Health in Salah al-Din, Iraq: official figures

The Ministry of Health counted 15 hospitals in Salah al-Din in 2023: 11 government hospitals (including specialised centres with beds) and 4 private. That is 0.83 hospitals per 100,000 people, 8th lowest of 18 governorates.

How many hospital beds are there in Salah al-Din?

Government hospitals in Salah al-Din had 1,669 beds in 2023, of which 1,323 were set up for inpatients. That works out at 0.92 beds per 1,000 people, 4th lowest of 18 governorates, against 1.24 across Iraq.

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How full are the hospitals in Salah al-Din?

On average 34.8% of the prepared beds in Salah al-Din's government hospitals were occupied in 2023, 2nd lowest of 18 governorates.

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How many primary health care centres are there in Salah al-Din?

There were 127 primary health care centres in Salah al-Din in 2023, or 7.0 per 100,000 people (8th highest of 18 governorates).

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How many doctors are there in Salah al-Din?

Salah al-Din had 1,566 doctors working for the Ministry of Health or seconded to it in 2023, 8.6 per 10,000 people (6th lowest of 18 governorates); the Iraq-wide figure was 11.1.

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Where are babies born in Salah al-Din?

24,726 births took place inside health facilities in Salah al-Din in 2023: 75.8% in government hospitals, 23.2% in private hospitals and 1.1% in primary care centres.

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What is the maternal mortality rate in Salah al-Din?

The Ministry of Health recorded 6 maternal deaths in Salah al-Din in 2023 among 37,097 live births, a ratio of 16.2 per 100,000 live births (4th lowest of 18 governorates); Iraq-wide the ratio was 29.6.

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How many tuberculosis cases are there in Salah al-Din?

205 tuberculosis cases were notified in Salah al-Din in 2023, 11.3 per 100,000 people (7th lowest of 18 governorates), against 15.6 across Iraq. Rates use the 2023 population estimate.

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How many babies are vaccinated in Salah al-Din?

In 2023 95% of the target number of infants in Salah al-Din received the third dose of polio vaccine and 98% received BCG (tuberculosis) vaccine; the Iraq figures were 91% and 93%.

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How common is child malnutrition in Salah al-Din?

28.3% of people in Salah al-Din lived in a household with a deprivation in child nutrition in 2024 (a measure used in Iraq's national multidimensional poverty index), against 20.5% across Iraq.

Source: Ministry of Planning and Commission of Statistics and Geographic Information Systems, with UNDP and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) · saved copy

How Salah al-Din compares with other governorates

Hospitals per 100,000 people (2023) (2023)

Salah al-Din ranks 11 of 18, highest first. Government and private hospitals counted by the Ministry of Health, divided by the 2023 population estimate

Rank	Region	Hospitals per 100,000 people (2023)
8	Maysan	1.03
9	Al-Qadisiyah	0.95
10	Anbar	0.94
11	Salah al-Din	0.83
12	Basra	0.82
13	Kirkuk	0.72
14	Diyala	0.71

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Government hospital beds per 1,000 people (2023) (2023)

Salah al-Din ranks 15 of 18, highest first. All beds in government hospitals, divided by the 2023 population estimate

Rank	Region	Government hospital beds per 1,000 people (2023)
12	Wasit	1.12
13	Anbar	1.12
14	Dhi Qar	1.04
15	Salah al-Din	0.92
16	Kirkuk	0.90
17	Diyala	0.88
18	Nineveh	0.71

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Doctors per 10,000 people (2023) (2023)

Salah al-Din ranks 13 of 18, highest first. Physicians on the Ministry of Health payroll plus those seconded from the Ministry of Higher Education

Rank	Region	Doctors per 10,000 people (2023)
10	Al-Qadisiyah	9.5
11	Maysan	8.9
12	Kirkuk	8.8
13	Salah al-Din	8.6
14	Nineveh	8.0
15	Diyala	7.9
16	Basra	7.8

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Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births (2023) (2023)

Salah al-Din ranks 15 of 18, highest first. Deaths recorded by the Ministry of Health; small numbers make yearly changes large

Rank	Region	Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births (2023)
12	Karbala	24.1
13	Babil	23.4
14	Nineveh	20.8
15	Salah al-Din	16.2
16	Duhok	15.2
17	Anbar	9.6
18	Erbil	8.9

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Infants given the third polio dose (OPV3), % of target (2023) (2023)

Salah al-Din ranks 8 of 17, highest first. Baghdad is not included because the Ministry reports its Karkh and Rusafa health directorates separately

Rank	Region	Infants given the third polio dose (OPV3), % of target (2023)
5	Anbar	99%
6	Basra	96%
7	Kirkuk	95%
8	Salah al-Din	95%
9	Maysan	93%
10	Najaf	92%
11	Duhok	92%

Source: Ministry of Health, Iraq (Planning and Resources Development Department) · saved copy

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Sources

Ministry of Health, Iraq (Planning and Resources Development Department): Annual Statistical Report 2023 (tables 1-1, 3-4, 3-43, 4-1, 4-11, 4-15, 5-1, 5-3, 5-2, 6-3), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 b0bd2930683c…)
Ministry of Planning and Commission of Statistics and Geographic Information Systems, with UNDP and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI): Multidimensional Poverty in Iraq 2024: Analytical Report (Table 4, Table 16, Annex 2, Annex 3), based on the Iraq Household Socio-Economic Survey 2023-24, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 2918b603f085…)

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