Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the population.
Gender | Male N(%) | Female N (%) | Total N (%) | |
21,602 (44.5) | 26,996 (55.5) | 48,598 | ||
Age groups | ≤ 44 | 6770 (40.9) | 9802 (59.1) | 16,572 (34.1) |
45–54 | 7173 (43.6) | 9289 (56.4) | 16,462 (33.9) | |
55–64 | 6048 (48.4) | 6455 (51.6) | 12,503 (25.7) | |
≥ 65 | 1610 (52.6) | 1450 (47.4) | 3060 (6.3) | |
Education | Illiterate | 1957 (24.4) | 6079 (75.6) | 8036 (16.5) |
Low | 5572 (36.1) | 9854 (63.9) | 15,426 (31.8) | |
Diploma | 10,540 (53.6) | 9128 (46.4) | 19,668 (40.5) | |
Higher Education | 3525 (64.7) | 1927 (35.3) | 5452 (11.2) | |
Current Residence | Urban | 16,604 (44.3) | 20,885 (55.7) | 37,489 (77.1) |
rural | 4998 (45) | 6111 (55) | 11,109 (22.9) | |
WSI | Low | 5889 (36.4) | 10,270 (63.6) | 16,159 (33.3) |
Moderate | 7007 (46.2) | 8163 (53.8) | 15,170 (31.2) | |
High | 8691 (50.4) | 8546 (49.6) | 17,237 (35.5) | |
Ethnicity | Fars | 7784 (46.3) | 9016 (53.7) | 16,800 (34.6) |
Azari | 5450 (44.8) | 6719 (55.2) | 12,169 (25) | |
Balouch | 999 (34.5) | 1895 (65.5) | 2894 (6) | |
Arab | 1485 (41.7) | 2078 (58.3) | 3563 (7.3) | |
Zaboli | 2107 (41.6) | 2956 (58.4) | 5063 (10.4) | |
Guilak | 3271 (47) | 3682 (53) | 6953 (14.3) | |
Others | 506 (43.8) | 650 (56.2) | 1156 (2.4) | |
Centers | Zahedan | 3934 (39.1) | 6128 (60.9) | 10,062 (20.7) |
Ahwaz | 1445 (41.3) | 2057 (58.7) | 3502 (7.2) | |
Rafsanjan | 3973 (46.5) | 4578 (53.5) | 8551 (17.6) | |
Gilan | 3656 (46.7) | 4167 (53.3) | 7823 (16.1) | |
Tabriz | 5384 (44.9) | 6599 (55.1) | 11,983 (24.7) | |
Yazd | 3210 (48.1) | 3467 (51.9) | 6677 (13.7) |
