Differential mortality in Iran

Table 1 Selected population and socioeconomic indicators by provinces (sorted by total % literate), Iran, 2004

Province	Population^a	U/R^b	TFR^c	Literacy rate % (15+)^d		Unemployment rate % (10+)^e		GDP per capita (Iranian Rial) (2000–2003) ^f
				Male	Female	Male	Female
Tehran	12150742	6.5	1.6	91	85	15	30	19752051
Semnan	552442	2.8	2.2	87	80	13	19	12087729
Esfahan	4237512	4.2	1.7	87	77	14	12	12753060
Yazd	923642	4	2.5	86	77	13	9	12508297
Qom	1026711	15.5	2.6	86	74	16	27	9459869
Fars	4342423	1.4	1.7	86	76	19	23	9469063
Qazvin	1096453	1.8	1.8	85	74	12	7	12751667
Bushehr	853669	1.7	2.3	84	73	19	21	21701172
Mazandaran	2850625	1.1	1.7	84	74	14	22	11743883
Gilan	2425416	1.1	1.4	84	74	15	25	9316561
Khuzestan	4173118	2.1	2.6	83	69	27	33	28214087
Khorasan	6239346	1.6	2.4	82	72	14	21	8949320
Markazi	1300107	2	1.7	82	70	14	16	16214755
East Azerbaijan	3587976	1.9	2.1	81	66	12	12	10419474
Golestan	1644254	0.9	2.3	81	67	16	21	8190491
kerman	2322886	1.3	2.4	81	73	22	39	10831166
Hamedan	1720658	1.3	1.9	80	66	16	24	8602788
Ilam	503658	1.3	2	80	68	29	37	11020026
Char Mahal & Bakhtiari	870216	1.1	2.2	80	65	19	20	7167414
Kohgilooye & Boyer-Ahmad	618794	0.8	2.3	79	64	21	44	56820967
Kermanshah	1904289	2.1	1.8	79	64	19	22	6737277
Zanjan	989166	1.2	2	78	64	10	10	8252266
Ardebil	1312200	1.1	2	78	58	18	18	7742049
Lorestan	1640896	1.5	1.9	78	65	21	22	7026604
West Azerbaijan	2838014	2.6	2.7	77	58	13	12	6853321
Hormorzgan	1263382	0.8	2.7	77	64	27	50	12699599
Kordistan	1454881	1	1.9	75	54	18	15	5987269
Sistan & Baluchistan	2164233	0.9	4.1	65	46	27	53	4874351
Total country	67007709	1.9	2	82	69	17	24	13681914

^a Population in 2004
^b Ratio of population in urban areas to rural areas
^c Total fertility rate in 2000 based on the DHS 2000 [23]
^d Literacy rate for age 15 and above according to the Statistical Centre of Iran (SCI) [25]
^e Unemployment rate for age 10 and above according to DHS 2000 [23]
^f Average Gross Domestic Product (Iranian Rial) (2000–2003) [27]

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