Saudi Arabia Annual Mortality Report 2007

The report covers deaths reported from 218 Ministry of Health hospitals. The coding of the underlying cause of death uses ICD-10 classification. The deaths are broken down by sex, nationality, and whether the deaths occurred inside or outside of a hospital. Distribution of deaths are published according to age group, region, and cause of death. The seven chapters in the report include: general mortality, infant mortality, maternal mortality, deaths due to circulatory system diseases, and deaths due to external causes.