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Healthcare Statistics
 

HEALTH IN JORDAN DURING 2001 - 2004

Population of 10,000

2001 2002 2003 2004
Physicians 20.5 22  22.6 22.4
Dentists 4.1 4.5 6.3 7.3
Registered Nurses 14.1 14.7 15.9 17.5
Associate Degree Nurses -  - 1.7 3.0
Assistant Nurses 11.5 10.8 9.2 3.0
Midwives 2.5 2.6 2.7 9.0
Pharmacists 9.6 11.2 1 1.6 12.6
         
 

 

2001 2002 2003 2004
Hospital Numbers 91 95 97 97
Ministry of Health 3357 3462 3587 3606
Royal Medical Services 1760 1791 1801 1801
Jordan University Hospital 517 531 540 540
King Abdullah University Hospital - 197 283 304
Private Hospitals 3348 3402 3532 3569
Total Number of Hospital Bed 8982 9383 9743 9820

HOSPITAL UTILIZATION

 

2001 2002 2003 2004
Hospital Bed / 10,000 17 17 17 17
Population
Admissions / 1000
113 113 122 122
Population Average Occupancy Rate (%) 62.6 63.1 62.2 63.3
Average Length of Stay (Days) 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3
Average Death Rate (%) 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4

 

MINISTRY OF HEALTH CENTERS

 

2001 2002 2003 2004
Comprehensive Health Centers 47 53 52 53
Primary Health Centers 338 336 340 349
Peripheral Health Centers 258 258 259 250
Mother & Child Health Centers 351 351 353 365
Chest Disease Centers 11 11 12 12
Dental Clinics 240 247 250 260

 

 

 
 
 
 
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