Health in Tekirdağ, Türkiye: official figures
Tekirdağ (figures for the whole province) had 2,008 doctors in 2024, 169 per 100,000 people, 5th lowest of 33 big-city provinces (Turkey: 258); 1,122 of them were specialists.
How many hospitals are in Tekirdağ?
There were 20 hospitals across the province that contains the city of Tekirdağ in 2024 (11 run by the Ministry of Health, 8 private, 1 university) with 3,232 beds, 272 per 100,000 people, 12th lowest of 33 big-city provinces.
Source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute) · saved copyWhat is the life expectancy in Tekirdağ?
Life expectancy at birth across the province that contains the city of Tekirdağ was 77.1 years in TÜİK’s 2023 estimate (men 74.6, women 79.9), unchanged from 77.1 in the 2014 estimate; it ranked 5th 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 Tekirdağ rose from 142 per 100,000 residents in 2014 to 169 in 2024. Source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute) · saved copy
- The province of Tekirdağ counted 3,081 nurses (260 per 100,000, national 309) and 710 midwives in 2024, with 49 dentists and 40 pharmacists per 100,000 residents. Source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute) · saved copy
- 86 infants died before their first birthday across the province that contains the city of Tekirdağ in 2024, compared with 137 in 2014. Source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute) · saved copy
- The crude suicide rate across the province that contains the city of Tekirdağ was 5.69 per 100,000 people in 2024 (Turkey 5.22), and road traffic accidents killed 63 people per million residents. Source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute) · saved copy
How Tekirdağ compares with other cities in Türkiye
Doctors per 100,000 people (whole province) (2024)
Tekirdağ ranks 29 of 33, highest first. Province-wide figures for the 33 cities with pages.
| Rank | City | Doctors per 100,000 people (whole province) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Ordu | 192 |
| 27 | Van | 185 |
| 28 | Kahramanmaraş | 181 |
| 29 | Tekirdağ | 169 |
| 30 | Hatay | 163 |
| 31 | Batman | 144 |
| 32 | Mardin | 141 |
Hospital beds per 100,000 people (whole province) (2024)
Tekirdağ ranks 22 of 33, highest first. Province-wide figures for the 33 cities with pages.
| Rank | City | Hospital beds per 100,000 people (whole province) |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Ordu | 293 |
| 20 | Batman | 277 |
| 21 | Van | 275 |
| 22 | Tekirdağ | 272 |
| 23 | Diyarbakir | 272 |
| 24 | Mersin | 272 |
| 25 | Balıkesir | 267 |
Nurses per 100,000 people (whole province) (2024)
Tekirdağ ranks 29 of 33, highest first. Province-wide figures for the 33 cities with pages.
| Rank | City | Nurses per 100,000 people (whole province) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Bursa | 267 |
| 27 | Mersin | 266 |
| 28 | Kocaeli | 265 |
| 29 | Tekirdağ | 260 |
| 30 | Sakarya | 252 |
| 31 | Muğla | 243 |
| 32 | Mardin | 219 |
Life expectancy at birth (years) (whole province) (2023)
Tekirdağ ranks 29 of 33, highest first. Province-wide figures for the 33 cities with pages.
| Rank | City | Life expectancy at birth (years) (whole province) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Sakarya | 77.4 |
| 27 | Balıkesir | 77.3 |
| 28 | Manisa | 77.1 |
| 29 | Tekirdağ | 77.1 |
| 30 | Şanlıurfa | 77.0 |
| 31 | Hatay | 76.9 |
| 32 | Adana | 76.8 |
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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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