Table 1 Distribution of medical schools and Saudi physicians per province population and area in the Kingdom of Saudi of Arabia (Total = 28 medical schools)
Name of the province | Population of the province (100,000) | Area of the province (km 2 ) | Province population density (per km 2 ) | Number of medical schools per province | Name of the medical school(s) in the province | Ratio of medical school to province population (1,000,000) | Ratio of medical school to province area (350,000 km 2 ) | Total number of practicing Saudi physicians (both males and females) in the province (2009) | Ratio of Saudi physicians to province population (100,000) | Ratio of Saudi physicians to province area (350,000 km 2 ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al-Jawf (Jouf) | 4.4 | 100,212 | 4.4 | 1 | 1. Al-Jouf. | 2.3 | 3.5 | 38 | 8.6 | 132.7 |
Northern Borders | 3.2 | 111,797 | 2.87 | 1 | 1. Northern Border (Arar). | 3.1 | 3.1 | 9 | 2.8 | 28.2 |
Tabuk | 5.6 | 108,000 | 5.19 | 1 | 1. Tabuk. | 1.8 | 3.2 | 27 | 4.8 | 87.5 |
Ha’il | 5.3 | 103,887 | 5.1 | 1 | 1. Ha’il. | 1.9 | 3.4 | 28 | 5.3 | 94.3 |
Al-Madinah | 15.1 | 151,990 | 10 | 1 | 1. Taibah. | 0.7 | 2.3 | 438 | 29.0 | 1008.6 |
Al-Qassim | 10.2 | 65,000 | 16 | 2 | 1. Qassim University. 2. Sulaiman Al-Rajhi. | 2.0 | 10.8 | 97 | 9.5 | 522.3 |
Makkah | 58 | 164,000 | 35.4 | 6 | 1. Umm Al-Qura. 2. Ta’if. 3. Batterjie. 4. Ibn Sina. 5. King Saud bin Abdulaziz for Health Sciences. 6. King Abdulaziz. | 1.0 | 12.8 | 3278 | 56.5 | 6995.7 |
Al-Riyadh | 54.6 | 412,000 | 13.2 | 9 | 1. Al-Imam Mohammad Bin Saud. 2. King Saud. 3. King Fahd Medical City. 4. King Saud bin Abdulaziz for Health Sciences. 5. Al-Faisal. 6. Al- Majma'ah. 7. Al-Maarefa. 8. Prince Salman bin Abdlaziz (Al-Kharj). 9. Princess Nora. | 1.6 | 7.6 | 1363 | 25.0 | 1157.9 |
Eastern Province | 41.2 | 672,522 | 6.1 | 2 | 1.Dammam University. 2. King Faisal (Al-Hasa). | 0.5 | 1.0 | 965 | 23.4 | 502.2 |
Al-Bahah | 4.6 | 15,000 | 30.7 | 1 | 1. Al-Bahah | 2.2 | 23.3 | 42 | 9.1 | 980.0 |
Asir | 19.1 | 81,000 | 23.6 | 1 | 1. King Khalid (Abha) | 0.5 | 4.3 | 265 | 13.9 | 1145.1 |
Jizan (or Jazan) | 13.6 | 11,671 | 117 | 1 | 1. Jazan. | 0.7 | 30.0 | 169 | 12.4 | 5068.1 |
Najran | 5 | 119,000 | 4.2 | 1 | 1. Najran. | 2.0 | 2.9 | 26 | 5.2 | 76.5 |