Table 1.

Number of newborns who were referred at each of the three-stage screenings in one or both ears for each of the 13 provinces of Saudi Arabia. The overall referral rates (%) for all screening stages are also listed.

Province		Newborns screened	First stage screening			Second stage screening			Third stage screening			Overall Referral rate (%)
			Two ears	One ear	Referral rate (%)	Two ears	One ear	Referral rate	Two ears	One ear	Referral rate (%)
Northern	Al-Jouf	13247	210	114	2.33	87	85	53.08	78	80	91.86	1.19
	Northern Borders	5479	3	0	0.03	1	0	33.33	0	0	0	0
	Tabouk	8304	410	270	8.18	178	234	60.58	149	228	91.5	4.53
	Hail	8488	4	4	0.08	4	3	87.5	4	2	85.71	0.07
Eastern	Ash-Sharqiyah	22909	997	221	4.96	260	207	38.34	247	190	93.57	1.90
Middle	Riyadh	18324	324	353	2.50	122	223	50.96	111	208	92.46	1.74
	Al-Qassim	15055	600	217	4.92	237	197	53.12	233	194	98.38	2.83
Southern	A-Baha	3285	36	2	0.65	16	2	47.36	15	1	88.88	0.48
	Jazan	17765	166	55	1.24	39	49	39.81	35	41	86.36	0.42
	Aseer	24176	418	69	2.01	125	52	36.34	94	50	81.35	0.59
	Najran	4865	39	50	0.83	26	48	83.14	23	47	94.59	1.43
Western	Makkah	35959	379	316	1.93	216	293	73.9	201	286	95.67	1.35
	Al Medina	21178	1451	1132	12.19	781	943	66.74	698	939	94.95	7.72