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

Table 2.

Number of public and private hospitals in Iraq according to governorates in 2003 and 2012

Governorates Public hospitals per 100,000 population (number)
Change in public hospitals per 100,000 population (number)
Private hospitals per 100,000 population (number)
Change in private hospitals per 100,000 population (number)
2003 2012 2003-2012 2003 2012 2003-2012
Baghdad
0.6 (38)
0.6 (46)
+0.0 (+8)
0.6 (41)
0.5 (36)
-0.1 (-5)
Basrah
0.5 (10)
0.5 (13)
+0.0 (+3)
0.2 (4)
0.2 (4)
+0.0 (+0)
Nineveh
0.5 (13)
0.4 (14)
-0.1 (+1)
0.2 (4)
0.1 (3)
-0.1 (-1)
Maysan
0.8 (7)
0.6 (6)
-0.2 (-1)
0.1 (1)
0.0 (0)
-0.1 (-1)
Al-Dewaniya
0.8 (7)
0.5 (6)
-0.3 (-1)
0.2 (2)
0.3 (3)
+0.1 (+1)
Diala
0.6 (8)
0.7 (10)
+0.1 (+2)
0.2 (2)
0.2 (3)
+0.0 (+1)
Al-Anbar
0.9 (11)
0.7 (11)
-0.2 (+0)
0.1 (1)
0.1 (2)
+0.0 (+1)
Babylon
0.6 (8)
0.8 (15)
+0.2 (+7)
0.1 (2)
0.2 (4)
+0.1 (+2)
Kerbala
0.7 (5)
0.5 (5)
-0.2 (+0)
0.0 (0)
0.2 (2)
+0.2 (+2)
Kirkuk
0.7 (6)
0.5 (7)
-0.2 (+1)
0.2 (2)
0.1 (2)
-0.1 (+0)
Wasit
1.0 (9)
0.6 (8)
-0.4 (-1)
0.1 (1)
0.0 (0)
-0.1 (-1)
Thi-Qar
0.4 (6)
0.5 (9)
+0.1 (+3)
0.1 (1)
0.1 (2)
+0.0 (+1)
Al-Muthanna
0.7 (4)
0.5 (4)
-0.2 (+0)
0.0 (0)
0.0 (0)
+0.0 (+0)
Salah Al-Deen
0.7 (7)
0.6 (9)
-0.1 (+2)
0.0 (0)
0.1 (2)
+0.1 (+2)
Al-Najaf
0.6 (6)
0.5 (7)
-0.1 (+1)
0.0 (0)
0.2 (3)
+0.2 (+3)
Centre/South
0.6 (145)
0.6 (170)
+0.0 (+25)
0.3 (61)
0.2 (66)
-0.1 (+5)
Erbil
0.9 (12)
1.4 (23)
+0.5 (+11)
0.3 (4)
0.8 (13)
+0.5 (+9)
Dohouk
0.9 (7)
1.1 (13)
+0.2 (+6)
0.1 (1)
0.3 (3)
+0.2 (+2)
Al-Sulaimaniya
1.8 (29)
1.7 (33)
-0.1 (+4)
0.1 (2)
0.7 (14)
+0.6 (+12)
Kurdistan
1.3 (48)
1.5 (69)
+0.2 (+21)
0.2 (7)
0.6 (30)
+0.4 (+23)
Total Iraq 0.7 (193) 0.7 (239) +0.0 (+46) 0.3 (68) 0.3 (96) +0.0 (+28)