Health in Samsun, Türkiye: official figures
Samsun (figures for the whole province) had 3,789 doctors in 2024, 274 per 100,000 people, 9th highest of 33 big-city provinces (Turkey: 258); 1,884 of them were specialists.
How many hospitals are in Samsun?
There were 25 hospitals across the province that contains the city of Samsun in 2024 (16 run by the Ministry of Health, 8 private, 1 university) with 5,268 beds, 381 per 100,000 people, 10th highest of 33 big-city provinces.
Source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute) · saved copyWhat is the life expectancy in Samsun?
Life expectancy at birth across the province that contains the city of Samsun was 77.6 years in TÜİK’s 2023 estimate (men 74.9, women 80.2), down from 78.1 in the 2014 estimate; it ranked 10th 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 Samsun rose from 203 per 100,000 residents in 2014 to 274 in 2024. Source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute) · saved copy
- The province of Samsun counted 5,396 nurses (390 per 100,000, national 309) and 1,228 midwives in 2024, with 59 dentists and 53 pharmacists per 100,000 residents. Source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute) · saved copy
- 105 infants died before their first birthday across the province that contains the city of Samsun in 2024, compared with 179 in 2014. Source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute) · saved copy
- The crude suicide rate across the province that contains the city of Samsun was 5.87 per 100,000 people in 2024 (Turkey 5.22), and road traffic accidents killed 73 people per million residents. Source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute) · saved copy
How Samsun compares with other cities in Türkiye
Doctors per 100,000 people (whole province) (2024)
Samsun ranks 9 of 33, highest first. Province-wide figures for the 33 cities with pages.
| Rank | City | Doctors per 100,000 people (whole province) |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Erzurum | 295 |
| 7 | Eskişehir | 292 |
| 8 | Antalya | 286 |
| 9 | Samsun | 274 |
| 10 | Konya | 270 |
| 11 | Kayseri | 269 |
| 12 | Malatya | 264 |
Hospital beds per 100,000 people (whole province) (2024)
Samsun ranks 10 of 33, highest first. Province-wide figures for the 33 cities with pages.
| Rank | City | Hospital beds per 100,000 people (whole province) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Eskişehir | 391 |
| 8 | Gaziantep | 386 |
| 9 | Konya | 381 |
| 10 | Samsun | 381 |
| 11 | Antalya | 339 |
| 12 | Kayseri | 333 |
| 13 | Manisa | 324 |
Nurses per 100,000 people (whole province) (2024)
Samsun ranks 6 of 33, highest first. Province-wide figures for the 33 cities with pages.
| Rank | City | Nurses per 100,000 people (whole province) |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Trabzon | 421 |
| 4 | Ankara | 413 |
| 5 | Sivas | 400 |
| 6 | Samsun | 390 |
| 7 | Eskişehir | 386 |
| 8 | Erzurum | 370 |
| 9 | Konya | 356 |
Life expectancy at birth (years) (whole province) (2023)
Samsun ranks 24 of 33, highest first. Province-wide figures for the 33 cities with pages.
| Rank | City | Life expectancy at birth (years) (whole province) |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | Kayseri | 77.7 |
| 22 | Erzurum | 77.7 |
| 23 | Kocaeli | 77.6 |
| 24 | Samsun | 77.6 |
| 25 | Van | 77.6 |
| 26 | Sakarya | 77.4 |
| 27 | Balıkesir | 77.3 |
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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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