 478 8
Makkah 1007 9
Medinah 102 1
Qaseem 69 0
Eastern 339 0
Aseer 226 89
Tabouk 13 0
Ha`il 10 0
Northern 7 0
Jazan 32 1
Najran 18 0
Al-Bahah 38 0
Al-Jouf 1 0
Total 2340 108 123
SECTION III.
P UBLIC H EALTH AND
P REVENTIVE M EDICINE

Chapter 11: Chest disease

11. C HEST DISEASE

TUBERCULOSIS

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious bacterial disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most
commonly affects the lungs. It is transmitted via droplets from the throat and lungs of infected individ-
uals. TB may infect any part of the body, but most commonly occurs in the lungs (referred to as pul-
monary TB). Extra-pulmonary TB occurs when it develops outside of the lungs. The symptoms of ac-
tive TB of the lung are coughing, sometimes with sputum or blood, chest pains, weakness, weight loss,
fever and night sweats.

The total number of cases of TB (pulmonary and extra-pulmonary) in year 2012 is 3,599. Pulmonary
TB, with an incidence rate of 8.83 per 100,000 population, constitutes 71.6% of all TB cases, while the
extra-pulmonary TB, with an incidence rate of 3.50 per 100,000 population, accounted for 28.4% of all
TB cases in year 2012.

HOW DOES KSA COMPARE?

In 2012, the incidence rate of Tuberculosis (both pulmonary and
extra-pulmonary) is 12.3 per 100,000 population, in comparison
with the regional rate of 109 per 100,000 population and the
global rate of 125 per 100,000 population.
Source: World Health Statistics Report (2013),World Health Organization

A. Epidemiological aspects of pulmonary and extra-pulmonary TB

Distribution of TB cases according to geographic regions

Figure 11.1a displays the incidence rates of pulmonary TB across the regions of the Kingdom. The
highest incidence rate was observed in Makkah (13.45 cases per 100,000 population).

Figure 11.1b displays the incidence rate of extra-pulmonary TB across the regions of the Kingdom. Ri-
yadh contains the highest incidence rate (5.31 cases per 100,000 population).

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 TREND OVER TIME…
The incidence rate of total TB (pulmonary and extra-pulmonary) in KSA
decreased from 13.6 per 100,000 population in year 2011 to 12.3 per 100,000 pop-
ulation in year 2012.

Between the years 2011 and 2012,the incidence rates of pulmonary and extra-
pulmonary TB in KSA have decreased by 5.2% (from 9.31 to 8.83 per 100,000 pop-
ulation) and 19.4%, (from 4.34 to 3.50 per 100,000 population) respectively.

Between the years 2011 and 2012, the number of pulmonary TB cases among Saudis
decreased by 7.9% (from 1,275 to 1,174 cases), while the number of pulmonary TB
cases among non-Saudis increased by 2.7% (from 1,366 to 1,403 cases).

Distribution of TB cases according to different age groups

According to Figure 11.3a, the majority of pulmonary TB cases are among the age group of “15-34
years”, which constituted 51.6% of all cases, followed by the age group of “35-54 years” (27.5%). The
least number of cases is in the youngest age group (0-14 years) with 2.8%. A similar trend is observed
for the extra-pulmonary TB cases (Figure 11.3b); the highest percentage is among the age group of 15-
34 years, which constituted 49.5% of all cases, followed by the age group of 35-54 years (30.6%).
Those less than 14 years old represent the lowest percentage of cases (5.6%).

B. Epidemiological aspects of Leprosy

Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae. The disease mainly affects the
skin, peripheral nerves, mucosa of the upper respiratory tract ,and also the eyes. In the year 2012, the
incidence rate of Leprosy in the Kingdom is 0.01 per 100,000 population .

Distribution of the cases according to geographic regions

Only three cases of Leprosy are reported in 2012, all of which occurred in Makkah.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS ...

Between 2011 and 2012, the incidence rate of total TB in KSA dropped
by 9.6% (from 13.6 to 12.3 per 100,000 population).
Over the years, there has been a pronounced decrease in leprosy cases, as the inci-
dence rate dropped by 99.7% from year 1984, when it was 3.27 per 100,000
population.

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Region Riyadh Makkah Medinah Qaseem Eastern Aseer Tabouk

Cases 388 336 26 34 51 52 26

IR (per
5.31 4.5 1.36 2.61 1.16 2.54 3.07
100,000)

Region Ha`il Northern Jazan Najran Al-Bahah Al-Jouf Total

Cases 3 7 60 22 11 6 1022

IR (per
0.47 2.04 4.11 4.06 2.5 1.27 3.5
100,000)

Figure 11.1b: Incidence Rate (IR, per 100,000) of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis by region,
KSA, 2012

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 Region Riyadh Makkah Medinah Qaseem Eastern Aseer Tabouk

Cases 721 1005 139 97 251 86 38

IR (per 100,000) 9.86 13.45 7.27 7.44 5.69 4.21 4.49

Region Ha`il Northern Jazan Najran Al-Bahah Al-Jouf Total

Cases 25 13 135 17 17 33 2577

IR (per 100,000) 3.91 3.8 9.24 3.14 3.86 7 8.83

Figure 11.1a: Incidence Rate (IR, per 100,000) of pulmonary tuberculosis by region, KSA,
2012

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Figure 11.2a: Cases of pulmonary tuberculosis by region, gender and nationality, KSA, 2012

Figure 11.2b: Cases of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis by region, gender and nationality, KSA, 2012

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Figure 11.3a: Cases of pulmonary tuberculosis by region and age group, KSA, 2012

Figure 11.3b: Cases of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis by region and age group, KSA, 2012

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Table 11.1: Leprosy cases by region, 2008—2012

Region 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Riyadh 5 4 0 1 0
Makkah 13 6 2 4 3
Medinah 0 1 0 0 0
Qaseem 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern 4 1 0 9 0
Aseer 0 0 3 2 0
Tabouk 0 0 0 0 0
Ha`il 0 0 0 0 0
Northern 0 0 0 0 0
Jazan 1 1 0 2 0
Najran 0 0 0 0 0
Al-Bahah 0 1 0 0 0
Al-Jouf 0 1 0 1 0
Total 23 15 5 19 3

Incidence rate (per

0.09 0.06 0.02 0.07 0.01
100,000 population)

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Chapter 12: Bilharziasis

12. B ILHARZIASIS

Bilharziasis, also known as Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease caused by several species of trema-
todes, a parasitic worm of the genus Schistosoma. Snails serve as the intermediary agent between
mammalian hosts. Individuals within developing countries that cannot afford to establish proper wa-
ter and sanitation facilities are often exposed to contaminated water containing the infected snails.
Although it has a low associated mortality rate, Bilharziasis often is a chronic illness that can damage
internal organs and, in children, impair growth and cognitive development. The urinary form of Bilhar-
ziasis is associated with increased risks for bladder cancer in adults. Bilharziasis is the second most so-
cioeconomically devastating parasitic disease after Malaria.

Bilharziasis affects many people in developing countries, particularly children who may acquire the
disease by swimming or playing in infected water. Disease transmission has been documented in 78
countries worldwide, one of which is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Epidemiological Aspects

In year 2012, a total number of 799,765 individuals from all over the Kingdom were examined for Bil-
harziasis, out of which 254 cases are reported (0.032% positive cases). From the total cases, 13.80%
are urinary Bilharziasis and 86.22% intestinal Bilharziasis. The overall prevalence rate in the Kingdom
for year 2012 is 0.9 per 100,000 population.
The distribution of cases according to geographical regions (Figure 12.1) reveals that Makkah and Me-
dinah are endemic areas, with 130 and 83 cases, respectively. The environmental predisposing factors
are the cause of the prevalence present in these areas.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS ...

According to the WHO, Bilharziasis has been successfully controlled over the
past 20 years in several countries, including Brazil, Cambodia, China, Egypt,
and Saudi Arabia.
Source: World Health Organization website

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 The distribution of Bilharzial cases by nationality (Figure 12.4) shows that 18.90% of total cases of Bil-
harziasis (48 cases) have been diagnosed among Saudis. Moreover, according to gender, the total
number cases among males is 150 (59.1% of total cases). This difference in gender distribution can be
explained by the fact that the male population is more exposed to the source of infection while swim-
ming and working in agriculture. Figure 12.1 displays the distribution of cases by nationality and gen-
der across the 13 provinces, where it is clear that most cases are among Non-Saudis .
The distribution of cases according to the different age groups (Figure 12.2) reveals a highest percent-
age of cases (84.3%) among the age group of 15-39 years, followed by the age group 40 years and old-
er (9.8%). Furthermore, Figure 12.2 reveals that there is an ongoing transmission of infection in Mak-
kah and Medinah; cases are discovered among the young and middle-aged individuals.
The geographical distribution of the intermediate host of Bilharziasis (Figure 12.3) shows that urinary
Bilharziasis is endemic in Medinah, Jazan, and Aseer, while intestinal Bilharziasis is endemic in Mak-
kah, Medinah, and Al-Bahah. Also displayed in Figure 12.3 is the distribution of examined cases across
regions, where it is seen that Medinah contain the highest number of examined cases.

TREND OVER TIME…

In year 2012, the prevalence rate of Bilharziasis in KSA (0.9
per 100,000 population) is higher than that recorded in 2010 (0.5 per
100,000 population). However, when compared to that recorded in
2002 (5.5 per 100,000 population), there has been a 83.6% drop in
the prevalence rate.

Between the years 2007 and 2012, the proportion of Bilharzial cases
among Saudis has been decreasing, with an observed drop from
55.5% of total cases to 18.9% of total cases.

Between the years 2008 and 2012, the proportion of Bilharzial cases that
are intestinal have increased from 75% to 86% of total cases.

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 Figure 12.1: Reported Bilharzial cases by region, nationality and gender, KSA, 2012 Figure 12.2: Reported Bilharzial cases by region* and age group, KSA, 2012

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Figure 12.3: Reported Bilharzial cases by region* and type of disease, KSA, 2012 Figure 12.4: Reported Bilharzial cases by type of disease and nationality, KSA< 2008-2012
*Data were not reported for Qaseem, Eastern and Northern provinces
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Chapter 13: Leishmaniasis

13. L EISHMANIASIS

Leishmaniasis is caused by a parasitic protozoa of the genus Leishmania. Humans are infected via the
bite of phlebotomine sandflies, which breed in forest areas, caves, or the burrows of small rodents.

CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS

In year 2012, there are 1,464 reported cases of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis. Cases are spread all over
the Kingdom but there is eminent variation regarding its prevalence rate among the different re-
gions. Figure 13.1 provides the incidence rates for Cutaneous Leishmaniasis across the regions of the
Kingdom. Qaseem markedly has the highest incidence rate (28.23 cases per 100,000 population). No
cases are reported in Northern Borders and Al-Jouf.

The distribution of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis according to nationality (Figure 13.2) shows that 52% of
cases are among Saudis (761 cases). The majority of cases (79.4%) occurred among the male gender.
Figure 13.3 and Figure 13.4 display the detailed distribution of reported cases of Cutaneous Leish-
maniasis by gender and by nationality, respectively, for the 13 regions.

According to the different age groups, highest percentage of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis cases (66.2%)
are among the age group of 15-44 years, followed by the age group of 5-14 years (14.8%). Figure 13.5
shows the distribution by age groups across the different regions.

Figure 13.6, which represents the seasonal variation of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis cases, demon-
strates a peak during the winter season (November-February) of 2012.

HOW DOES KSA COMPARE?

Leishmaniasis is endemic in 18 out of the 23 coun-
tries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region, one of which is
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Source: World Health Organization website

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 VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS

A total number of 8 cases of Visceral Leishmaniasis are reported in 2012. Incidence rate is 0.03 per
100,000 population. Table 13.2 describes the distribution of reported cases of Visceral Leishmaniasis
by region, nationality over the time period of 2008-2012.

In terms of geographical distribution, cases of Visceral Leishmaniasis are present only in Jazan (87.5%
of cases) and Aseer (12.5% of cases).

KEY ACHIEVE- TREND OVER

MENTS … TIME…
Between the years The Kingdom witnessed a 37.0%
2008 and 2012, the inci- decrease in the number of
dence rate of Cutaneous cases of Cutaneous Leish-
Leishmaniasis decreased by maniasis, from 2,321 in 2011
46.8%, from 9.4 to 5.0 per to 1,464 in 2012.
100,000 population in KSA.
Across the five years from 2008
to 2012, there has been an
almost equal distribution
(50:50) of Cutaneous Leish-
maniasis cases among Sau-
dis and non-Saudis in KSA.

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 IR (per
Region Cases
100,000)
Riyadh 135 1.85
Makkah 18 0.24
Medinah 236 12.35
Qaseem 368 28.23
Eastern 289 6.55
Aseer 139 6.80
Tabouk 97 11.47
Ha`il 122 19.10
Northern 0 0.00
Jazan 31 2.12
Najran 18 3.33
Al-Bahah 11 2.50
Al-Jouf 0 0.00
Total 1464 5.01

Figure 13.1: Incidence Rate (IR, per 100,000) of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis by region, KSA, 2012

Figure 13.2: Reported cases of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis by nationality, KSA, 2008-2012

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 Figure 13.3: Reported cases of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Figure 13.4: Reported cases of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
by region and gender, KSA, 2012 by region and nationality, KSA, 2012

Figure 13.5: Reported cases of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis by region and age group, KSA, 2012
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Figure 13.6: Reported cases of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis by month & season , and residence , KSA, 2012

Table 13.1: Reported cases of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis by month, nationality, gender, residence, and age group, KSA, 2012
Month No. of Nationality Gender Residence Age group (years)
cases
Resident

resident
Female
Saudi

Saudi

Non-
Non-

Male

0-1 1-4 5-10 10-14 15-44 45+

Jan. 190 94 96 153 37 185 5 2 20 22 11 126 9

Feb. 162 85 77 126 36 152 10 0 14 11 15 109 13
Mar. 134 84 50 97 37 126 8 0 8 12 15 82 17
Apr. 98 58 40 75 23 92 6 1 5 11 9 65 7
May 67 43 24 47 20 66 1 2 3 6 8 36 12
June 71 32 39 62 9 67 4 0 2 4 6 47 12
July 78 37 41 60 18 75 3 1 6 7 5 46 13
Aug. 77 43 34 61 16 71 6 1 7 4 5 49 11
Sep. 127 63 64 100 27 125 2 0 15 5 16 75 16
Oct. 100 55 45 78 22 94 6 2 4 5 9 67 13
Nov. 150 68 82 129 21 139 11 1 5 3 10 108 23
Dec. 210 99 111 175 35 197 13 1 12 12 17 148 20
Total 1464 761 703 1163 301 1389 75 11 101 102 126 958 166

Table 13.2: Reported cases of Visceral Leishmaniasis by region, KSA, 2008—2012

Region* 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Medinah 0 1 0 0 0
Qaseem 0 1 0 0 0
Aseer 2 0 2 1 1
Bishah 1 0 0 0 0
Jazan 29 15 6 6 7
Total 32 17 8 7 8

* No cases of Visceral Leishmaniasis were reported from other regions

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Chapter 14: Malaria

14. M ALARIA

Malaria is caused by a parasite called Plasmodium, which is transmitted via the bites of infected mos-
quitoes. Environmental conditions play an important role in the spread of Malaria. They affect mosqui-
to species, life cycle and density. They also affect the life span of the plasmodium inside the mosquito.

The epidemiological aspects of Malaria vary from one region in the Kingdom to another and even
within areas of the same region. This variation is related to the difference in the environmental condi-
tions across the vast area of the Kingdom. Epidemiological aspects vary from one year to another, and
are affected by the control measures taken against Malaria during that time period.

Anti-Malaria Control Measures

Anti-Malaria control measures in the Kingdom were initiated in 1948. Malaria transmission was suc-
cessfully controlled in the Northern Borders and Eastern Province, as well as in large areas of the west-
ern regions, especially in the big cities.
Malaria remains endemic in Tohama valley and Jazan region, as control programs were only recently
implemented in these regions. The delay in intervention was due to the absence of paved roads lead-
ing to these regions, poor communication network and shortage in manpower.
The majority of malarial cases (90%) are caused by the parasite Plasmodium falciparum; the main vec-
tor being the Anopheles arabiensis.

Epidemiological Aspects

A total of 3,406 cases are recorded this year. With regards to type of parasite involved, Figure 14.1
shows that 37.3% of cases of malaria are malignant, infected by Plasmodium falciparum, while 61.6%
of cases are benign, infected by Plasmodium vivax. Figure 14.3 further represents the distribution of
reported cases of Malaria by type of parasite among the different regions.

Figure 14.2, which represents the seasonal variation of Malaria cases, shows that there is a marked
increase in the number of cases from January to February.
The distribution of cases of malaria according to the different age groups within endemic zones is dis-
played in Figure 14.4. Out of all cases reported within endemic zones, 91.1% were discovered among
the age group of 10 years and above.

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 HOW DOES KSA COMPARE?
According to WHO, seven countries in the EMR still have areas of high
malaria transmission and are in the control stage (Afghanistan,
Djibouti, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, and Yemen); two
countries with geographically limited malaria transmission are in the
elimination stage (the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Saudi Arabia); and
Egypt, Oman and the Syrian Arab Republic are in the prevention of rein-
troduction stage. The remaining countries are malaria-free.
Source: World Health Organization website

Control Strategy

The anti-malaria control measures in the Kingdom are based on the following guidelines:
a. Spraying of the breeding foci of mosquito to control the larva. This method is widely spread
all over the Kingdom, except in the mosquito free areas.
b. Spraying the houses with insecticides that have residual effect. This is used in the areas with
high density of malaria.
c. Spraying the narrow spaces minute particulates to reach deep areas. This method is used in
areas with high cases of malaria.
d. Use of mechanical control methods.
e. Widespread use of nets impregnated with insecticides.
f. Increasing health awareness programs.

Insect Survey

Insect surveys are conducted throughout the year and all over the Kingdom, in order to study the in-
sect density, habits and behavior, and sensitivity to different insecticides.

TREND OVER TIME…

The total number of reported Malaria cases in the Kingdom
increased by 22.2% in 2012 compared to 2011, when there were 2,788
cases.

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 Table 14.1: Notified Malaria Cases by Region and classification, KSA, 2012

Region No. Examined Positive Cases Slide Positivity Rate (%)

Riyadh 212,812 417 0.20

Makkah 42,356 290 0.68

Medinah 147,568 298 0.20

Qaseem 88,660 302 0.34

Eastern 303,557 956 0.31

Aseer 60,976 96 0.16

Tabouk 9,173 8 0.09

Ha`il 16,300 33 0.20

Northern 10,475 31 0.30

Jazan 187,477 860 0.46

Najran 31,342 84 0.27

Al-Bahah 40,660 21 0.05

Al-Jouf 34,823 10 0.03

Total 1,186,179 3,406 0.29

Figure 14.1: Notified Malarial cases by type of parasite, KSA, 2012

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Figure 14.2: Notified malarial cases by month, 2012

Figure 14.3: Reported Malarial cases by region and type of parasite, KSA, 2012

Figure 14.4: Notified malarial cases in endemic zones by age group, KSA, 2012
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Chapter 15: Environmental health and health education

activities
 E NVIRONMENTAL H EALTH
15. AND H EALTH E DUCATION A CTIVITIES

Environmental Health

Public health and environment-related authorities collaborate with each other in supervising public
places and food stores. Samples of drinking water obtained from water supply resources are tested,
and public places as well as residences of workers are continuously inspected.

As shown in Table 15.1, there were 77,859 visits to water supply sources, where 39,699 water samples
were tested bacteriologically and chemically. Additionally, a total of 151,332 visits to public places and
15,144 visits to health utilities were done along with 9,590 visits to residences of company workers.
Consequently, 23,631 kg and 17,955 L of food were destroyed.

Health Education

The Ministry of Health covers the following fields through the different activities and programs of
health education:

 Family
 Nutrition
 Youth
 Child Health
 Maternal Health and antenatal care
 Smoking control
 Prevention of communicable diseases

Health education materials have been produced for most of the campaigns, immunization and other
occasions. The health education message is also broadcasted through different meetings.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS …
The Kingdom has become more active in terms of organizing
activities on health awareness within national campaigns; the
number of activities increased from 2 in2009 to 113 in year 2012

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 Table 15.1: Environmental health activities by region, MOH, 2012
Visits Number Samples Number Execution of Food Stuffs No. of
workers
Sources of Public Health Houses of Water Food In Kilogram In Liter
checked for
Region water sup- places utilities company
certificates
ply workers

Riyadh 1,811 21,578 3,245 250 ** ** ** ** 7,870

Makkah 15,664 37,012 1,591 563 13,322 1,077** 10,250** 1,561** 79,276
Medinah 36,862 32,931 2,976 1,426 10,255 31,340 4,308 4,389 43,588
Qaseem 330 1,024 272 14 76 135 … ... 274
Eastern 4,798 5,151 1,930 705 6,464 113** 573** 2,496** 6,303**
Aseer 2,492 14,582 2,429 2,166 1,119 * 862** 4** 8,279
Tabouk 421 1,914 132 20 220 393 520 133 1,330
Ha'il 2,075 5,507 20 608 1,618 14 24 4 2,201
Northern 282 1,921 67 ** 288 372 ** ** 2,000
Jazan 2,320 8,956 830 203 1,387 … 3,278 5,147 5,201
Najran 753 1,773 133 111 833 * ** ** 1,052
Al-Baha 8,548 6,935 128 2,352 3,411 746 212 … 7,157
Al-Jouf 1,503 12,048 1,391 1,172 706 34* 3,604 4,221 9,107
Total 77,859 151,332 15,144 9,590 39,699 34,224 23,631 17,955 173,638

* No available laboratories in the following areas: Aseer, Najran, Quarrayat in Al-Jouf,

** Some activities in this region are under the under supervision of municipal local authority and were not reported in this sum
... Not reported

Figure 15.1: Environmental health activities, MOH, 2008-2012

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Table 15.2: Health awareness, MOH, 2012

Activity Number of
Inside Health Centers 49,796
Lectures Outside Health Centers 64,228
Total 114,024
Inside Health Centers 4,650
Meeting Outside Health Centers 2,387
Total 7,037
Booklet 103,900
Announcements 479,954
Prints
Posters 85,968
Leaflets 801,743
Training Courses 60
Number of Activities in National Campaigns 113
Activities related to international days in regions and governorates 1,362

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H EALTH S ERVICES
AND A CTIVITIES

Chapter 16: Outpatient visits

Chapter 17: Inpatients (admissions to hospitals)
Chapter 18: Surgical operations
Chapter 19: Deliveries and births
Chapter 20: Ophthalmology
Chapter 21: Psychiatric and social health
Chapter 22: Dental services
Chapter 23: Hemodialysis and organ transplantations
Chapter 24: Laboratory & radiology investigations and blood bank
Chapter 25: Medical rehabilitation
Chapter 26: Medical commissions
Chapter 27: Nutrition
Chapter 28: Other activities
Chapter 29: Deaths registered at MOH hospitals
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H EALTH S ERVICES
AND A CTIVITIES

Chapter 16: Outpatient visits

16. O UTPATIENT V ISITS

This chapter provides information regarding the outpatient visits to the MOH facilities (MOH primary
health care centers, emergency departments at the MOH hospitals, and outpatient departments at
the MOH hospitals), visits to clinics at facilities of the other governmental sector, and visits to clinics at
facilities of the private sector.

A. OUTPATIENT VISITS TO THE MOH FACILITIES

1. MOH Primary Health Care Centers

Table 16.1 displays a summary of patient visits to various clinics at the MOH primary health care cen-
ters across the Kingdom, by region and nationality. A total of 53.57 million visits are recorded in year
2012. An evident majority of the visits (90%) are among Saudi nationals. Figure 16.2 shows that al-
most two thirds of the visits (60%) take place at General Clinics.

2. Emergency Department (ED) at the MOH Hospitals

Visits to the ED at the MOH hospitals for the year 2012 are summarized in Table 16.2, by region, type
of disease/injury, and nationality. The majority of the emergency cases (89%) are disease-related. As
seen in Table 16.2 and Figure 16.3, in year 2012, the vast majority of emergency cases (90.7%) across
all regions are of Saudi nationality. More details on emergency cases at the MOH hospitals are dis-
played in Table 16.3 and Figure 16.4.

As known, the Saudi Arabian Red Crescent Society is a humanitarian society that provides emergency
medical service and transfer patients. In year 2012, a total of 227,555 cases were offered transport by
the Red Crescent vehicles. Table 16.4 provides a summary of these cases, by region and type of case.
Generally, and as seen in Figure 16.5, the scope of activity of the Red Crescent Society has been in-
creasing from year 2008 to year 2012.

3. Outpatient Department (OPD) at the MOH Hospitals

Visits to the OPD of the MOH hospitals by selected diseases and region are displayed in Table 16.5. A
total of 11.67 million visits are recorded in year 2012.

Figure 16.7 summarizes the visits to clinics at MOH primary health care centers and OPDs at MOH
hospitals by region and nationality for the year 2012.Visits to health centers represent the majority of
total visits across all regions of the Kingdom. Moreover, across all regions of the Kingdom, the majori-
ty of both types of visits are made by Saudi nationals.

Figure 16.8 shows that, on average, there are 2.2 annual visits per individual in the Kingdom for the
year 2012.

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 B. OUTPATIENT VISITS TO FACILITIES OF THE OTHER GOVERNMENTAL
SECTORS
Figure 16.9 displays the visits to clinics and OPDs at facilities of the other governmental sector for year
2012, with representation of the proportion of visits made by Saudi nationals.

C. OUTPATIENT VISITS TO FACILITIES OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR

Visits to clinics at private sector dispensaries and hospitals by region for year 2012 are shown in Figure
16.10, with representation of the proportion of visits made by Saudi nationals. The trend for visits to
clinics at private dispensaries and hospitals over the time period 2008-2012 is displayed in Figure
16.11.

D. OUTPATIENT VISITS ACROSS ALL HEALTH SECTORS

This section summarizes all outpatient visits to facilities across all health sectors (MOH, other govern-
mental and private). The total number of outpatient visits in the Kingdom is around 134 million in year
2012, representing an average of 513,410 daily visits. As seen in Figure 16.12, there has not been a ma-
jor change in the proportions of visits within each health sector from total visits across all health sec-
tors. Consistently, visits to facilities of the MOH have represented the majority of total visits for all
years recorded, and more specifically 49% of total visits in year 2012 (Figure 16.13).

E. OUTPATIENT VISITS TO SELECTED HEALTH SERVICES

Outpatient visits to diabetic clinics at the MOH hospitals by region of the Kingdom for year 2012 are
shown in Figure 16.14, with representation of the proportion of visits made by Saudi nationals and by
the male gender. Males constituted 44.2% of the total visits to diabetic clinics. The number of visits by
Saudi nationals constituted 95.6% of total visits.

Figure 16.15 displays the visits to antenatal and gynecology clinics at the MOH hospitals between 2008
and 2012. Table 16.6 display the cases of complications related to pregnancy & childbirth and gynecol-
ogy, as well as abortion cases that took place at the MOH hospitals during the time period of 2008-
2012. For year 2102, cases of antepartum hemorrhage constituted the main obstetrical complications,
while cases of infertility constituted the highest proportion of gynecological cases. Between the years
2008 and 2012, the number of abortion cases dropped by 4% from 44,837 to 43,036 cases.

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Malignant tumors that are recorded in King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, in Riyadh
and Jeddah, are displayed by tumor site and gender, in Figure 16.16. Breast Cancer constitutes 19.1%
of total tumor cases recorded for year 2012.

According to Table 16.7, Leukemia constitutes the highest percentage of tumor cases recorded among
males (8.5%), while Breast Cancer constitutes the highest percentage of tumor cases recorded among
females (33.1%).

Figure 16.17 displays the proportion of cases of tumors among children, who are referred to King Faisal
Specialist Hospital, Riyadh and Jeddah, by tumor site and gender for year 2012. Leukemia constitutes
the majority (32%) of total tumor cases.

TREND OVER TIME…

Between the years 2008 and 2012, the average annual num-
ber of visits to clinics at MOH health centers and outpatient depart-
ments at MOH hospitals across the Kingdom per individual dropped
from 2.6 to 2.2 annual visits per individual.

Between the years 2008 and 2012, the average annual number of visits to
all outpatient facilities across all health sectors of the Kingdom per
individual dropped from 5.1 to 4.6 annual visits per individual.

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 A. OUTPATIENT VISITS TO MOH FACILITIES
1. MOH Primary Health Care Centers

Table 16.1: Visits to clinics at the MOH health centers by region, type of clinic and nationality, 2012
General clinics Chronic disease clinic Dental clinic Antenatal clinic
Region Non- Non- Non- Non-
Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi
Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi
Riyadh 4,620,948 583,760 702,504 90,462 213,323 2,587 98,064 5,931

Makkah 5,179,964 674,013 894,464 42,498 451,098 8,741 86,813 3,645

Medinah 2,680,706 945,136 307,972 234,682 214,443 6,314 62,405 6,865

Qaseem 1,918,751 144,775 398,864 9,352 240,257 4,628 43,906 900

Eastern 3,636,263 377,630 667,043 31,122 408,774 11,739 122,584 6,671

Aseer 3,085,878 142,816 408,085 9,270 287,849 6,983 67,765 1,501

Tabouk 806,480 53,766 124,145 3,768 93,008 904 28,786 726

Ha`il 1,208,683 70,433 148,308 1,715 73,002 118 29,807 578

Northern 606,545 33,945 17,709 1,401 27,236 126 20,408 979

Jazan 2,785,542 190,022 416,609 12,805 153,030 9,735 57,089 3,833

Najran 809,556 93,523 93,705 10,444 89,818 134 17,510 3,408

Al-Bahah 878,579 61,818 220,677 5,106 105,287 90 23,630 463

Al-Jouf 674,126 49,467 71,041 1,982 70,938 583 30,140 560

Total 28,892,021 3,421,104 4,471,126 454,607 2,428,063 52,682 688,907 36,060

Well-baby clinic Other clinics Total

Region
Saudi Non-Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi Total

Riyadh 434,534 34,917 1,177,956 263,683 7,247,329 981,340 8,228,669

Makkah 456,121 111,150 1,737,438 215,353 8,805,898 1,055,400 9,861,298

Medinah 259,219 38,732 751,370 104,913 4,276,115 1,336,642 5,612,757

Qaseem 175,571 5,858 480,914 58,201 3,258,263 223,714 3,481,977

Eastern 393,864 46,496 1,432,672 152,100 6,661,200 625,758 7,286,958

Aseer 294,942 6,541 820,732 55,943 4,965,251 223,054 5,188,305

Tabouk 132,890 3,851 230,956 16,179 1,416,265 79,194 1,495,459

Ha`il 87,846 1,237 225,247 24,084 1,772,893 98,165 1,871,058

Northern 77,253 2,639 238,955 18,444 988,106 57,534 1,045,640

Jazan 198,615 14,731 930,449 81,563 4,541,334 312,689 4,854,023

Najran 137,096 21,639 339,887 50,761 1,487,572 179,909 1,667,481

Al-Bahah 49,719 683 395,291 22,076 1,673,183 90,236 1,763,419

Al-Jouf 90,398 6,372 195,350 26,375 1,131,993 85,339 1,217,332

Total 2,788,068 294,846 8,957,217 1,089,675 48,225,402 5,348,974 53,574,376

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Figure 16.1: Total visits to clinics at MOH health centers by region and nationality, 2012

Figure 16.2: Visits to clinics at the MOH health centers by specialty, 2012

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 2. Emergency Department (ED) at the MOH Hospitals

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Table 16.2: Emergency cases at the MOH hospitals by region, type of disease/injury, and nationality,2012

Cases
Total
Region Diseases Injuries OBS/GYN Neonatal Diseases

Non-
Saudi Non-Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi Saudi Saudi Non-Saudi Total % Saudi
Saudi

Riyadh 2,144,080 248,575 249,240 55,482 51,649 4,951 8,321 1,123 2,453,290 310,131 2,763,421 88.8%

Makkah 2,939,564 377,332 220,164 42,368 53,051 11,312 8,319 1,347 3,221,098 432,359 3,653,457 88.2%

Medinah 1,949,662 254,571 133,058 63,262 85,253 4,321 6,222 111 2,174,195 322,265 2,496,460 87.1%

Qaseem 1,197,673 96,313 127,380 24,027 35,150 3,107 10,425 140 1,370,628 123,587 1,494,215 91.7%

Eastern 2,206,533 119,886 155,361 20,922 48,613 3,038 12,148 290 2,422,655 144,136 2,566,791 94.4%

Aseer 1,751,209 104,317 151,765 17,375 28,293 1,283 6,787 691 1,938,054 123,666 2,061,720 94.0%

Tabouk 603,323 66,040 139,303 24,234 9,604 1,049 8,147 471 760,377 91,794 852,171 89.2%

Ha`il 613,299 50,542 33,821 6,642 18,003 929 3,318 134 668,441 58,247 726,688 92.0%

Northern 420,247 39,573 58,449 4,935 2,857 227 2,560 215 484,113 44,950 529,063 91.5%

Jazan 1,424,231 110,424 107,058 13,515 15,938 1,539 6,632 730 1,553,859 126,208 1,680,067 92.5%

Najran 465,755 61,020 38,865 8,293 14,060 1,428 1,448 135 520,128 70,876 591,004 88.0%

Al-Bahah 575,262 25,606 48,079 4,326 10,603 505 1,639 73 635,583 30,510 666,093 95.4%

Al-Jouf 632,418 57,622 71,974 14,194 19,222 821 3,965 111 727,579 72,748 800,327 90.9%

Total 16,923,256 1,611,821 1,534,517 299,575 392,296 34,510 79,931 5,571 18,930,000 1,951,477 20,881,477 90.7%
Figure 16.3: Total emergency cases at the MOH Hospitals by region and nationality, 2012

Table 16.3: Emergency cases at the MOH hospitals by type of disease/injury, nationality and gender, 2012
Nationality Gender
Disease or injury Cases
Saudi Non-Saudi Male Female
Infectious & parasitic diseases 202,563 176,642 25,921 117,174 85,389
Diabetes Mellitus 736,843 661,733 75,110 403,596 333,247
Blood diseases 261,692 244,498 17,194 141,653 120,039
Nervous system 212,099 189,406 22,693 118,675 93,424
Eye diseases 636,595 592,361 44,234 352,065 284,530
ENT 1,995,286 1,843,322 151,964 1,101,660 893,626
Hypertensive diseases 743,956 673,331 70,625 408,250 335,706
Diseases

Ischemic heart diseases 157,867 130,838 27,029 90,520 67,347

Rheumatic heart and others 245,385 218,231 27,154 137,342 108,043
Respiratory system diseases 5,183,575 4,848,586 334,989 2,842,042 2,341,533
Diseases of the GIT 2,648,266 2,444,835 203,431 1,390,410 1,257,856
Appendicitis 68,568 60,107 8,461 39,444 29,124
Diseases of the genitourinary system 607,372 526,886 80,486 318,591 288,781
Food poisoning 23,310 20,983 2,327 14,119 9,191
Other diseases 4,811,700 4,291,497 520,203 2,588,010 2,223,690
Total 18,535,077 16,923,256 1,611,821 10,063,551 8,471,526
OBS/GYN 426,806 392,296 34,510 0 426,806
Diseases of neonates 85,502 79,931 5,571 46,007 39,495
Car & road accidents 195,880 151,175 44,705 155,749 40,131
Drug & cleaning agents poisoning 17,464 14,829 2,635 9,083 8,381
Fall & accidentally injuries 527,206 435,099 92,107 347,043 180,163
Burns 66,911 55,757 11,154 38,024 28,887
Injuries

Firearm, drowning & rape 16,915 9,503 7,412 13,820 3,095

Scorpion or snake bite 29,050 23,052 5,998 19,793 9,257
Dog or other animal bite 13,190 9,311 3,879 10,017 3,173
Foreign bodies 102,369 86,423 15,946 63,823 38,546
Others 865,107 749,368 115,739 518,033 347,074
Total 1,834,092 1,534,517 299,575 1,175,385 658,707
Total 20,881,477 18,930,000 1,951,477 11,284,943 9,596,534

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Figure 16.4: Total emergency cases at the MOH hospitals by type of disease/injury and nationality (left) and gender
(right), 2012
Table 16.4: Patients & casualties offered first-aid carried by the Saudi Red Crescent Society Ambulance by region & type
of case, 2012
Road Alterca- Other ac-
Region Falls Burns Drowning Diseases Total
Accidents tion cidents
Riyadh 18,520 825 2,124 223 13 796 26,596 49,097
Makkah 21,224 3,637 4,359 485 46 1,419 37,473 68,643
Medinah 6,106 714 1,543 104 4 341 13,687 22,499
Qaseem 4,474 400 539 77 1 196 6,517 12,204
Eastern 9,661 819 1,327 246 7 352 14,264 26,676
Aseer 5,212 497 763 107 13 433 8,347 15,372
Tabouk 3,034 192 284 43 17 71 4,707 8,348
Ha`il 1,510 152 226 39 2 48 2,777 4,754
Northern 795 95 120 22 2 55 1,440 2,529
Jazan 2,476 173 442 41 6 254 3,812 7,204
Najran 1,077 126 169 18 0 324 1,411 3,125
Al -Bahah 1,774 123 218 14 1 20 2,067 4,217
Al-Jouf 1,050 62 94 10 3 50 1,618 2,887
Total 76,913 7,815 12,208 1,429 115 4,359 124,716 227,555

Figure 16.5: Cases offered first aid and carried by ambulances of the Saudi Red Crescent Society by region,
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 3. Outpatient Department (OPD) at MOH Hospitals
Table 16.5: MOH hospital visits by selected diseases and region, 2012

eases
parasitic dis-
Infectious &

Mellitus
Diabetes

Blood diseases

Diseases
system
Nervous

Eye diseases

ENT diseases

Hypertension

diseases
Coronary heart

diseases
other heart
Rheumatic &
Region

Riyadh 12,583 79,653 19,511 84,585 305,289 132,812 76,149 16,332 22,822
Makkah 22,990 79,615 44,131 58,546 243,381 140,808 57,830 28,437 45,590
Medinah 6,579 20,946 13,152 19,582 86,301 65,678 22,135 23,090 26,674
Qaseem 2,649 62,072 7,354 24,822 73,737 53,474 28,951 20,965 2,955
Eastern 8,159 76,088 25,417 60,348 240,677 134,601 57,436 30,993 14,845
Aseer 6,906 29,310 9,374 37,787 92,175 75,181 32,415 18,425 4,166
Tabouk 3,586 14,795 3,762 30,372 36,307 39,817 14,069 5,163 4,127
Ha`il 2,401 14,186 2,322 22,819 24,406 17,974 9,751 1,444 2,902
Northern 909 4,303 705 9,525 16,890 21,592 11,313 2,886 1,913
Jazan 3,687 25,764 17,491 13,572 59,990 57,875 21,397 9,529 6,995
Najran 2,005 8,268 3,555 13,234 27,318 18,288 7,786 5,145 5,396
Al-Bahah 2,613 28,841 3,830 22,392 33,531 24,015 9,685 2,953 6,183
Al-Jouf 1,318 9,161 3,898 13,541 27,351 21,167 13,049 8,369 5,303
Total 76,385 453,002 154,502 411,125 1,267,353 803,282 361,966 173,731 149,871
Chest diseases

System

Diseases of

tissue diseases
subcutaneous
Skin and

skeletal diseases
Musculo-

Gynecology
Obstetrics and

diseases
Oral and dental

system
genito-urinary
Diseases of

Other diseases

Total
digestive

Region

Riyadh 84,658 86,443 125,076 190,051 244,383 143,955 72,232 359,057 2,055,591
Makkah 85,659 130,112 114,183 156,197 212,541 154,024 86,035 518,924 2,179,003
Medinah 34,418 40,387 45,796 92,080 79,342 21,068 36,867 187,847 821,942
Qaseem 42,939 37,103 61,764 91,486 138,340 100,326 49,324 193,497 991,758
Eastern 45,495 65,944 110,519 208,155 199,108 123,355 65,948 451,006 1,918,094
Aseer 45,480 54,994 70,605 102,276 115,035 40,221 49,059 180,231 963,640
Tabouk 25,821 18,461 29,091 44,120 42,354 30,925 14,825 73,656 431,251
Ha`il 12,425 14,873 10,437 22,497 41,694 13,789 11,849 61,082 286,851
Northern 10,310 19,361 15,582 18,615 13,580 2,209 9,534 115,320 274,547
Jazan 44,983 32,551 55,542 84,242 72,751 57,373 40,395 155,003 759,140
Najran 9,421 7,448 16,557 16,679 36,916 7,058 14,792 73,766 273,632
Al-Bahah 14,902 15,731 23,387 36,902 70,778 13,972 18,103 74,779 402,597
Al-Jouf 14,723 14,439 26,657 30,067 47,826 12,062 18,935 46,398 314,264
Total 471,234 537,847 705,196 1,093,367 1,314,648 720,337 487,898 2,490,566 11,672,310

Figure 16.6: MOH hospital visits by selected diseases, 2012

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Figure 16.7: Visits to clinics at the MOH health centers and hospitals’ outpatients department by region & nationality,
2012

Figure 16.8: Visits to clinics at the MOH health centers and hospitals’ outpatients department, 2008-2012

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B. OUTPATIENT VISITS TO CLINICS OF THE OTHER GOVERNMENTAL SECTOR FACILITIES

Figure 16.9: Visits to clinics and outpatient departments at facilities of other governmental sector (showing % Saudis),
2012*
KAUHR: King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Riyadh; KKUHR: King Khaled University Hospital, Riyadh; KAUHJ: King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah; KFUHK: King Fahed
University Hospital, Khobar; AFMS: Armed Forces Hospitals; NGMS: National Guards Medical Services; MIMS: Ministry of Interior Medical Services; KFSHR: King Faisal Specialist
Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh; KFSHJ: King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Jeddah; RCHS: Royal Commission Hospitals; ARAMCO: ARAMCO Hospitals; SHU
(MOE): School Health Units, Ministry of Education; YWH: Youth Welfare; SWCC: Saline Water Conversion Corporation; KFdUP&MMU: King Fahd University of Petroleum & Miner-
als; MUIMCl: Medinah Islamic University; IMUMU: Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University; KKMCL: King Khaled University; Omm Alqurra University, and IPAMCl: Institute
of Public Administration, Riyadh.
*Note: Represent data from year 2011 due to the absence of data for the year 2012
**Note: Represent data from year 2010 due to the absence of data for the year 2011 and 2012
o: % Saudi not reported

C. OUTPATIENT VISITS TO CLINICS OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR FACILITIES

Figure 16.10: Visits to clinics at private sector dispensaries and hospitals by region (showing % Saudis), 2012

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Figure 16.11: Visits to clinics at private sector dispensaries and hospitals by region, 2008-2012*
*Note: Riyadh data represents that of 2009 due to the absence of data for the years 2010—2012
Aseer data represent that of the year 2010 due to the absence of data for the years 2011 and 2012

D. OUTPATIENT VISITS TO FACILITIES ACROSS ALL HEALTH SECTORS

Figure 16.12: Outpatient visits to facilities across all health sectors (showing average number of visits per
person),
- 2008 2012
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Figure 16.13: Proportions of outpatient visits in various health sectors, 2012

E. OUTPATIENT VISITS TO SELECTED HEALTH SERVICES

Figure 16.14: Visits to diabetic clinics at MOH hospitals by region (showing % Males and % Saudis), 2012

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Figure 16.15: Visits to antenatal and GYN clinics at the MOH Hospitals, 2008-2012

Table 16.6: Cases of complications related to pregnancy & childbirth, and gynecology, as well as cases if abortion at
the MOH Hospitals, 2008-2012
Data 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Eclampsia 2,017 2,406 1,981 2,023 2,008
Complications Antepartum hemorrhage 3,899 4,809 5,165 4,230 4,631
related to
Postpartum hemorrhage 1,789 2,125 2,543 2,029 2,190
pregnancy &
childbirth Rupture uterus 697 970 982 752 553
Other complications 62,207 61,220 84,984 73,988 87,367
Cases of uterine bleeding 16,382 16,111 18,277 17,792 20,305
Cases of infertility 39,627 34,795 38,265 38,542 34,189
Prolapse of uterus 1,873 1,145 1,239 1,416 1,576

Complications Urinary fistulae 166 60 136 183 68

related to Anal fistulae 480 137 140 57 105
gynecology Inflammatory cases 39,034 32,495 32,168 31,033 30,031
Tumors of uterus 734 1,062 1,053 1,265 1,614
Tumors of ovary 1,643 2,111 1,703 2,042 2,693
Other tumors 1,297 3,512 2,194 2,287 1,666
Abortion cases 44,837 41,764 41,628 42,022 43,036

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Figure 16.16: Cases of malignant tumors registered in King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (Riyadh and
Jeddah) by site of tumor, 2012

Table 16.7: Percentage of malignant tumor cases registered in King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
(Riyadh and Jeddah) among each gender, 2012

Riyadh Jeddah Total

Site % of all % of all % of all % of all % of all % of all
Male cases Female cases Male cases Female cases Male cases Female cases
Breast 0.0 28.9 0.0 43.8 0.0 33.1
Thyroid gland 5.5 12.2 3.4 5.0 5.0 10.2
NHL-lymph 7.9 5.1 8.5 3.8 8.0 4.7
Leukemia 10.8 6.2 2.4 3.8 8.5 5.5
Lung 5.3 1.6 6.1 2.5 5.5 1.9
Oral cavity 4.1 3.0 3.4 2.5 3.9 2.9
Liver 6.3 1.4 4.1 2.5 5.7 1.7
Ovary 0.0 3.2 0.0 4.8 0.0 3.6
Esophagus 1.9 1.0 2.4 2.5 2.1 1.4
Nasopharynx 4.3 1.0 1.0 0.5 3.4 0.8
Brain & C.N.S 5.4 2.3 6.8 2.5 5.8 2.4
Bladder 4.5 0.9 5.4 0.5 4.8 0.8
Soft tissue 2.8 1.5 0.7 0.0 2.2 1.1
Hodgkin`s 4.3 4.5 8.5 3.0 5.4 4.1
Others 36.8 27.1 47.5 22.5 39.7 25.8
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Source : King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (Riyadh and Jeddah)

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Figure 16.17: Cases of tumors among children referred to King Faisal specialist hospital (Riyadh and Jeddah) by site
of tumor, 2012
Source : King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (Riyadh and Jeddah)
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SECTION IV.
H EALTH S ERVICES
AND A CTIVITIES

Chapter 17: Inpatients (admissions to hospitals)

 I NPATIENTS ( ADMISSIONS
17. TO HOSPITALS )

The term ‘inpatient’ refers to patients admitted to hospitals for medical treatment. The total inpatient
count includes inpatients at the MOH hospitals, inpatients at the other governmental hospitals, and
inpatients at the private sector hospitals.

A. INPATIENTS AT THE MOH HOSPITALS

Figure 17.1 displays the number of inpatients admitted to the MOH hospitals by region for the year
2012, with representation of the proportion of inpatients who are Saudi nationals. The total number of
inpatients recorded this year is 1,686,353. Figure 17.2 displays the trend in number of inpatients at
MOH hospitals across the tie period 2008-2012, including a representation of the proportion of inpa-
tients who are Saudi nationals. In the year 2012, Saudi nationals constitute 88.8% of the total cases.

In Table 17.1, selected indicators for services provided at MOH hospitals are shown by region of the
Kingdom for year 2012. In terms of bed turn over, the average values for the Kingdom as a whole are
as follows: general hospitals (54.2), psychiatry, fever and chest hospitals (5.4), and obstetrics & gyne-
cology and pediatrics hospitals (83.8). In terms of length of stay, the average values for the Kingdom
as a whole are as follows: general hospitals (3.9 days), psychiatry, fever and chest hospitals (66.0
days), and obstetrics & gynecology and pediatrics hospitals (3.2 days). In terms of bed occupancy rate,
the average rates for the Kingdom as a whole are as follows: general hospitals (56.6%), psychiatry,
fever and chest hospitals (71.0%), and obstetrics & gynecology and pediatrics hospitals (68.8%).
Trends for the selected indicators by the type of MOH hospital over the time period of 2008-2012 are
displayed in Figures 17.3-17.5.

B. INPATIENTS AT THE OTHER GOVERNMENTAL SECTOR HOSPITALS

Figure 17.6 displays the number of inpatients admitted to the other governmental sector hospitals by
individual hospital for year 2012, with representation of the proportion of inpatients who are Saudi
nationals. The total number of inpatients recorded for this year is 527,674.

C. INPATIENTS AT THE PRIVATE SECTOR HOSPITALS

Figure 17.7 shows the number of inpatients admitted to the private sector hospitals by region for the
year 2012, with representation of the proportion of inpatients who are Saudi nationals. The total num-
ber of inpatients recorded for this year is 879,872.

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 TREND OVER TIME…
Between the time period 2008-2012, the total number of inpatients at
MOH hospitals in the Kingdom has been steadily increasing up until year
2011, where there is a witnessed drop of around 1% from year 2011
(1,700,176 inpatients) to 2012 (1,686,353 inpatients).

Between the years 2008 and 2012, there was a marked increase in the average
length of stay at psychiatry, fever and chest hospitals of the MOH from 49.4
days in 2008 to 66 days in 2012 (34% increase).

Between the years 2008 and 2012, the bed occupancy rate for two types of MOH
hospital (general hospitals and psychiatry, fever and chest hospitals)
dropped by 12.2% and 7.4%, respectively.

D. TOTAL INPATIENTS ACROSS HOSPITALS OF ALL HEALTH SECTORS

Figure 17.8 is a visual representation of the proportion of inpatients admitted to hospitals across the
various health sectors for year 2012. The majority of inpatients have been admitted to MOH hospitals
(55%), followed by the private sector hospitals (28%) and the other governmental sector hospitals
(17%). During the time period of 2008-2012, the total number of inpatients admitted to hospitals
across the Kingdom has been relatively stable (around 3 million), except for a small surge that was ob-
served in 2012 (reaching 3.2 million), which was then followed by a drop to the average value.

Figure 17.9 displays the trend in number of inpatients admitted to all hospitals of the kingdom for the
time period of 2008-2012. Figure 17.10 displays the change in the number of inpatients admitted to
hospitals of each health sector of the Kingdom over the time period of 2008-2012. Generally, there
were minor variations across the years. The change in the proportion of inpatients admitted to hospi-
tals of the different health sectors from 2008 to 2012 is displayed in Figure 17.11. Generally, there were
minor variations across the years.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS …
During the time period of 2008-2012, there was an observed drop in the
average number of admissions to all hospitals of the Kingdom per 100 indi-
vidual, from 12.4 to 10.6 admissions.

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A. INPATIENTS AT THE MOH HOSPITALS

Figure 17.1: Number of inpatients at the MOH hospitals by region (showing % Saudis), 2012

Table 17.1: Selected indicators for MOH hospital services by region, 2012
Bed turn-over Average length of stay Bed occupancy rate
# GHs PCF ObGyn & GHs PCF ObGyn & GHs PCF ObGyn &
Region
* ** Peds * ** Peds * ** Peds
*** *** ***
Riyadh 42.3 3.8 54.3 4.8 65.0 3.3 57.3 69.2 50.2
Makkah 38.9 - 72.1 5.4 - 4.0 59.2 - 81.0
Jeddah 36.8 9.2 64.1 5.9 34.9 4.2 60.9 89.9 75.4
Ta`if 67.0 14.2 52.7 3.5 102.5 5.2 60.2 89.5 76.9
Medinah 46.5 3.1 67.8 4.0 116.4 3.9 52.2 100.0 74.8
Qaseem 49.9 2.5 96.7 4.0 134.0 3.3 56.6 93.1 90.6
Eastern 34.6 6.2 70.6 5.1 47.5 3.0 50.1 82.7 60.4
Al-Ahsa 35.4 7.7 124.9 5.2 49.2 2.3 51.6 106.4 82.3
Hafr Al-Baten 54.7 3.8 - 3.1 43.3 - 47.8 45.7 -
Aseer 55.6 7.4 93.6 4.0 42.0 2.6 61.5 87.0 68.6
Bishah 49.6 1.9 - 3.2 77.4 - 45.2 41.2 -
Tabouk 42.9 2.6 120.9 4.0 110.8 1.7 47.8 97.3 56.8
Ha`il 54.4 4.4 147.8 3.2 52.3 1.7 49.6 64.7 70.5
Northern 63.2 0.3 - 3.4 33.7 - 60.3 2.9 -
Jazan 64.3 6.9 - 3.9 40.3 - 70.4 78.6 -
Najran 51.8 10.5 72.1 3.8 22.1 3.6 55.3 65.1 73.6
Al-Bahah 55.2 1.5 70.2 3.7 154.3 2.3 58.2 65.2 45.8
Qurrayyat 100.0 3.6 - 2.2 31.3 - 62.5 31.7 -
Al-Jouf 50.9 7.9 65.9 3.1 30.4 3.1 44.0 68.0 56.8
Qunfudah 89.8 - - 3.2 - - 81.5 - -
Total 54.2 5.4 83.8 3.9 66.0 3.2 56.6 71.0 68.8
# Indicator data were reported for the health regions (20 regions) rather than provincial regions (13 provinces) due to the absence of the
data on provincial level
* GHs: General Hospitals
** PCF: Psychiatry ,chest & fever hospitals
*** ObGyn & Peds: OBS/GYN & pediatrics hospitals

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Figure 17.2: Number of inpatients at the MOH hospitals (showing % Saudis), 2008-2012

Figure 17.3: Trends of bed turn-over rate at the MOH hospitals, 2008-2012

Figure 17.4: Trends of average length of stay at the MOH hospitals, 2008-2012

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Figure 17.5: Trends of bed occupancy rate at the MOH hospitals, 2008-2012

B. INPATIENTS AT THE OTHER GOVERNMENTAL SECTOR HOSPITALS

Figure 17.6: Number of inpatients at the other governmental sector hospitals (showing % Saudis), 2012

KAUHR: King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Riyadh; KKUHR: King Khaled University Hospital, Riyadh; KAUHJ: King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah;
KFUHK: King Fahed University Hospital, Khobar; AFMS: Armed Forces Hospitals; NGHs: National Guards Hospitals; SFH: Security Forces Hospitals; KFSHR:
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh; KFSHJ: King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Jeddah; RCHS: Royal Commission Hospi-
tals; ARAMCOHs: ARAMCO Hospitals;
* Represent data from year 2011 due to the absence of data for the year 2012
**Represent data from year 2010 due to the absence of data for the year 2011 and 2012
Note: Data on nationality is not available for: AFMs, NGHS, and SFH.

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C. INPATIENTS AT THE PRIVATE SECTOR HOSPITALS

Figure 17.7: Number of inpatients at the private sector hospitals by region (showing % Saudis), 2012
Note: Data not reported for the following regions: Northern Province, Al-Jouf Province, and Bishah region (within Aseer province); the only hospital in Qunfudah is closed

D. TOTAL INPATIENTS ACROSS HOSPITALS OF ALL HEALTH SECTORS

Figure 17.8: Proportion of inpatients across all health sectors of the Kingdom, 2012

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Figure 17.9: Total number of inpatients across the Kingdom, 2008-2012

Figure 17.10: Total number of inpatients for each health sector of the Kingdom, 2008-2012

Figure 17.11: Proportion of inpatients across all health sectors of the Kingdom, 2008-2012
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Chapter 18: Surgical operations

 18. S URGICAL O PERATIONS

The total numbers of surgeries performed at hospitals of the different health sectors during the year
2012 are displayed by specialty in Figures 18.1-18.3. The total number of surgeries performed at the
MOH hospitals in this year is 451,180. General surgeries constitute the majority of total surgeries
(26.6%), followed by surgeries of obstetrics and gynecology (26.4%).The total number of surgeries
performed at the other governmental sector hospitals in this year is 186,424. General surgeries consti-
tute the majority of total surgeries (19.3%), followed by surgeries of obstetrics and gynecology
(18.2%). The total number of surgeries performed at the private sector hospitals in this year is 364,870.
Surgeries of obstetrics and gynecology constitute the majority of total surgeries (25.4%), followed by
general surgeries (23.0%). The total numbers of surgeries performed at hospitals of the different
health sectors during the year 2012 are detailed further by specialty and region of the Kingdom in Ta-
bles 18.1-18.3.

Figure 18.4 displays the number of same day surgeries that are performed at MOH hospitals by region
during the year 2102. The total number of same day surgeries for this year is 61,277. Figure 18.5 por-
trays the proportion of selected gynecology (GYN) procedures that have been performed in year 2012.
Evacuation constitutes the majority of total GYN procedures performed (66.8%). Geographical distri-
bution of these procedures is provided in Table 18.4.

TREND OVER TIME…

Between the years 2008 and 2012, the total number of surgeries performed
at all hospitals of the Kingdom increased by 15.4% (from 868,838 to 1,002,474
surgeries). The highest increase in number of surgeries was observed among
those performed at the private sector hospitals (39.9% increase).

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Figure 18.1: Total number of surgeries in the MOH hospitals, 2012

Figure 18.2: Total number of surgeries in the other governmental sector hospitals, 2012

Figure 18.3: Total number of surgeries in the private hospitals, 2012

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 Table 18.1: Surgeries at the MOH hospitals by region and specialty, 2012

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Region
Total

Chest
E.N.T

Plastic
Others

Cardiac

General
Urology

Vascular
OBS/GYN

Pediatrics

Faciodental

Orthopedics
Neurosurgery

Ophthalmology
Riyadh 21,794 624 90 166 3,969 1,779 10,205 6,209 3,505 2,823 15,065 25,873 2,110 2,557 96,769

Makkah 18,190 1,261 362 424 1,588 1,944 9,013 5,245 2,891 2,452 18,101 11,859 1,094 1,764 76,188

Medinah 11,363 468 0 48 1,725 638 3,940 2,565 279 1,807 9,183 2,167 395 77 34,655

Qaseem 8,656 425 4 59 780 551 3,462 1,611 541 2,211 8,784 1,428 277 2 28,791

Eastern 18,920 940 616 331 2,949 1,412 6,493 3,889 2,260 5,248 16,038 5,192 1,378 1,917 67,583

Aseer 13,415 476 7 39 1,807 807 7,450 3,070 1,567 1,175 14,205 2,579 467 421 47,485

Tabouk 3,452 169 0 0 443 159 1,919 910 43 311 3,846 331 304 0 11,887

Ha`il 4,914 312 1 26 642 286 1,972 1,212 374 495 4,855 882 158 219 16,348

Northern 3,459 260 48 15 362 494 989 482 11 611 4,167 257 123 4 11,282

Jazan 4,986 224 75 12 700 219 3,283 968 72 257 6,035 1,584 216 316 18,947

Najran 3,123 153 0 63 814 524 1,970 1,066 183 657 5,364 962 235 0 15,114

Al-Bahah 2,820 101 0 23 1,418 425 1,360 904 189 302 3,526 751 171 155 12,145

Al-Jouf 4,995 234 0 12 742 107 1,328 544 293 484 4,493 401 114 239 13,986

Total 120,087 5,647 1,203 1,218 17,939 9,345 53,384 28,675 12,208 18,833 113,662 54,266 7,042 7,671 451,180
 Table 18.2: Surgeries at the hospitals of other governmental sector by hospital and specialty, 2012

Hospital

ENT
Total

Chest
Others

Urology
OBS/GYN
Pediatrics
Faciodental

Orthopedics
Neurosurgery

Plastic surgery

General surgery
Ophthalmology
K.A.U.H.,R 1,803 5,061 2,427 - - - - - - - - - 9,291

K.K.U.H.,R 1,795 - - 1,260 1,784 346 1,036 364 1,506 651 120 - 8,862

K.A.U.H.,J* 2,051 588 1,054 976 811 345 250 459 2,284 804 158 595 10,375

K.F.U.H.,K 770 431 514 343 747 361 301 221 367 188 99 366 4,708

A.F.M.S* 13,238 5,304 9,349 4,860 6,895 3,013 2,211 1,437 18,949 2,904 3,135 715 72,010

N.G.Hs. 6,407 2,586 3,702 2,503 4,293 166 2,117 917 4,323 1,559 783 1,334 30,690

S.F.H.** 1,714 666 1,377 943 977 15 1,246 56 1,801 617 326 - 9,738

K.F.S.H.,R 3,362 471 1,234 1,449 1,198 1,484 749 597 1,007 131 248 1,380 13,310

K.F.S.H.,J 629 101 358 438 282 590 137 464 409 435 85 - 3,928

R.C.Hs. 1,199 158 513 310 978 19 224 94 1,833 1,014 32 28 6,402

ARAMCO Hs. 2,945 1,745 977 952 2,178 151 289 1,067 1,360 3,810 1,602 34 17,110

Total 35,913 17,111 21,505 14,034 20,143 6,490 8,560 5,676 33,839 12,113 6,588 4,452 186,424

KAUHR: King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Riyadh; KKUHR: King Khaled University Hospital, Riyadh; KAUHJ: King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah; KFUHK: King Fahed University Hospital, Khobar; AFMS: Armed
Forces Hospitals; NGHs: National Guards Hospitals; SFH: Security Forces Hospitals; KFSHR: King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh; KFSHJ: King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Jeddah;
RCHS: Royal Commission Hospitals; ARAMCOHs: ARAMCO Hospitals;

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* Represent data from year 2011 due to the absence of data for the year 2012
**Represent data from year 2010 due to the absence of data for the year 2011 and 2012
 Table 18.3: Surgeries at the private hospitals by region and specialty, 2012

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Total

E.N.T
Chest
Others

Urology
OBS/GYN
Pediatrics
Region

Faciodental

Orthopedics
Neurosurgery

Plastic surgery

General surgery
Ophthalmology
Riyadh 22,092 5,863 11,929 5,519 7,691 437 8,504 711 25,849 820 1,136 0 90,551

Makkah 35,108 23,661 16,060 8,668 13,946 1,067 3,328 1,094 37,986 1,368 3,372 119 145,777

Medinah 948 2,297 2,302 2,637 3,296 1,863 1,434 0 6,154 296 990 792 23,009

Qaseem 1,464 522 1,069 595 781 0 142 71 3,269 0 149 350 8,412

Eastern 20,006 5,309 7,135 5,936 10,914 505 1,726 1,852 15,216 4,875 3,948 1,627 79,049

Aseer 2,569 469 2,749 1,406 1,326 11 413 155 2,312 136 216 0 11,762

Tabouk 595 198 384 262 445 0 0 0 642 0 64 0 2,590

Ha`il 123 0 12 12 24 0 0 0 514 0 0 0 685

Jazan 176 0 112 4 11 0 16 0 153 0 0 0 472

Najran 360 16 155 44 23 0 0 0 358 0 0 239 1,195

Al-Bahah 331 7 156 433 41 0 0 2 360 0 38 0 1,368

Total 83,772 38,342 42,063 25,516 38,498 3,883 15,563 3,885 92,813 7,495 9,913 3,127 364,870

Note: Data not reported for the following regions: Northern Province, Al-Jouf Province, and Bishah region (within Aseer province); the only hospital in Qunfudah is closed
Data of Riyadh are those of 2009 due to the absence of 2010-2012 data
Data of Aseer are those of 2010 due to absence of 2011-2012 data
Figure 18.4: Number of same day surgeries at the MOH hospitals by region, 2012

Figure 18.5: Proportion of selected GYN procedures, 2012

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Table 18.4: Selected GYN procedures at the MOH hospitals by region, 2012

Removal of ovarian tumors

Correction of prolapse

Dilation & Curettage

Urinary fistulae
Hysterectomy

Anal fistulae

Evacuation

Total
Region

Riyadh 237 137 122 6 5 1,084 2,266 3,857

Makkah 194 50 122 20 1 1,282 3,606 5,275
Medinah 27 3 25 0 0 2,273 2,506 4,834
Qaseem 72 7 49 2 8 408 1,031 1,577
Eastern 133 28 59 5 1 891 6,005 7,122
Aseer 71 16 16 5 7 766 1,129 2,010
Tabouk 3 1 15 0 2 353 684 1,058
Ha`il 34 3 2 0 0 185 249 473
Northern 6 2 3 0 0 319 463 793
Jazan 34 0 9 0 0 473 954 1,470
Najran 21 1 17 0 0 189 1,117 1,345
Al-Bahah 52 8 18 2 0 284 432 796
Al-Jouf 16 5 2 5 5 316 731 1,080
Total 900 261 459 45 29 8,823 21,173 31,690

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Chapter 19: Deliveries and births

 19. D ELIVERIES AND BIRTHS

DELIVERIES AT THE MOH HOSPITALS

During the year 2012, a total of 256,299 deliveries have been performed at the MOH hospitals across
the Kingdom. Those are divided into normal deliveries (189,505), constituting 73.9% of total deliveries,
and abnormal deliveries (66,794), constituting 26.1% of total deliveries (Figure 19.1). Abnormal deliv-
eries mainly involve Caesarean Sections (22.3% of total deliveries). Table 19.1 shows the distribution
of total deliveries performed at the MOH hospitals across the Kingdom in the year 2012, by type of
delivery and region.

Figure 19.2 further displays the distribution of total deliveries performed at the MOH hospitals in year
2012 across the regions of the Kingdom, while highlighting the proportion of abnormal deliveries for
each region. Ha’il had the highest percentage of abnormal deliveries (34%), while Jazan had the lowest
(17%).

Figure 19.3 displays the number of live births delivered at the MOH hospitals of the Kingdom, with
representation of the yearly proportion of pre-term births, for the time period of 2008-2012. In the
year 2012, 266,788 live births are recorded, with pre-term births constituting 4% of the total live births
delivered.

Figure 19.4 displays the number of total births at the MOH hospitals of the Kingdom, with representa-
tion of the yearly still birth ratio, for the time period of 2008-2012. In the year 2012, 269,998 births are
recorded in total, with a still birth ratio of 12.0 per 1,000 live births.

DELIVERIES AT THE OTHER GOVERNMENTAL SECTOR HOSPITALS

During the year 2012, a total of 86,325 deliveries have been performed at the other governmental
sector hospitals across the Kingdom. Those are divided into normal deliveries (62,205), constituting
72.1% of total deliveries, and abnormal deliveries (24,120), constituting 27.9% of total deliveries
(Figure 19.5). Abnormal deliveries mainly involve Caesarean Sections (23.1% of total deliveries). Ta-
ble 19.2 shows the distribution of total deliveries performed at the other governmental sector hospi-
tals across the Kingdom in the year 2012, by type of delivery and hospital.

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 TREND OVER TIME…
Between the years 2008 and 2012, the number of live births delivered at
the MOH hospitals across the Kingdom increased by 3.5%, from 257,697 to
266,788 live births, while those delivered at the other governmental sector
hospitals decreased by 3.8%, from 90,184 to 86,742 live births.

Figure 19.6 further displays the distribution of total deliveries performed at the other governmental
sector hospitals in year 2012 across the hospitals, while highlighting the proportion of abnormal deliv-
eries for each hospital. King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Jeddah had the highest per-
centage of abnormal deliveries (55%) while the Armed Forces Medical Services had the lowest per-
centage (26%).

Table 19.3 describes the births that took place at the various other governmental sector hospitals in
year 2012. A total of 86,742 live births and 760 still births are recorded this year, amounting to a total
of 87,502 births. There are 11,314 cases of low birth weight babies, representing a ratio of 130 low birth
weight babies per 1,000 live births. Moreover, the number of neonatal deaths during the first week of
birth for this year is 258 deaths.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS …
Between the years 2008 and 2012, the ratio of still births per 1,000 live
births that occurred at the MOH hospitals of the Kingdom dropped from
14.1 to 12.0 (15 % drop).

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A. DELIVERIES AND BIRTHS AT THE MOH HOSPITALS

Figure 19.1: Deliveries at the MOH hospitals by type of delivery, 2012

Table 19.1: Deliveries at the MOH hospitals by type of delivery and region, 2012
Normal Abnormal deliveries
Region
deliveries Ventouse Breech Forceps C.S. Others Total
Riyadh 27,579 805 303 75 9,680 301 11,164
Makkah 29,118 1,055 260 128 9,506 975 11,924
Medinah 16,266 164 88 76 5,691 50 6,069
Qaseem 13,215 194 100 6 5,048 145 5,493
Eastern 24,896 423 199 69 4,306 310 5,307
Aseer 17,537 260 167 46 6,418 214 7,105
Tabouk 6,202 165 28 17 2,198 15 2,423
Ha`il 7,626 170 77 10 3,360 380 3,997
Northern 4,690 52 10 41 2,146 21 2,270
Jazan 19,027 327 256 16 3,274 141 4,014
Najran 7,267 142 76 6 2,095 53 2,372
Al-Bahah 6,000 151 38 84 1,478 19 1,770
Al-Jouf 10,082 263 96 84 1,937 506 2,886
Total 189,505 4,171 1,698 658 57,137 3,130 66,794

Figure 19.2: Deliveries at the MOH hospitals by region (showing % Abnormal Deliveries), 2012

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Figure 19.3: Number of live births at the MOH hospitals (showing %pre-term birth), 2008-2012

Figure 19.4: Number of total births at the MOH hospitals (showing still birth ratio), 2008-2012

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B. DELIVERIES AND BIRTHS AT THE OTHER GOVERNMENTAL SECTOR HOSPITALS

Figure 19.5: Deliveries at the other governmental sector hospitals by type of delivery, 2012
Table 19.2: Deliveries at the other governmental sector hospitals by type of delivery and region, 2012
Normal Abnormal deliveries
Hospital
deliveries Ventouse Breech Forceps C.S Others Total
K.K.U.H.,R 2,506 288 38 2 806 0 1,134
K.A.U.H.,J* 3,458 133 38 3 1,122 0 1,296
K.F.U.H.,K 829 49 12 0 298 0 359
A.F.M.S* 35,576 1,058 325 290 10,422 622 12,717
N.G.Hs 10,869 537 162 88 3,708 22 4,517
S.F.H** 3,780 200 65 2 1,168 0 1,435
K.F.S.H.,R 798 78 9 1 530 0 618
K.F.S.H.,J 180 32 3 1 188 0 224
R.C.Hs 3,069 83 16 1 1,292 0 1,392
ARAMCO Hs 1,140 23 4 8 393 0 428
Total 62,205 2,481 672 396 19,927 644 24,120
KKUHR: King Khaled University Hospital, Riyadh; KAUHJ: King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah; KFUHK: King Fahed University Hospital, Khobar; AFMS: Armed Forces
Hospitals; NGHs: National Guards Hospitals; SFH: Security Forces Hospitals; KFSHR: King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh; KFSHJ: King Faisal Specialist Hos-
pital & Research Center, Jeddah; RCHS: Royal Commission Hospitals; ARAMCOHs: ARAMCO Hospitals;
* Represent data from year 2011 due to the absence of data for the year 2012
**Represent data from year 2010 due to the absence of data for the year 2011 and 2012

Figure 19.6: Deliveries at the other governmental sector hospitals by region (showing % Abnormal Deliveries),
2012
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 Table 19.3: Births at the other governmental sector hospitals, 2012

Live births Low birth

Still birth # of Neonatal
Low birth weight ratio
Hospital Still births Total births ratio (per 1000 deaths during
weight (per 1000 live
Saudi Non-Saudi Total live births) 1st week
births)

K.K.U.H.,R 3,265 378 3,643 43 3,686 12 368 101 18

K.A.U.H.,J* 2,318 2,603 4,921 72 4,993 15 527 107 0

K.F.U.H.,K 961 233 1,194 13 1,207 11 175 147 4

A.F.M.S.* 48,093 236 48,329 349 48,678 7 7,152 148 102

N.G.Hs. … … 15,484 112 15,596 7 1,698 110 59

S.F.H.** 5,092 71 5,163 52 5,215 10 488 95 22

K.F.S.H.,R 1,389 83 1,472 30 1,502 20 327 222 0

K.F.S.H.,J 423 37 460 13 473 28 177 385 0

R.C.Hs. 4,003 491 4,494 49 4,543 11 361 80 25

ARAMCO Hs. 1,442 140 1,582 27 1,609 17 41 26 28

Total 66,986 4,272 86,742 760 87,502 9 11,314 130 258

KAUHR: King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Riyadh; KKUHR: King Khaled University Hospital, Riyadh; KAUHJ: King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah; KFUHK: King Fahed University Hospital, Khobar; AFMS: Armed
Forces Hospitals; NGHs: National Guards Hospitals; SFH: Security Forces Hospitals; KFSHR: King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh; KFSHJ: King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Jeddah;
RCHS: Royal Commission Hospitals; ARAMCOHs: ARAMCO Hospitals;
* Represent data from year 2011 due to the absence of data for the year 2012
**Represent data from year 2010 due to the absence of data for the year 2011 and 2012

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Chapter 20: Ophthalmology

20. O PHTHALMOLOGY

Preventive and curative services are provided at ophthalmic departments of most hospitals across the
Kingdom and at hospitals which are specialized in Ophthalmology, such as King Khaled Eye Specialist
Hospital and Jeddah Specialist Hospital.

Table 20.1 displays the main activities and services that have been provided at King Khaled Eye Spe-
cialist Hospital throughout the time period of 2008-2012. A total of 158,492 outpatient visits were
made during the year 2012, representing a daily average of 607 visits per day. The total number of cas-
es attended to at the emergency department during the year 2012 is 30,663, representing a daily aver-
age of 117 cases per day. The total number of inpatients admitted during the year 2012 is 13,548. This
hospital contains a cornea bank that serves a vital role in cornea transplantation procedures per-
formed at the hospital and at other hospitals. During this year, 1,104 cornea transplantations have
been performed in this hospital.

Figure 20.1 portrays the trend for outpatient visits at King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital for the time
period 2008-2012.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS …
Between the years 2008 and 2012, King Khaled Eye
Specialist Hospital markedly expanded its outpatient
services. Most noticeable is the increase in the total
number of outpatient visits observed from year 2011
to 2012 (20% increase from 132,038 to 158,492 visits).

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Table 20.1: Main activities and services at King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, 2008-2012
Item 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Initial visits 9,016 10,916 9,708 9,604 8,462
Follow-up visits 87,283 97,632 108,323 108,540 140,260
Outpatient
Screening clinic visits 15,088 16,527 14,235 13,894 9,770
Total 111,387 125,075 132,266 132,038 158,492
Cases from screening
502 464 636 482 280
clinic
Follow-up 7,908 8,442 7,946 8,772 6,300
Emergency Inpatient 1,947 1,669 1,356 … 1,283
Others 21,404 1,315 22,522 21,512 22,800
Total 31,761 11,890 32,460 30,766 30,663
Admissions 15,974 13,348 9,710 10,038 13,548
Inpatient
Average length of stay 4 4 5 5 5
Surgery procedures 26,455 19,171 10,239 11,006 22,513
Surgery
Surgery cases 19,910 10,733 9,924 10,267 9,779
Laboratory tests 514,239 482,113 453,516 468,413 484,495
Investigations
Radiology procedures 81,124 81,213 94,035 122,020 104,106
Respiratory therapy pro-
16,287 15,250 15,399 12,940 14,247
cedures
Ophthalmic photography 28,621 29,981 33,630 29,696 32,166
Eye Bank Surgeries 1,497 1,199 692 896 1,104
Waiting list 385 287 330 477 538

Figure 20.1: Outpatient visits at King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital , 2008-2012

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Chapter 21: Psychiatric and social health

 P SYCHIATRIC AND S OCIAL
21. H EALTH
During the year 2012, psychiatric and social health services have been provided at 25 psychiatric and
convalescent hospitals, as well as 69 psychiatric clinics that are subsidiaries to hospitals. These ser-
vices, both outpatient and inpatient, are demonstrated in Figures 21.1 and 21.2, according to the main
disease groups identified by the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10). The total number of
outpatients at these departments/hospitals is 495,484 for this year, while the total number of inpa-
tients is 18,747.

Figures 21.3 and 21.4 further display the outpatient and inpatient psychiatric services by region of the
Kingdom for the year 2012.

Trends in the number of outpatient and inpatient psychiatric visits for the time period of 2008-2012
are represented in Figure 21.5. The trends are further detailed in Table 21.1 by region of the Kingdom.
In year 2012, the highest number of outpatients is recorded in Riyadh (20.8% of total), while the high-
est number of inpatients is recorded in Makkah (40.4% of total).

Figure 21.6 exhibits the distribution of referrals that were made from the Social Service Department at
the MOH hospitals to other medical and non-medical institutions during the year 2012. These cases
are transferred for more comprehensive treatment and/or complementary non-medical treatment.
The total number of referred patients is 152,260. The cases referred to other hospitals and to the social
security office, each, constitute 16% of all referrals; while those referred to governmental social agen-
cies constitute 8% of all referrals.

Table 21.2 displays the distribution of referrals made in year 2012 by region of the Kingdom. The high-
est number of referrals is recorded in Makkah (35.2% of total).

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS …
Between the years 2008 and 2012, the total number of out-
patients seeking psychiatric services at MOH hospitals of
the Kingdom increased by 13.5% (from 436,497 to 495,484
cases), while the total number of inpatients witnessed an
overall decrease of 6.7%, with fluctuation throughout the
years.

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Figure 21.1: Outpatients of the Psychiatric Departments at the MOH according to main disease groups of ICD-10, 2012

Figure 21.2: Inpatients of the Psychiatric Departments at the MOH according to main disease groups of ICD-10, 2012

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Figure 21.3: Outpatients of the Psychiatric Department at the MOH hospitals by region, 2012

Figure 21.4: Inpatients of the Psychiatric Department at the MOH hospitals by region, 2012

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Figure 21.5: Patients of the Psychiatric Department at the MOH hospitals, 2008-2012

Table 21.1: Patients of the Psychiatric Department at the MOH hospitals by region, 2008-2012

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Outpatients

Outpatients

Outpatients

Outpatients

Outpatients
Inpatients

Inpatients

Inpatients

Inpatients

Inpatients
Region

Riyadh 63,890 2,136 70,538 2,295 78,790 2,166 93,972 4,136 103,227 3,234

Makkah 96,574 9,830 86,735 6,305 87,428 7,890 94,953 5,978 99,968 7,574

Medinah 19,526 717 27,184 528 26,025 387 25,079 301 26,597 386

Qaseem 30,368 499 35,035 497 34,666 411 35,999 389 31,400 433

Eastern 57,142 1,720 52,924 3,026 61,851 1,499 53,528 4,852 52,281 2,579

Aseer 32,345 1,269 35,146 1,338 34,956 1,383 35,937 1,116 33,258 1,086

Tabouk 17,198 575 18,717 154 23,233 ... 31,550 269 30,368 231

Ha`il 12,617 736 13,235 536 14,617 389 15,029 273 17,019 282

Northern 5,896 485 4,884 417 9,658 658 6,586 298 1,386 64

Jazan 41,223 932 40,794 1,041 35,612 1,029 41,657 1,224 39,132 1,079

Najran 22,582 456 20,853 456 21,326 438 20,760 326 22,230 376

Al-Bahah 25,922 107 22,688 353 25,265 405 24,275 270 24,341 266

Al-Jouf 11,214 623 11,029 865 15,829 1,044 16,711 1,108 14,277 1,157

Total 436,497 20,085 439,762 17,811 469,256 17,699 496,036 20,540 495,484 18,747
… Data not available

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Figure 21.6: Categories of referrals from the Social Service Department at the MOH hospitals, 2012

Table 21.2: Cases of referrals from the Social Service Department at the MOH hospitals by region, 2012
Charity organiza-
Medical rehabili-

Other hospitals
social agencies
Social security

Under process
tation centers

Governmental

Others
office

Total
tions

Region

Riyadh 2,469 344 324 207 689 550 1,347 5,930

Makkah 1,936 942 5,792 1,621 1,193 3,170 38,968 53,622
Medinah 1,208 544 518 598 29 429 1,324 4,650
Qaseem 1,005 971 374 183 655 995 216 4,399
Eastern 746 783 188 44 2,399 1,407 10,046 15,613
Aseer 5,555 1,168 1,290 101 6,985 137 7,217 22,453
Tabouk 1,375 123 245 88 5,004 1,024 170 8,029
Ha`il 3,100 796 366 364 3,715 283 783 9,407
Northern 195 263 18 22 15 89 0 602
Jazan 2,774 1,323 1,603 867 1,720 330 8,647 17,264
Najran 526 494 796 83 241 33 578 2,751
Al-Bahah 2,366 42 564 47 810 120 845 4,794
Al jouf 917 135 382 50 438 467 357 2,746
Total 24,172 7,928 12,460 4,275 23,893 9,034 70,498 152,260

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Chapter 22: Dental services

 22. D ENTAL S ERVICES

Dental preventive and curative services are provided at dental clinics across the Kingdom. In year 2011,
there were a total of 2,408 clinics classified as follows: 1,405 clinics within health centers, 468 clinics
within hospitals, and 535 clinics within specialized centers. This is in addition to 104 portable dental
clinics. The total number of specialized dental centers was 31, which were covering all health districts.

Specialized dental centers provide various preventive and curative services. Table 22.1 summarizes
the visits made to the dental centers at the MOH during the year 2012. In total, 1,338,884 visits are rec-
orded. The largest number of visits recorded is to the X-ray clinics (357,025 visits).

Figure 22.1 shows the trend in number of oral surgeries performed at the MOH hospitals during the
time period of 2008-2012.The trend is further detailed in Table 22.2 by region of the Kingdom.

TREND OVER TIME…

Between the years 2008 and 2012, the total number of oral dental sur-
geries performed at the MOH hospitals of the Kingdom increased by 21.8%
from 10,024 to 12,208 surgeries.

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 Table 22.1: Visits to the dental centers at the MOH, 2012
Conservative
Prosthodontics X-ray
treatment

Region
surgery

extraction
ment
Fixed

Filling

Pedodontics

Periodontics

Oral hygiene
Orthodontics
Internal
External

Removable

Minor oral surgery &

Oral and maxillofacial
Root canal treat-
Riyadh* 6,172 15,576 9,648 1,940 10,043 11,251 10,936 14,055 7,429 7,981 36,725 35,610

Makkah 69,858 17,110 19,944 2,172 21,063 21,354 24,869 46,767 7,732 11,733 39,941 20,926

Medinah 2,934 13,241 5,787 1,324 9,976 8,369 4,058 7,839 4,006 6,834 18,740 11,933

Qaseem 17,096 3 2,917 493 193 5,232 3,924 10,138 1,162 4,538 7,378 3,573

Eastern 4,104 4,612 12,439 1,725 13,093 19,386 13,245 17,383 4,904 11,371 23,218 9,538

Aseer 10,309 8,478 6,959 0 9,192 8,613 9,375 12,156 5,043 11,867 24,406 6,806

Tabouk 2,754 1,225 2,304 125 1,066 1,603 415 4,645 104 119 3,386 2,141

Ha`il 3,945 4,654 3,609 1,125 2,219 7,266 6,110 13,997 3,504 8,011 11,652 6,373

Northern 31,294 3,706 5,856 1,767 6,937 2,552 3,486 21,550 640 1,369 10,861 1,890

Jazan 655 1,032 779 0 1,225 5,704 2,244 1,507 862 132 3,876 944

Najran 8,851 1,151 1,804 450 402 6,832 3,478 4,638 2,029 3,487 3,367 5,596

Al-Bahah 1,350 295 2,483 0 4,670 4,144 8,047 10,664 1,136 6,179 11,990 5,272

Al-Jouf 7,703 7,016 8,193 478 6,166 14,949 11,277 48,067 3,322 8,550 41,336 9,547

Total 167,025 78,099 82,722 11,599 86,245 117,255 101,464 213,406 41,873 82,171 236,876 120,149

* Represents the data of 2011

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Figure 22.1: Oral surgeries at the MOH hospitals, 2008-2012

Table 22.2: Oral surgeries at the MOH hospitals by region, 2008-2012

Region 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Riyadh 4,576 4,960 4,299 3,624 3,505
Makkah 1,127 2,233 2,707 2,333 2,891
Medinah 120 137 211 309 279
Qaseem 692 493 393 471 541
Eastern 1,814** 1,939 2,205 2,089 2,260
Aseer 2,644 2,346 1,572 1,620 1,567
Tabouk 137 54 45 122 43
Ha`il 172 174 169 266 374
Northern 19 29 38 39 11
Jazan 65 49 78 95 72
Najran 124 120 118 136 183
Al-Bahah 168 138 167 223 189
Al-Jouf 180 121 168 252 293
Total 10,024 12,793 12,170 11,579 12,208
** There is no surgeon of oral surgery in Hafr Al-Baten in 2008

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Chapter 23: Hemodialysis and organ transplantations

 H EMODIALYSIS AND
23. O RGAN T RANSPLANTATIONS

The Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation plays an essential role in coordination and continuation of
care related to organ transplantations performed in various hospitals across the Kingdom.

Figure 23.1 displays the distribution of artificial kidney centers and dialysis patients by health sector
for the year 2012. There are 206 artificial kidney centers in total, 69.4% of which are within the juris-
diction of the MOH. There are 5,029 hemodialysis machines in total, 68.6% of which are within MOH
facilities. A total of 12,964 patients undergo hemodialysis (66.2% of which attend to MOH facilities),
while 1,326 patients undergo peritoneal dialysis (55.5% of which attend to the other governmental
sector facilities). Additionally, a total of 8,354 patients attend follow-ups at kidney transplant clinics,
the majority of which attend to the other governmental sector facilities (62.8%).

Figure 23.2 shows the proportions of hemodialysis patients across the health sectors by gender and by
nationality during the year 2012.

There has been marked development in the field of organ transplantation in the Kingdom up to the
year 2010. Significant figures recorded are as follow:

The total number of liver transplantation from 1990 to 2010 is 930.

The total number of heart transplantation from 1986 to 2010 is 187.

The total number of valve transplantation and replacement from 1986 to 2010 is 517.

The total number of kidney transplantation from 1979 to 2010 is 6,648.

The total number of cornea transplantation from 1983 to 2010 is 21,513.

The total number of lung transplantations is 51.

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Figure 23.1: Artificial kidney centers and dialysis patients by health sector, 2012

Figure 23.2: Hemodialysis patients across health sector by gender (left) & nationality (right), 2012

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AND A CTIVITIES

Chapter 24: Laboratory & radiology investigations and blood bank

 L ABORATORY & R ADIOLOGY
24. I NVESTIGATIONS AND B LOOD B ANK

LABORATORY AND RADIOLOGY INVESTIGATIONS AT THE MOH

MOH Health Centers

Figure 24.1 displays the number of laboratory investigations that were conducted at the MOH health
centers by region of the Kingdom during the year 2012. The total number of laboratory investigations
in this year is 6,255,785. The highest number of investigations is recorded in Makkah (21%).

Figure 24.2 displays the number of radiology patients examined and radiology films used at the MOH
health centers by region of the Kingdom during the year 2012. The total number of radiology patients
in this year is 192,213, with the majority of the patients examined in Eastern Province (28%). The total
number of radiology films uses for this year is 217,527, with the majority of the films used in Eastern
Province (29%). The overall average number of films used per patient is 1.13. The highest ratio per re-
gion is recorded in Qaseem (1.22 films per patient).

MOH Hospitals

Figure 24.3 displays the number of laboratory investigations that were conducted at the MOH hospi-
tals by region of the Kingdom during the year 2012. The total number of laboratory investigations in
this year is 149,404,465. The highest number of investigations is recorded in Makkah (20%).

Figure 24.4 displays the number of radiology patients examined at the MOH hospitals by region of the
Kingdom during the year of 2012. The total number of patients examined in this year is 6,189,589,
with the majority of the patients examined in Makkah (20%).

Figure 24.5 displays the number of physiotherapy patients seen at the MOH hospitals by region of the
Kingdom during the year of 2012. The total number of patients seen in this year is 757,777, with the
majority of the patients seen in Makkah (23%).

The total number of laboratory investigations conducted at the MOH hospitals during the year 2012 is
further displayed by type of investigation in Figure 24.6. The majority of investigations are under Bio-
chemistry (58%). Table 24.1 provides more detail on the type of investigations conducted by region of
the Kingdom.

All MOH Facilities

Figures 24.7-24.9 portray the trends observed for laboratory investigations, radiology patients and
physiotherapy patients seen at MOH facilities during the time period of 2008-2012.

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 Other Governmental Sector Facilities

Table 24.2 displays the number of laboratory investigations and radiology patients at the other gov-
ernmental sector facilities across the Kingdom during the year 2012. The total number of laboratory
investigations conducted is 96,924,258 and the total number of radiology patients examined is
3,054,157 in this year.

Private Sector Facilities

Table 24.3 displays the number of laboratory and radiology investigations conducted at the private
hospitals and dispensaries across the Kingdom during the year 2012. The total number of laboratory
investigations conducted is 42,500,217 in this year. A total of 6,735,491 radiology patients were exam-
ined with the use of 8,533,166 films. The average number of films used per patient is 1.27.

MOH POISON CONTROL AND FORENSIC CHEMISTRY CENTERS

Figure 24.10 displays the number of samples and tests conducted at the MOH Poison Control and Fo-
rensic Chemistry Centers by region of the Kingdom during the year 2012.

BLOOD BANK ACTIVITIES

Blood Banks at the MOH

Table 24.4 summarizes the activities of the blood banks at the MOH by region of the Kingdom during
the year 2012.The trend observed for the activities of the MOH blood banks during the time period of
2008-2012 is displayed in Figure 24.11.

Blood Banks at the other Governmental Sector Facilities

Table 24.5 summarizes the activities of the blood banks at the other governmental sectors by region
of the Kingdom during the year 2012.

TREND OVER TIME…

Between the years 2008 and 2012, the total number of laboratory investigations
conducted at the MOH health centers across the Kingdom decreased by 17% (from 7.6
million to 6.3 million), while the total number of laboratory investigations conducted at
the MOH hospitals and central laboratories across the Kingdom increased by 30% (from
114 million to 149 million).

Between the years 2008 and 2012, the total number of radiology patients examined at the
MOH facilities across the Kingdom increased by 24% (from 5.2 million to 6.4 million).

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Figure 24.1: Number of laboratory investigations at the MOH health centers by region, 2012

Figure 24.2: Number of radiology patients and films at the MOH health centers by region, 2012

Figure 24.3: Number of laboratory investigations at the MOH hospitals by region, 2012

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Figure 24.4: Number of radiology patients at the MOH hospitals by region, 2012

Figure 24.5: Number of physiotherapy patients at the MOH hospitals by region, 2012

Figure 24.6: Total number of laboratory investigations at the MOH hospitals by type of investigation, 2012

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Table 24.1: Number of laboratory investigations at the MOH hospitals by type of investigation and region, 2012

Patients virology

Biochemistry
blood donors
Immunology

Bacteriology
Parasitology
Virology for

Toxicology
Hormones
Urine
Region

Riyadh 60,045 861,519 580,161 200,480 782,164 553,994 1,082,448 14,446,838 356,520
Makkah 254,432 421,547 327,777 331,845 539,073 555,998 1,858,612 17,392,920 338,893

Medinah 424,790 66,778 49,315 120,791 315,680 296,993 662,565 10,062,489 5,824

Qaseem 56,572 271,723 166,297 45,559 239,967 189,545 247,241 6,183,031 1,655
Eastern 108,366 825,710 127,163 77,635 427,687 712,308 721,977 15,011,620 213,774
Aseer 23,985 418,691 60,764 212,492 355,649 136,096 454,535 6,028,922 9,007
Tabouk 5,558 89,951 73,918 19,569 89,479 33,514 53,390 1,475,338 2,137
Ha`il 2,300 82,535 38,892 19,476 66,702 130,792 178,706 2,402,767 1,537
Northern 4,730 134,256 26,649 13,826 71,113 30,049 101,196 1,754,263 5,436
Jazan 262,953 373,811 137,430 55,385 378,199 86,382 179,811 5,177,002 8,135
Najran 0 19,783 45,794 9,196 62,174 50,624 43,720 1,928,104 37
Al-Bahah 17,104 152,145 27,471 15,558 118,200 68,255 72,039 2,597,128 3,577
Al-Jouf 6,412 145,252 29,099 27,806 232,234 53,873 125,083 2,533,705 40,647
Total 1,227,247 3,863,701 1,690,730 1,149,618 3,678,321 2,898,423 5,781,323 86,994,127 987,179
Molecular Biology
Histopathology

Cytopathology
Hematology
Serology

Genetics

Others

Total
Region

Riyadh 634,277 4,797 172,210 5,420,444 65,122 12,242 433,726 25,666,987

Makkah 1,295,058 23,623 59,833 5,885,019 40,000 8,000 146,044 29,478,674
Medinah 214,705 73,762 21,915 5,810,198 73,523 11,709 109,012 18,320,049
Qaseem 313,971 320 61,361 2,854,157 0 10,901 141,180 10,783,480
Eastern 404,675 3,271 48,915 2,924,519 23,027 8,810 101,335 21,740,792
Aseer 438,654 1,174 168,615 2,752,920 18,393 3,735 65,648 11,149,280
Tabouk 46,727 387 3,135 1,047,567 11,401 60,386 36,854 3,049,311
Ha`il 87,640 0 15,149 436,729 0 318 21,580 3,485,123
Northern 113,617 0 6,258 242,049 38 511 7,497 2,511,488
Jazan 71,218 2,563 6,316 2,973,790 55,186 164,279 25,429 9,957,889
Najran 113,979 1,614 4,294 676,369 12,749 801 11,090 2,980,328
Al-Bahah 98,418 115 8,988 2,822,770 0 4,378 36,419 6,042,565
Al-Jouf 97,000 181 54,617 858,159 3,745 1,603 29,083 4,238,499

Total 3,929,939 111,807 631,606 34,704,690 303,184 287,673 1,164,897 149,404,465

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Figure 24.7: Number of laboratory investigations at the MOH facilities, 2008-2012

Figure 24.8: Number of radiology patients served at the MOH facilities, 2008-2012

Figure 24.9: Number of physiotherapy patients served at the MOH facilities, 2008-2012

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Table 24.2: Number of laboratory investigations and radiology patients at the other governmental sector facilities, 2012

Facility Laboratory investigations Radiology patients

K.A.U.H.,R 99,981 14,731
K.K.U.H.,R 4,879,522 122,040
K.A.U.H.,J* 5,612,547 100,285
K.F.U.H.,K 1,612,016 74,517
A.F.M.S.* 31,615,433 1,450,550
N.G.M.S. 30,425,134 501,305
M.I.M.S.** 5,313,063 308,633
K.F.S.H.,R 9,790,128 211,884
K.F.S.H.,J 2,280,975 72,347
R.C.Hs 1,238,452 67,178
ARAMCO Hs 3,271,675 103,428
S.H.U.(M.O.E.) 42,343 ...
Y.W.H. 121,298 8,362
S.W.C.C.M.U. 74,636 3,892
I.P.A.M. Cl. 22,317 …
M.I.U.M.Cl. 55,404 ...
K.K.M. Cl. Abha 4,606 ...
I.M.U.M.U. 132,080 6,339
K.Fd.U.P.& M.M.U. 14,485 7,765
Omm Al-Qurra U. 318,163 901
Total 96,924,258 3,054,157
KAUHR: King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Riyadh; KKUHR: King Khaled University Hospital, Riyadh; KAUHJ: King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah; KFUHK: King Fahed
University Hospital, Khobar; AFMS: Armed Forces Hospitals; NGHs: National Guards Hospitals; MIMS: Ministry of Interior Medical Services; KFSHR: King Faisal Specialist Hospital
& Research Center, Riyadh; KFSHJ: King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Jeddah; RCHS: Royal Commission Hospitals; ARAMCOHs: ARAMCO Hospitals; SHU (MOE):
School Health Units of the Ministry of Education; YWH: Youth Welfare; SWCCMU: Saline Water Conversion Corporation Medical Units; IPAMCL: Institute of Public Administra-
tion Clinics at Riyadh; MIUMCl: Medinah Islamic University Clinics; KKMCl Abha: King Khaled University Medical Clinics at Abha; IMUMU: Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic
University; KFdUP&MMU: King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals Medical Units; OmmAl-Qurra U: Omm Alqurra University.

* Represent data from year 2011 due to the absence of data for the year 2012
**Represent data from year 2010 due to the absence of data for the year 2011 and 2012

Table 24.3: Number of laboratory and radiology investigations at the private hospitals and dispensaries, 2012

Radiology Investigations
Laboratory
Region
Investigations
Average # of films
Patients Films
per patient
Riyadh 6,294,763 820,861 1,218,536 1.48
Makkah 10,762,208 2,019,153 2,639,739 1.31
Medinah 1,052,120 170,378 329,971 1.94
Qaseem 7,797,034 566,617 761,737 1.34
Eastern 12,002,628 2,307,851 2,456,147 1.06
Aseer 670,771 122,261 208,412 1.70
Tabouk 1,836,950 173,420 214,305 1.24
Ha`il 544,213 106,397 115,596 1.09
Northern 124,370 21,416 29,630 1.38
Jazan 475,388 235,232 309,272 1.31
Najran 478,544 86,605 127,026 1.47
Al-Bahah 193,253 62,865 73,110 1.16
Al-Jouf 267,975 42,435 49,685 1.17
Total 42,500,217 6,735,491 8,533,166 1.27

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Figure 24.10: Number of samples and tests conducted at the MOH Poison Control and Forensic Chemistry Centers by
region, 2012
* Makkah includes Jeddah

Table 24.4: Activities of the blood banks at the MOH by region, 2012
Investigations for Investigations
Total Collected Transfused
Region blood transfu- for infectious
Investigations blood units blood units
sions diseases
Riyadh
622,491 409,610 1,032,101 38,078 63,358
Makkah
787,228 182,717 969,945 61,725 96,918
Medinah
330,474 16,290 346,764 9,947 16,921
Qaseem
356,494 187,019 543,513 16,556 18,411
Eastern
930,989 141,231 1,072,220 67,254 75,945
Aseer
514,727 94,906 609,633 87,737 40,302
Tabouk
314,237 99,057 413,294 8,180 6,142
Ha`il
99,989 34,742 134,731 12,199 9,195
Northern
65,454 21,327 86,781 5,443 5,764
Jazan
258,851 161,821 420,672 29,081 31,536
Najran
155,314 60,277 215,591 6,236 5,827
Al-Bahah
102,600 20,825 123,425 8,304 11,214
Al-Jouf
101,345 35,999 137,344 7,464 6,164
Total
4,640,193 1,465,821 6,106,014 358,204 387,697

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Figure 24.11: Trend of MOH Blood Banks activities, 2008-2012

Table 24.5: Blood bank activities at the other governmental sector facilities, 2012
# of
# of # of # of blood
Facility transfusion
Blood Banks investigations donors
requests

King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Riyadh 1 870 490 40

King Khaled University Hospital, Riyadh 1 177,064 13,922 28,704

King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah* 1 222,006 12,195 13,538

King Fahed University Hospital, Khobar 1 113,989 4,396 12,331

Armed Forces Medical Services* 16 ... 71,043 61,669

National Guards Hospitals 4 921,220 40,239 84,926

Security Forces Hospitals** 1 164,068 5,255 9,518

King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research
1 228,210 24,787 56,466
Center, Riyadh
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research
1 66,183 19,474 24,668
Center, Jeddah
Royal Commission Hospitals 2 54,298 3,338 9,019

ARAMCO Hospitals 1 288,118 4,904 6,150

Total 30 2,236,026 200,043 307,029

* Represent data from year 2011 due to the absence of data for the year 2012
**Represent data from year 2010 due to the absence of data for the year 2011 and 2012
… Data not reported

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Chapter 25: Medical rehabilitation

25. M EDICAL R EHABILITATION

Across the Kingdom, rehabilitation centers of the MOH, other governmental sector and the private
sector offer rehabilitation services to the handicapped who are victims of road accidents or who have
been disabled due to disease-related injury.

Figure 25.1 portrays the proportions for the various causes of amputation cases at the medical rehabil-
itation centers of the MOH during the year 2012. The major cause of amputation recorded is diabetes-
related gangrene (41.2% of cases), followed by car accidents (31.8% of cases).

Table 25.1 displays the amputation cases receiving treatment at the medical rehabilitation centers of
the MOH by cause of injury and region of the Kingdom for the year 2012. The total number of amputa-
tion cases recorded during the year 2012 is 2,638.

Cases attending to the medial rehabilitation centers of the other governmental sector during the year
2012 are displayed in Table 25.2. A total of 1,369,273 cases are recorded during this year, with 43,851
new cases. The majority of cases are referred to these centers for physiotherapy (93.4% of cases).

The number of disabled children receiving rehabilitation services during the year 2012 is shown by age
group in Figure 25.2. The highest numbers of cases are recorded for ages from 3 to 8 years, whereas
the highest average numbers of sessions per child are recorded for ages between 5 and 1 1 years.

Figure 25.3 portrays the proportions for the sessions of rehabilitation services provided to disabled
children during the year 2012. The highest number of sessions is related to services provided in schools
(44.3%)

In Table 25.3, sessions of rehabilitation services provided to disabled children during the year 2012 are
displayed by age group. The total number of sessions recorded during this year is 392,135, with an av-
erage of 90 sessions per child.

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Figure 25.1: Causes of amputation cases at the medical rehabilitation centers of the MOH, 2012

Table 25.1: Amputation cases at the medical rehabilitation centers of the MOH by cause of injury and region, 2012
Electric/Burn Accident
Diabetic Gangrene

Machine Accident
Fall from Height
Car Accident

Congenital

Gun Shot
Cancer

Others

Riyadh 6 9 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 Total
19
Makkah** 116 282 28 12 14 32 6 5 17 532
Medinah 128 248 38 9 13 13 18 0 28 495
Qaseem 135 27 10 3 29 28 5 44 281
Eastern 71 98 8 1 12 12 10 3 53 268
Aseer 122 103 24 6 7 12 24 21 29 348
Tabouk 6 22 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 34
Ha`il 25 42 3 6 13 0 3 2 0 94
Northern 22 4 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 32
Jazan 132 213 8 2 3 1 4 11 7 381
Najran 10 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 19
Al-Bahah 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Al-Jouf 58 20 33 0 4 2 1 0 12 130
Total 832 1,078 154 40 68 109 99 48 190 2,638
** Data not reported for Ta’if in Makkah

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Table 25.2: Cases at the medical rehabilitation centers of the other governmental sector, 2012
Speech-
Hospital New cases Physiotherapy Repair hearing Others Total
therapy
K.A.U.H.R 0 6,781 0 8,897 0 15,678
K.A.U.H.,J* 0 30,307 0 2,846 0 33,153
K.K.U.H.,R 3,434 23,528 269 156 0 27,387
K.F.U.H.,K 0 6,655 0 5,168 0 11,823
A.F.M.S* NR 767,652 NR NR NR 767,652
N.G.M.S. 35,093 184,063 2,544 0 0 221,700
S.F.H** 0 138,498 0 1,727 0 140,225
K.F.S.H.,J 2,920 21,438 0 0 0 24,358
R.C.Hs 2,404 43,858 0 972 0 47,234
ARAMCO Hs 0 56,025 0 11,467 12,571 80,063
Total 43,851 1,278,805 2,813 31,233 0 1,369,273
KAUHR: King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Riyadh; KKUHR: King Khaled University Hospital, Riyadh; KAUHJ: King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah; KFUHK: King Fahed
University Hospital, Khobar; AFMS: Armed Forces Hospitals; NGMS: National Guards Medical Services; SFH: Security Forces Hospitals; KFSHJ: King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Center, Jeddah; RCHS: Royal Commission Hospitals; ARAMCOHs: ARAMCO Hospitals;
* Represent data from year 2011 due to the absence of data for the year 2012
**Represent data from year 2010 due to the absence of data for the year 2011 and 2012
NR: Not Reported

Figure 25.2: Number of disabled children receiving rehabilitation services by age group, 2012

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Figure 25.3: Sessions of rehabilitation services for disabled children, 2012

Table 25.3: Sessions of rehabilitation services for disabled children by age group, 2012
Occupational ther-
Age group (year)

Speech therapy
Physiotherapy

Social services
Dental clinics

Psychologist

Orthopedics
Orthotics

Houses
School
Clinics

Total
apy

<1 82 451 321 304 2 0 34 12 1 210 44 1,461

1- 177 2,674 2,106 1,420 28 0 233 134 5 1,146 157 8,080

2- 280 5,194 4,547 2,601 42 0 605 216 10 2,857 317 16,669

3- 309 6,700 6,345 2,682 96 2,723 1,958 577 31 5,995 524 27,940

4- 244 8,617 6,486 2,835 115 9,920 918 364 25 5,926 441 35,891

5- 212 11,724 6,111 1,889 119 22,230 1,035 327 18 5,185 583 49,433

6- 176 11,437 6,217 1,620 144 28,946 710 274 19 4,255 552 54,350

7- 143 10,184 5,113 1,166 103 27,813 604 229 16 3,494 576 49,441

8- 121 10,730 5,967 932 147 24,610 588 198 19 4,053 526 47,891

9- 110 9,430 4,826 775 139 21,832 452 246 14 2,936 367 41,127

10- 64 6,502 3,731 761 121 20,320 220 548 13 1,906 256 34,442

11- 32 3,597 1,623 480 28 13,994 116 140 9 931 93 21,043

>12 43 990 1,026 172 15 1,389 56 229 6 317 124 4,367

Total 1,993 88,230 54,419 17,637 1,099 173,777 7,529 3,494 186 39,211 4,560 392,135

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Chapter 26: Medical commissions

 26. M EDICAL C OMMISSIONS

The accessibility and availability of organ transplantations, cardiovascular surgeries, and medical
treatment for medical cases of subspecialties at the specialized hospitals of the Kingdom has allowed
for the provision of medical treatment within the Kingdom and has limited the need to transfer pa-
tients to medical facilities abroad.

Figure 26.1 displays the number of cases referred by the medical commissions to governmental gen-
eral and specialist hospitals by region during the year 2012, with representation of the proportion of
cases who are Saudi nationals. The total number of cases recorded for this year is 47,980. The highest
number of cases is recorded in Riyadh (26.0%). The vast majority of cases across all regions are Saudi
nationals.

Figure 26.2 further portrays the cases referred by the medical commissions during the year 2012 but
by medical diagnosis. Most cases were of the ophthalmic type (17%), followed by malignant neo-
plasms (12%) and cardiac (12%).

Table 26.1 displays the number of cases referred by the medical commissions to governmental general
or specialist hospitals according to diagnosis by region of the Kingdom.

Displayed in Figure 26.3 are the proportions of cases by medical specialty that were transferred abroad
for medical treatment during the year 2012. The majority of transferred cases were within the special-
ty of malignant tumors (22%). The transferred cases for this year are further shown in Table 26.2 by
medical specialty and region of the Kingdom. The total number of cases transferred abroad is 897.

Figure 26.4 shows the number of cases transferred abroad for treatment by region of the Kingdom
and recipient country during the year 2012. The majority of cases were transferred to the United
States (44.6%), followed by Germany (33.4%).

Figure 26.5 summarizes the cases transferred abroad for treatment by region of the Kingdom and by
type of decree issued for the transfer process.

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Figure 26.1: Number of cases referred by the medical commissions to governmental general and specialist hospitals
(showing % Saudis), by region, 2012*

Figure 26.2: Proportions of cases referred by the

medical commissions to governmental general
or specialist hospitals by medical diagnosis,
2012

Table 26.1: Number of cases referred by the medical commissions to governmental general or specialist hospitals
according to the diagnosis by region, 2012
General Malignant Renal
Region Medical Cardiac Orthopedics Ophthalmic Others
Surgery Ne0plasms Failure
Riyadh* 311 193 1,534 1,912 800 405 822 6,516
Makkah 571 198 386 73 476 343 639 759
Medinah 692 30 530 97 322 178 594 417
Qaseem 46 96 475 99 171 69 421 407
Eastern 207 249 604 107 536 133 434 1,210
Aseer 924 1,524 794 253 645 451 1,714 990
Tabouk 68 44 324 36 248 103 516 454
Ha`il 176 62 174 77 331 218 515 613
Northern 73 41 72 19 296 125 313 480
Jazan 246 171 395 66 648 303 603 759
Najran 577 109 198 54 854 674 948 920
Al-Bahah 79 36 66 33 210 54 230 497
Al-Jouf 314 262 74 25 465 240 350 785
Total 4,284 3,015 5,626 2,851 6,002 3,296 8,099 14,807
*Riyadh data represents that of 2011 due to absence of 2012 data

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Figure 26.3: Proportion of transferred abroad for treatment by medical specialty, 2012

Table 26.2: Number of cases transferred abroad for treatment by medical specialty and region, 2012
Liver transplantation

Kidney transplanta-

Venereal &sterility
Malignant tumors

Internal medicine

Brain & nerves

Commission

Leukemia
Urology

Others
Heart

Bone

Total
ENT
tion

Riyadh* 104 68 34 25 32 42 8 0 16 0 43 136 508

Jeddah 48 20 45 26 14 28 6 2 1 6 39 5 240

Eastern 25 4 2 2 3 10 1 0 2 7 4 8 68

Aseer 20 17 3 3 6 2 0 0 0 2 8 20 81

Total 197 109 84 56 55 82 15 2 19 15 94 169 897

*Riyadh data represents that of 2011 due to absence of 2012 data

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Figure 26.4: Number of cases transferred abroad for treatment by region and receiving country, 2012

Figure 26.5: Number of cases transferred abroad for treatment by region and type of decree, 2012

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H EALTH S ERVICES
AND A CTIVITIES

Chapter 27: Nutrition

 27. N UTRITION

Table 27.1 provides the approximate number of meals served at MOH hospitals, along with selected
indicators related to meals served, by region of the Kingdom for the year 2012. The total number of
meals served at all MOH hospitals during this year is 20.2 million, which includes 10.1 million meals for
nursing staff and on-duty staff members, 7.1 million meals for patients, and 3.0 million meals for pa-
tients’ accompaniments. On average, 57,230 patient meals are served daily. Patient meals constitute
35.14% of the total meals served at MOH hospitals. With the 35, 828 patient beds available at MOH
hospitals, an average of 199 patient meals are served per bed yearly.

In Figure 27.1, the approximate number of meals served at MOH hospitals is further displayed by re-
gion, with representation of the average number of patient meals served per bed yearly for each re-
gion. The highest number of meals served at MOH hospitals during this year is recorded in Makkah
(4.4 million meals).

Table 27.1: Approximate number of meals served at the MOH hospitals and selected indicators by region, 2012
Accompaniment meals

meals / bed per year

Average # of patient
Nurse and on-duty

% of patient meals
Daily average # of

from total meals

Total # of meals
Patient meals

patient meals
staff meals
# of beds

Region

Riyadh 7,473 1,176,138 1,704,508 420,434 3,301,080 3,322 35.63% 157

Makkah 6,933 1,685,981 2,161,388 556,691 4,404,060 4,763 38.28% 243
Medinah 2,647 528,102 790,513 291,614 1,610,229 1,492 32.80% 200
Qaseem 2,409 529,950 1,022,581 246,873 1,799,404 1,497 29.45% 220
Eastern 5,111 1,123,617 1,293,717 321,829 2,739,163 3,174 41.02% 220
Aseer 2,870 579,680 769,484 358,880 1,708,044 1,638 33.94% 202
Tabouk 1,125 214,273 177,844 80,342 472,459 605 45.35% 190
Ha`il 1,095 194,523 385,257 94,997 674,777 550 28.83% 178
Northern 910 151,916 276,424 85,244 513,584 429 29.58% 167
Jazan 1,800 378,845 468,719 243,562 1,091,126 1,070 34.72% 210
Najran 1,070 197,777 408,177 117,937 723,891 559 27.32% 185
Al-Bahah 1,035 206,334 469,721 114,037 790,092 583 26.12% 199
Al-Jouf 1,350 151,982 184,034 95,407 431,423 429 35.23% 113
Total 35,828 7,119,118 10,112,367 3,027,847 20,259,332 20,111 35.14% 199

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Figure 27.1: Approximate number of meals served in MOH hospitals (showing average number of patient meals /
bed per year) by region, 2012

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AND A CTIVITIES

Chapter 28: Other activities

 28. O THER A CTIVITIES

Forensic Medicine Services

Table 28.1 displays the cases presented to the Forensic Medicine Centers of KSA by region of the King-
dom for year 2011. The total number of cases in this year was 3,626, from which 2,534 were related to
examination of dead cases (70%), 1,035 were related to examination of living cases (28%), and 57 re-
quired expert opinion (2%). The majority of cases were presented to the Forensic Medicine Centers of
Makkah (27%). Figure 28.1 represents the distribution of the Medical Legal Committees across the
regions of the Kingdom during the year 2011. In total, there were 18 committees distributed in 7 prov-
inces. The majority was in Riyadh (4 committees). Figure 28.2 displays the cases of medical malprac-
tice, both new and deferred, that were referred to the Medical Legal Committees by region during the
year 2011. In total, 1,777 cases were referred during this year, from which only 797 were new cases. The
majority of referred cases were in Makkah (28%). Figure 28.3 displays the number of sessions and res-
olutions made by the Medical Legal Committees by region during the year 2011, with representation
of the ratio of sessions needed per resolution made in each region. The total number of sessions in this
year was 2,441, the majority of which took place in Riyadh (26%).The total number of resolutions in
this year was 734, the majority of which took place in Makkah (27%) and Riyadh (26%). The highest
ratio of sessions needed per resolution made was in Medinah (10.3 sessions per resolution). Figure
28.4 shows the distribution of resolutions of medical malpractice related to examination of dead cases
that were made by the Medical Legal Committees (a total of 302 cases) according to the presence or
absence of convictions by region during the year 2011. The total number of resolutions related to dead
cases that were made with conviction was 160 (53%), while the total number of resolutions made re-
lated to dead cases without conviction was 142 (47%).

Home Health Care Program

Figure 28.5 displays the number of MOH hospitals implementing the Home Health Care Program by
region during the year 2012, with representation of the number of manpower and beneficiaries. The
total number of hospitals is 163, with 1,295 manpower and 12,729 beneficiaries involved.

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Table 28.1: Cases presented to the Forensic Medicine Centers of the Kingdom by region, 2011 *
Dead Cases
Expert Grand
Region External Living Cases
Autopsy Total Opinion Total
Examination
Riyadh 66 245 311 288 1 600
Makkah 435 213 648 338 6 992
Medinah 150 58 208 88 30 326
Qaseem 96 28 124 2 0 126
Eastern 243 132 375 60 0 435
Aseer 220 107 327 153 2 482
Tabouk 75 26 101 46 2 149
Ha`il 81 8 89 6 1 96
Northern 20 10 30 10 1 41
Jazan 4 175 179 5 0 184
Najran 32 15 47 6 0 53
Al-Bahah 49 3 52 13 14 79
Al-Jouf 30 13 43 20 0 63
Total 1,501 1,033 2,534 1,035 57 3,626
* Data was not reported for 2012

Figure 28.1: Distribution of the Medical Legal Committees across the regions of the Kingdom, 2011*
* Data was not reported for 2012

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Figure 28.2: Cases of medical malpractice referred to the Medical Legal committees by region, 2011 *
* Data was not reported for 2012

Figure 28.3: Number of sessions and resolutions of the Medical Legal committees by region, 2011*
* Data was not reported for 2012

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Figure 28.4: Distribution of resolutions of medical malpractice death cases issued by the Medico Legal committees
according to conviction and by region, 2011 *
* Data was not reported for 2012

Figure 28.5: Number of MOH hospitals implementing the Home Health Care Program (showing number of man-
power and beneficiaries) by region, 2012

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AND A CTIVITIES

Chapter 29: Deaths registered at MOH hospitals

 D EATHS R EGISTERED AT
29. MOH H OSPITALS

The national death registry operates based on a comprehensive surveying of all deaths occurring in-
side the MOH hospitals, in addition to those occurring outside the hospitals. The death statistics are
then notified to the Statistics Department at the MOH, where they are coded in accordance with the
International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10. In total, 49,103 deaths were registered in the MOH in
the year 2012, of which 31,116 are Saudi nationals (63.4%) and 17,987 are Non-Saudis (36.6%).

Figure 29.1 shows the distribution of deaths registered among Saudis in the hospitals of the MOH ac-
cording to different disease groups and gender for the year 2012. The total number of deaths among
Saudi nationals is 31,116, of which 19,236 are males (61.8%) and 11,880 are females (38.2%). Among
the disease groups, the highest number of deaths registered is under the group of ‘ill-defined symp-
toms and conditions’ (7,968 deaths), which represents 25.6% of total deaths registered for Saudi na-
tionals.

Figure 29.2 shows the distribution of deaths registered among Non-Saudis in the hospitals of the
MOH according to different disease groups and gender for the year 2012. The total number of deaths
among Non-Saudis is 17,987, of which 12,938 are males (71.9%) and 5,049 are females (28.1%). Among
the disease groups, the highest number of deaths registered is under the group of ‘ill-defined symp-
toms and conditions’ (6,642 deaths), which represents 36.9% of total deaths registered for Non-
Saudis.

Table 29.1 displays the trend in number of deaths by disease groups during the time period of 2008-
2012.

TREND OVER TIME…

Between the years 2008 and 2012, the total number of deaths registered at
the MOH hospitals decreased by 5.1% (46,720 to 49,103 deaths).

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Figure 29.1: Deaths among Saudis registered at the MOH hospitals by disease group and gender, 2012

Figure 29.2: Deaths among non-Saudis registered at the MOH hospitals by disease group and gender, 2012

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 Table 29.1: Mortality trends by diseases groups, 2008-2012*
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012*
Disease group ICD-10
Cases % Cases % Cases % Cases % Cases %

Ill-defined symptoms & conditions (R00-R99) 13,452 28.8% 13,693 30.9% 14,622 31.6% 13,640 30.5% 14,610 29.8%

Diseases of circulatory system (100-199) 8,403 18.0% 7,705 17.4% 7,748 16.7% 8,607 19.2% 8,924 18.2%

Injury, poisoning & external causes (S00-Y89) 8,761 18.8% 8,130 18.3% 8,355 18.0% 7,702 17.2% 10,402 21.2%

Conditions originating during perinatal period (P00-P96) 4,486 9.6% 3,773 8.5% 4,190 9.1% 3,729 8.3% 3,317 6.8%

Neoplasms (C00-D48) 2,254 4.8% 2,034 4.6% 2,198 4.7% 2,028 4.5% 2,307 4.7%

Diseases of respiratory system (J00-J99) 1,854 4.0% 2,068 4.7% 1,892 4.1% 1,824 4.1% 1,951 4.0%

Congenital anomalies (Q00-Q99) 1,216 2.6% 1,095 2.5% 1,233 2.7% 1,214 2.7% 1,199 2.4%

Endocrine nutrition metabolic disorders (E00-E90) 1,021 2.2% 1,012 2.3% 1,140 2.5% 1,193 2.7% 1,086 2.2%

Infectious & parasitic diseases (A00-B99) 1,624 3.5% 1,446 3.3% 1,533 3.3% 1,427 3.2% 1,613 3.3%

Diseases of digestive system (K00-K93) 996 2.1% 853 1.9% 892 1.9% 833 1.9% 984 2.0%

Diseases of genitourinary system (N00-N99) 1,468 3.1% 1,437 3.2% 1,430 3.1% 1,559 3.5% 1,626 3.3%

Diseases of nervous system (G00-G99) 614 1.3% 504 1.1% 525 1.1% 514 1.1% 565 1.2%

Diseases of skin & subcutaneous tissues (L00-L99) 269 0.6% 223 0.5% 231 0.5% 181 0.4% 179 0.4%

Diseases of blood & blood forming organs (D50-D89) 205 0.4% 244 0.6% 223 0.5% 268 0.6% 250 0.5%

Diseases of musculoskeletal system (M00-M99) 41 0.1% 32 0.1% 24 0.1% 24 0.1% 34 0.1%

Complications of pregnancy, child birth & puer-
(O00-O99) 49 0.1% 57 0.1% 52 0.1% 47 0.1% 40 0.1%
perium
Mental & behavior disorders (F06.9) 7 0.0% 2 0.0% 4 0.0% 3 0.0% 16 0.0%

Total 46,720 100.0% 44,308 100.0% 46,292 100.0% 44,793 100.0% 44,670 100.0%

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* 560 death cases were uncategorized and were not included in the table
SECTION V.
H EALTH S ERVICES
D URING H AJJ S EASON

Chapter 31: Health Services During Hajj Season

 H EALTH S ERVICES
30. D URING H AJJ S EASON

The MOH in the Kingdom is honored to provide all the necessary health preventive and curative ser-
vices to pilgrims. There are special requirements for visitors to the Hajj concerning vaccinations
against selected diseases such as meningococcal meningitis, polio and yellow fever. This chapter dis-
plays the services provided to pilgrims by the MOH in that regards.

1. Pilgrims numbers

As shown in Figure 30.1, the number of pilgrims during the year 1433H was 3,161,573, with an almost
equal proportion of those coming from outside and those coming from inside the Kingdom. There was
an observed increase in the total number of pilgrims of 8% in comparison to the previous year.

2. Health facilities and beds

Table 30.1 shows the following: the MOH equipped 23 hospitals to serve the pilgrims of which 8 hospi-
tals were seasonal. A total of 4,326 hospital beds were available, representing a rate of one bed per 731
pilgrims. Additionally, there were 110 emergency beds. The MOH, as well, provided 154 health centers
for the pilgrims of which 112 were seasonal. On average, each health center served 20,530 pilgrims.

3. Manpower
Figure 30.2 shows the number and distribution of manpower recruited to work in the pilgrimage sea-
son of 1433H. The total number of personnel was 20,057, of which 74.8% were physicians, nurses and
allied health professionals. On average, each physician served 870 pilgrims, each nurse 496 pilgrims,
and each allied health professional 634 pilgrims.

4. Activities of Quarantines

The number of health control centers at entry points was 25 distributed at airport, seaports
and land ports; 15 centers of which are serving the pilgrims. As displayed in Table 30.2, the
total number of pilgrims coming from outside and who were registered at points of entry was
1,732,983. Chemoprophylaxis was provided to 427,942 pilgrims as a preventive measure for
some infectious diseases. Vaccination against poliomyelitis was given to 516,495 pilgrims.

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 TREND OVER TIME…
The total number of pilgrims during the Hajj season has
increased by 55% during the time period of 1423-1433H

Cases of heat exhaustion have dropped by half the amount from year
1424H to year 1433H

5. Outpatients and Inpatients

The total number of outpatient visits to hospitals and health centers in this year was 806,956,
representing a decrease of 12.7% from the previous year. Furthermore, the rate of outpa-
tients’ visits to health centers and hospitals in relation to pilgrims’ number was around 26 vis-
its/ 100 pilgrims. The total number of hospital emergency visits in this year was 139,723. On
average, the rate of first aid cases/100 pilgrims was found to be 5 cases/100 pilgrims. The total
number of hospital inpatient visits during this season was 7,745, representing a rate of
25/10,000 pilgrims.

6. Sun Stroke and Heat Exhaustion

No cases of sun stroke have been recorded in year 1433H. However, 31 cases of heat exhaus-
tion were recorded in total.

7. Deaths

The total number of deaths among pilgrims registered in the hospitals of MOH, during this
pilgrim season 1433 H in Makkah, sacred places and Medinah, was 585. 92.5% (541 cases) of
the total number of deaths registered in Makkah and sacred places. Additionally, 71.8% of
deaths occurred outside hospitals. Table 30.5 and Figure 30.6 show the number of cases of
death by region, place and nationality; 64.4% of deaths have been registered in Makkah hos-
pitals and 99% of deaths occurred among pilgrims were recorded among Non-Saudis. Table
30.6 displays the distribution of occurred deaths among pilgrims by cause and region.

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 KEY ACHIEVEMENTS …
The number of deaths among pilgrims during the pilgrim
season of 1433H was almost half the number recorded the
year before. Furthermore, during the time period of 1429-1433H,
the number of deaths decreased by 50% from 1,165 death cases
among pilgrims in 1429 to 585 death cases in 1433H.

Figure 30.1: Pilgrims from inside and outside of the Kingdom, 1423-1433H

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Table 30.1: Permanent and seasonal health facilities by region in Hajj season, 1433H
Data Makkah Sacred places Medinah Total
Permanent hospitals 8 0 7 15
Seasonal hospitals 0 8 0 8
Permanent Health Centers 31 0 11 42
Seasonal Health Centers 12 96 4 112
Hospital beds 2,068 1,447 811 4,326
Emergency beds 0 0 110 110
Heat exhaustion beds 0 0 12 12
Cooling units 0 2 10 12

Figure 30.2: MOH health manpower devoted to Hajj season, 1433H

Table 30.2: Activities of health centers control at entry points (preventive care) during Hajj season, 1433H

Health quarantines Registered Pilgrims Prophylactic Poliomyelitis vaccine*

Airports 1,592,467 366,942 516,123
Seaports 119,414 18,948 0
Land ports 21,102 42,052 372
Total 1,732,983 427,942 516,495

* Given to children and pilgrims coming from endemic areas

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Table 30.3: Outpatient visits and admissions to permanent and seasonal hospitals and health centers during the period 1-
15/12 in Makkah and Sacred places and during the period 15/11-15/12 in Medinah, in seasons, 1432&1433H
Makkah Sacred places Medinah Total
Data Region
1432 1433 1432 1433 1432 1433 1432 1433
Health
Outpatients 148,065 164,333 286,057 341,420 187,063 86,521 621,185 592,274
Centers
visits
Hospitals 49,547 45,891 86,805 9,256 110,600 19,812 246,952 74,959
Hospital Emergency visits 35,016 33,645 6,893 79,888 14,292 26,190 56,201 139,723
Total 232,628 243,869 379,755 430,564 311,955 132,523 924,338 806,956
Inpatients 4,610 3,789 2,154 2,805 2,756 1,151 9,520 7,745

Figure 30.3: Outpatient visits, hospital emergency visits and inpatients during Hajj season, 1432&1433H

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Figure 30.4: Cases and incidence rate of heat exhaustion (per 100,000 pilgrims) during the period 1-15/12 , 1424-1433H

Table 30.4: Total deaths inside & outside hospitals by place of death during the period 1-15/12, Hajj Seasons 1429-1433H

Makkah & sacred places Medinah

Place of Death * *
1429 1430 1431 1432 1433 1429 1430 1431* 1432* 1433
Inside hospital 259 249 242 242 145 143 130 103 94 20
Outside hospital 573 397 475 630 396 190 143 224 177 24
Total 832 646 717 872 541 333 273 327 271 44
% Deaths inside hospital 31.1 38.5 33.8 27.8 26.8 42.9 47.6 31.5 34.7 45.5
Inpatients 6584 5963 7217 6764 6594 2984 2782 2457 2756 1151
Deaths As % of Inpatients 3.9 4.2 3.4 3.6 2.2 4.8 4.7 4.2 3.4 1.7

* In 1429-1433 H, the period is during 15/11 –15/12

Figure 30.5: Total deaths inside & outside hospitals during the period 1-15/12, Hajj Seasons 1429-1433H

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Table 30.5: Cases of death by place of death and nationality during the period 1-15/12 in Makkah and Sacred places and
during the period 15/11-15/12 in Medinah, 1433H

Makkah Sacred places Medinah Total

Place of death Non- Non- Non- Non-
Saudi Total Saudi Total Saudi Total Saudi Total
Saudi Saudi Saudi Saudi
Inside hospital 0 86 86 0 59 59 0 20 20 0 165 165
Outside hospital 0 290 290 5 101 106 0 24 24 5 415 420
Total 0 376 376 5 160 165 0 44 44 5 580 585
% Deaths of Pilgrims 0 100 64.3 3 97 28.2 0 100 7.5 0.85 99.15 100

Figure 30.6: Total death by region (right), place of death (middle) and nationality (left) , 1433H

Table 30.6: Pilgrims deaths by cause and region during 1-15/12 in Makkah and Sacred places and during the period 15/11-
15/12 in Medinah, 1433H

Makkah & % of total

Cause of deaths Medinah Total
Sacred places deaths
Diarrhea &gastroenteritis 2 0 2 0.34%
Infectious &Parasitic Dis. 3 2 5 0.85%
Septicemia 5 1 6 1.03%
Pulmonary T.B. 3 0 3 0.51%
Diabetes mellitus 6 6 1.03%
Heart & BL. Vessels Dis. 134 5 139 23.76%
Hypertension 4 2 6 1.03%
Cerebrovascular Dis. 10 1 11 1.88%
Pneumonia, Asthma &Bronchitis 60 6 66 11.28%
Other dis. of Respiratory Syst. 35 35 5.98%
Dis. of Digestive System 17 3 20 3.42%
Renal failure 9 9 1.54%
Cardiorespiratory failure 123 123 21.03%
Senility 6 6 12 2.05%
Fractures, Injuries, Falls, Poisoning and Burns 5 1 6 1.03%
Traffic accidents 22 5 27 4.62%
Sun stroke 0 0 0.00%
Ill-Defined Cause 84 11 95 16.24%
Other causes 13 1 14 2.39%
Total 541 44 585 100.00%

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