Health in Bursa, Türkiye: official figures
Bursa (figures for the whole province) had 7,309 doctors in 2024, 226 per 100,000 people, 16th lowest of 33 big-city provinces (Turkey: 258); 3,675 of them were specialists.
How many hospitals are in Bursa?
There were 44 hospitals across the province that contains the city of Bursa in 2024 (21 run by the Ministry of Health, 22 private, 1 university) with 8,548 beds, 264 per 100,000 people, 7th lowest of 33 big-city provinces.
Source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute) · saved copyWhat is the life expectancy in Bursa?
Life expectancy at birth across the province that contains the city of Bursa was 77.7 years in TÜİK’s 2023 estimate (men 75.1, women 80.4), up from 77.5 in the 2014 estimate; it ranked 15th lowest of 33 big-city provinces (Turkey 77.3).
Source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute) · saved copyMore figures
- The doctor ratio across the province that contains the city of Bursa rose from 155 per 100,000 residents in 2014 to 226 in 2024. Source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute) · saved copy
- The province of Bursa counted 8,651 nurses (267 per 100,000, national 309) and 1,866 midwives in 2024, with 56 dentists and 47 pharmacists per 100,000 residents. Source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute) · saved copy
- 225 infants died before their first birthday across the province that contains the city of Bursa in 2024, compared with 373 in 2014. Source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute) · saved copy
- The crude suicide rate across the province that contains the city of Bursa was 5.08 per 100,000 people in 2024 (Turkey 5.22), and road traffic accidents killed 49 people per million residents. Source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute) · saved copy
How Bursa compares with other cities in Türkiye
Doctors per 100,000 people (whole province) (2024)
Bursa ranks 18 of 33, highest first. Province-wide figures for the 33 cities with pages.
| Rank | City | Doctors per 100,000 people (whole province) |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Denizli | 251 |
| 16 | Muğla | 238 |
| 17 | Aydın | 227 |
| 18 | Bursa | 226 |
| 19 | Kocaeli | 210 |
| 20 | Balıkesir | 209 |
| 21 | Mersin | 206 |
Hospital beds per 100,000 people (whole province) (2024)
Bursa ranks 27 of 33, highest first. Province-wide figures for the 33 cities with pages.
| Rank | City | Hospital beds per 100,000 people (whole province) |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | Mersin | 272 |
| 25 | Balıkesir | 267 |
| 26 | Kocaeli | 266 |
| 27 | Bursa | 264 |
| 28 | Muğla | 258 |
| 29 | Hatay | 258 |
| 30 | Kahramanmaraş | 249 |
Nurses per 100,000 people (whole province) (2024)
Bursa ranks 26 of 33, highest first. Province-wide figures for the 33 cities with pages.
| Rank | City | Nurses per 100,000 people (whole province) |
|---|---|---|
| 23 | Denizli | 281 |
| 24 | Hatay | 280 |
| 25 | Batman | 278 |
| 26 | Bursa | 267 |
| 27 | Mersin | 266 |
| 28 | Kocaeli | 265 |
| 29 | Tekirdağ | 260 |
Life expectancy at birth (years) (whole province) (2023)
Bursa ranks 19 of 33, highest first. Province-wide figures for the 33 cities with pages.
| Rank | City | Life expectancy at birth (years) (whole province) |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | Sivas | 78.1 |
| 17 | Eskişehir | 77.9 |
| 18 | Konya | 77.8 |
| 19 | Bursa | 77.7 |
| 20 | Mersin | 77.7 |
| 21 | Kayseri | 77.7 |
| 22 | Erzurum | 77.7 |
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Sources
- Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute): Bölgesel İstatistikler (Regional Statistics database): 114 indicators for the 81 provinces, 2014-2024 (CSV export), read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 54a60ac62f7a…)
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