Table 2 Number of public and private hospitals in Iraq according to governorates in 2003 and 2012
From: Expansion of health facilities in Iraq a decade after the US-led invasion, 2003–2012
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) |