Table 2 Geographical location and educational institutions of respiratory therapy practitioners
Administrative region | Number (%) |
 Riyadh | 1928 (35.2) |
 Eastern Province | 1587 (29.1) |
 Makkah | 980 (17.9) |
 Al Madinah | 309 (5.7) |
 Jizan | 276 (5.1) |
 Asir | 105 (1.9) |
 Al Qassim | 72 (1.3) |
 Najran | 60 (1.1) |
 Hail | 44 (0.8) |
 Tabuk | 32 (0.6) |
 Al Jawf | 21 (0.4) |
 Outside KSA | 19 (0.3) |
 Northern Borders | 13 (0.2) |
 Al Bahah | 9 (0.2) |
 Unknown | 7 (0.1) |
University type | |
 Governmental colleges | 2523 (46.2) |
 Private colleges | 859 (15.7) |
 Abroad colleges | 1843 (33.7) |
 Unknown | 237 (4.3) |
Work sector | |
 Public | 3963 (72.6) |
 Private | 1031 (18.9) |
 Unemployed/unknown | 468 (8.6) |