The large size of the Saudi Arabia country and scattered population pose challenges to health care service delivery including health facility planning and distribution of health workforce. To know the epidemiology and health status in Saudi Arabia to increase quality of health services to decrease mortality rate. Health Status information was collected from World Health Organization Survey. Prematurity was the most probable reason for maternal and child death in 2000 and 2010 which was found to be 24% and 30% respectively. The total number of HIV positive cases in 2008 was 13 926, of which 3538 (25.4%) were among Saudis and 10 388 (74.6%) were among non-Saudis. The cancer incidence rate was 52.3 per 100000 population, with 78.3% Saudi. Early teenage marriage, found in 27.2% of Saudi Arabian women, may be a factor in maternal mortality. Noncommunicable diseases account for 71% of all mortality in Saudi Arabia, with cardiovascular the leading cause of mortality. The most common cancers was colorectal in male and breast cancer in females.
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