Our patients
From April 2007 to December 2018, 9,146 patients have been admitted to the Salam Centre.
PATIENTS' DISTRIBUTION BY GENDER
| Females | 4,766 |
| Males | 4,380 |
PATIENTS' DISTRIBUTION BY AGE
| 0-14 yrs. | 2,578 |
| 15-25 yrs. | 2,578 |
| 26-40 yrs. | 2,484 |
| 41-65 yrs. | 1,506 |
PATIENTS' ADMISSIONS BY AGE AND DISEASE
| Congenital Heart Diseases (CHD) | 1,611 |
| 0-14 yrs. | 1,177 |
| 15-25 yrs. | 291 |
| 26-40 yrs. | 108 |
| 41-65 yrs. | 35 |
| Valvular Heart Diseases (VHD) | 7,070 |
| 0-14 yrs. | 1,399 |
| 15-25 yrs. | 2,270 |
| 26-40 yrs. | 2,328 |
| 41-65 yrs. | 1,073 |
| Ischemic Heart Diseases (IHD) | 418 |
| 0-14 yrs. | 0 |
| 15-25 yrs. | 5 |
| 26-40 yrs. | 25 |
| 41-65 yrs. | 388 |
| Other | 47 |
PATIENT'S DISTRIBUTION BY COUNTRY
| Sudan | 7,700 |
| South Sudan* | 78 |
| Afghanistan | 41 |
| Central African Republic | 107 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 40 |
| Eritrea | 195 |
| Ethiopia | 194 |
| Kenya | 55 |
| Rwanda | 29 |
| Sierra Leone | 85 |
| Tanzania | 5 |
| Uganda | 121 |
| Zambia | 8 |
| Nigeria | 67 |
| Iraq | 78 |
| Chad | 130 |
| Jordan | 4 |
| Somalia | 57 |
| Burundi | 70 |
| Djibouti | 31 |
| Zimbabwe | 34 |
| Senegal | 4 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 |
| Cameroon | 1 |
| Liberia | 1 |
| Philippines | 1 |
| Togo | 1 |
| Guinea | 2 |
| Yemen | 1 |
| Italy** | 4* |
* Patients from South Sudan - previously included in Sudanese patients - have been counted separately since 2012.
** Italian citizens temporarily resident in Sudan.