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. 2014 Sep 11;8:16. doi: 10.1186/1752-1505-8-16

Table 1.

Number of primary health care centres (PHCCs) in Iraq according to governorates in 2003 and 2012

Governorates Small PHCCs per 100,000 population (number)
Large PHCCs per 100,000 population (number)
Total PHCCs per 100,000 population (number)
Change in PPHCs per 100,000 population (number)
2003 2012 2003 2012 2003 2012 2003-2012
Baghdad
0.1 (5)
0.1 (9)
1.8 (119)
2.9 (207)
1.9 (124)
3.0 (216)
+1.1 (+92)
Basrah
0.4 (8)
0.3 (8)
3.1 (62)
4.3 (113)
3.5 (70)
4.6 (121)
+1.1 (+51)
Nineveh
1.7 (44)
1.6 (54)
2.9 (73)
3.0 (102)
4.6 (117)
4.6 (156)
+0.0 (+39)
Maysan
1.3 (11)
5.1 (51)
2.1 (18)
2.9 (29)
3.4 (29)
8.0 (80)
+4.6 (+51)
Al-Dewaniya
2.3 (21)
2.8 (33)
2.7 (25)
3.3 (38)
5.0 (46)
6.1 (71)
+1.1 (+25)
Diala
1.9 (24)
2.2 (32)
2.3 (29)
4.3 (64)
4.2 (53)
6.5 (96)
+2.3 (+43)
Al-Anbar
5.3 (67)
5.9 (95)
3.9 (50)
4.1 (66)
9.2 (117)
10.0 (161)
+0.8 (+44)
Babylon
2.6 (36)
3.2 (59)
2.3 (32)
2.8 (52)
4.9 (68)
6.0 (111)
+1.1 (+43)
Kerbala
0.5 (4)
2.1 (23)
2.7 (20)
2.6 (28)
3.2 (24)
4.7 (51)
+1.5 (+27)
Kirkuk
2.6 (23)
4.2 (60)
4.1 (36)
3.8 (54)
6.7 (59)
8.0 (114)
+1.3 (+55)
Wasit
0.6 (6)
1.7 (21)
2.7 (25)
3.4 (42)
3.3 (31)
5.1 (63)
+1.8 (+32)
Thi-Qar
1.9 (29)
3.7 (70)
2.1 (32)
3.6 (68)
4.0 (61)
7.3 (138)
+3.3 (+77)
Al-Muthanna
0.2 (1)
3.5 (26)
3.9 (22)
4.2 (31)
4.1 (23)
7.7 (57)
+3.6 (+34)
Salah Al-Deen
3.4 (33)
3.4 (49)
4.0 (39)
3.4 (49)
7.4 (72)
6.8 (98)
-0.6 (+26)
Al-Najaf
2.1 (20)
2.5 (33)
1.5 (14)
3.3 (43)
3.6 (34)
5.8 (76)
+2.2 (+42)
Centre/South
1.4 (332)
2.1 (623)
2.6 (596)
3.3 (986)
4.0 (928)
5.4 (1,609)
+1.4 (+681)
Erbil
6.4 (86)
10.9 (180)
4.6 (61)
5.4 (90)
11.0 (147)
16.3 (270)
+5.3 (+123)
Dohouk
3.9 (32)
6.7 (78)
5.9 (48)
6.8 (79)
9.8 (80)
13.5 (157)
+3.7 (+77)
Al-Sulaimaniya
17.7 (284)
20.2 (391)
3.9 (63)
5.7 (111)
21.6 (347)
25.9 (502)
+4.3 (+155)
Kurdistan
10.7 (402)
13.7 (649)
4.6 (172)
5.9 (280)
15.3 (574)
19.6 (929)
+4.3 (+355)
Total Iraq 2.7 (734) 3.7 (1,272) 2.8 (768) 3.7 (1,266) 5.5 (1,502) 7.4 (2,538) +1.9 (+1,036)