Health in Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye: official figures
Kahramanmaraş (figures for the whole province) had 2,055 doctors in 2024, 181 per 100,000 people, 6th lowest of 33 big-city provinces (Turkey: 258); 942 of them were specialists.
How many hospitals are in Kahramanmaraş?
There were 16 hospitals across the province that contains the city of Kahramanmaraş in 2024 (10 run by the Ministry of Health, 5 private, 1 university) with 2,828 beds, 249 per 100,000 people, 4th lowest of 33 big-city provinces.
Source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute) · saved copyWhat is the life expectancy in Kahramanmaraş?
Life expectancy at birth across the province that contains the city of Kahramanmaraş was 78.3 years in TÜİK’s 2023 estimate (men 76.3, women 80.4), down from 79.1 in the 2014 estimate; it ranked 10th highest 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 Kahramanmaraş rose from 124 per 100,000 residents in 2014 to 181 in 2024. Source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute) · saved copy
- The province of Kahramanmaraş counted 3,434 nurses (303 per 100,000, national 309) and 918 midwives in 2024, with 36 dentists and 40 pharmacists per 100,000 residents. Source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute) · saved copy
- 165 infants died before their first birthday across the province that contains the city of Kahramanmaraş in 2024, compared with 266 in 2014. Source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute) · saved copy
- The crude suicide rate across the province that contains the city of Kahramanmaraş was 4.98 per 100,000 people in 2024 (Turkey 5.22), and road traffic accidents killed 92 people per million residents. Source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute) · saved copy
How Kahramanmaraş compares with other cities in Türkiye
Doctors per 100,000 people (whole province) (2024)
Kahramanmaraş ranks 28 of 33, highest first. Province-wide figures for the 33 cities with pages.
| Rank | City | Doctors per 100,000 people (whole province) |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | Diyarbakir | 201 |
| 26 | Ordu | 192 |
| 27 | Van | 185 |
| 28 | Kahramanmaraş | 181 |
| 29 | Tekirdağ | 169 |
| 30 | Hatay | 163 |
| 31 | Batman | 144 |
Hospital beds per 100,000 people (whole province) (2024)
Kahramanmaraş ranks 30 of 33, highest first. Province-wide figures for the 33 cities with pages.
| Rank | City | Hospital beds per 100,000 people (whole province) |
|---|---|---|
| 27 | Bursa | 264 |
| 28 | Muğla | 258 |
| 29 | Hatay | 258 |
| 30 | Kahramanmaraş | 249 |
| 31 | Sakarya | 224 |
| 32 | Mardin | 207 |
| 33 | Şanlıurfa | 193 |
Nurses per 100,000 people (whole province) (2024)
Kahramanmaraş ranks 18 of 33, highest first. Province-wide figures for the 33 cities with pages.
| Rank | City | Nurses per 100,000 people (whole province) |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Balıkesir | 304 |
| 16 | Adana | 303 |
| 17 | Ordu | 303 |
| 18 | Kahramanmaraş | 303 |
| 19 | Van | 293 |
| 20 | İstanbul | 288 |
| 21 | Diyarbakir | 285 |
Life expectancy at birth (years) (whole province) (2023)
Kahramanmaraş ranks 10 of 33, highest first. Province-wide figures for the 33 cities with pages.
| Rank | City | Life expectancy at birth (years) (whole province) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Batman | 78.6 |
| 8 | Antalya | 78.4 |
| 9 | Elazığ | 78.4 |
| 10 | Kahramanmaraş | 78.3 |
| 11 | Ordu | 78.2 |
| 12 | İzmir | 78.1 |
| 13 | Diyarbakir | 78.1 |
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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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