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Table 3 Surgeons per region in Ethiopia

From: The surgical workforce shortage and successes in retaining surgical trainees in Ethiopia: a professional survey

Region

Population [27]

Number of surgeons

Surgeons per 100,000 population

Addis Ababa

3,041,002

109

3.58

Affar

1,602,995

2

0.12

Amhara

18,866,002

36

0.19

Benishangul-Gumuz

982,004

0

0

Dire Dawa

387,000

5

1.29

Gambella

385,997

0

0

Harari

210,000

3

1.43

Oromia

31,294,992

39

0.12

Somali

5,148,989

1

0.02

SNNPR

17,359,008

27

0.16

Tigray

4,929,999

19

0.39

Total

84,320,987

248

0.29

  1. SNNPR The Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s Region