Chaiyaphum

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Chaiyaphum is located almost at the center of Thailand in the northeastern region. Its size ranks third in the region and eighth in the country. The province has a total area of 12,778.8 square kilometers or 7,986,429 Rai. It is 342 kilometers from Bangkok and administratively divided into 14 districts and 1 sub-district: Muang Chaiyaphum, Bumnet Narong, Ban Khawao, Ban Thaen, Chaturat, Kaeng Khro, Kaset Sombun, Khon San, Khon Sawan, Nong Bua Daeng, Nong Bua Raheo, Phakdi Chumphon, Phu Khiao, Thep Sathit, Noen Sa and Sab Yai sub-district.

Boundaries

North:      Phetchabun and Khon Kaen
South:     Nakhon Ratchasima and Lop Buri
East:       Khon Kaen
West:      Phetchabun and Lop Buri


Key statistics of population and households of Phetchabun

(From Population and Housing Census 2000)

Items

Demographic characteristics  
Total population (’000)

1,095.40

Population in Municpal Area (%)

16.2

Sex ratio (Males per 100 females)

98.4

Median age

30

Population by age group

0-14 years (%)

25.6

15-59 years (%)

64.3

60 years and over (%)

10.1

Age dependency ratio (per 100 adults 15-59 years)

 
Total

55.4

0-14 years

39.8

60 years and over

15.6

Singulate mean age at first marriage(SMAM)

 

Males

26.4

Females

22.5

Thai nationality (%)

99.9

Buddhism (%)

99.4

Minority population

 
Muslims (%)

0.1

Education

 
Average years of education attainment of population aged 15    years and over

6

Population aged 6-24 years not attending school (%)

38.9

Employment characteristics of population aged 15 years and over

 
During last year industry

 
Population in the agricultural sectors (%)

79

Work status (%)

-

Employers

0.3

Own account worker 35.4
Employees 18.3
Unpaid family workers 46
Members of producers’ cooperatives < 0.1
Fertility

 
Mean number of children ever born (per ever married woman 15- 49 years) 1.95

Mean number of children still living (per ever married woman 15-49 years)

1.89
Migration

 
Five-year migration (1995-2000)

 
Population who migrated within previous 5 years (%) 2.5
Lifetime migration

 
Population who were not living in province of birth (%) 14.8
Housing characteristics

 
Average household size 3.9
Female headed households(%) 23.4
 

Percentage

Age group Total

Males

Females Total Males Females

Total

1,095,360

543,146

552,214

100

100

100

0-4

87,023

44,571

42,452

7.9

8.2

7.7

5-9

98,115

50,692

47,423

9

9.3

8.6

10-14

95,525

49,042

46,483

8.7

9

8.4

15-19

90,745

47,062

43,683

8.3

8.7

7.9

20-24

76,714

39,514

37,200

7

7.3

6.7

25-29

90,244

43,936

46,308

8.2

8.1

8.4

30-34

97,836

47,579

50,257

8.9

8.8

9.1

35-39

92,217

45,510

46,707

8.4

8.4

8.5

40-44

83,894

41,271

42,623

7.7

7.6

7.7

45-49

69,090

33,804

35,286

6.3

6.2

6.4

50-54

57,508

28,166

29,342

5.3

5.2

5.3

55-59

46,520

22,276

24,244

4.2

4.1

4.4

60-64

38,571

18,400

20,171

3.5

3.4

3.7

65-69

29,691

13,670

16,021

2.7

2.5

2.9

70-74

19,750

8,881

10,869

1.8

1.6

2

75-79

11,837

5,051

6,786

1.1

0.9

1.2

80-84

5,783

2,244

3,539

0.5

0.4

0.6

85 and over

4,297

1,477

2,820

0.4

0.3

0.5


 
Total Population

1,130,913

Males 563,573
Females 567,340

Reproductive HealthStatistics (2001) :

Family Planning
Contraceptive Prevalence Rate 91.18
Maternal and Child Health
Infant Mortality Rate 13.83 : 1,000 live births
Perinatal mortality rate 13.20 : 1,000 total births
Maternal mortality ratio 27.74 : 100,000 live births
Birth asphyxia rate 36.43 : 1,000 live births
Low birth weight  9.74%
Rate of anemia in pregnant women 7.46%
Rate of mothers aged less than 20 years 11.56%
HIV/AIDS
Prevalence rate of HIV infection in pregnant women 1.00%
Prevalence rate of HIV infection in Children aged less than 2 years 25.35%
AIDS case rate 14.71: 100,000 population