Khartoum Omdurman Khartoum North Total NO. surgicaloperation and Proportions 4531 34.5% 4945 37.7% 3658 27.8% 13134 100% NO. Anaesthesia-relateddeaths 0 5 7 12 Anaesthesia-relateddeaths% 0.0% 0.10% 0.19% 0.091% Total anaesthesiarelateddeaths % 0.0% 0.038% 0.053% 0.091%

Table 1: Number of surgical procedures under general anaesthesia and proportion of deaths among three teaching hospitals from first Oct.2011 to 31 Oct 2012.