|
Basic Facts |
Key Statistics
| Population by age group & sex |
Population Data |
|
Phetchaburi
is a very old town and used to be an important royal for a long period
of time. There were so many
names by which to call this town in the old days, such as , Phripphri,
Phripphli or Phetchaphi. Some
historians have said that the name Phetchaburi could be the original
name because it is found on Stone Scrip-ture No.1.
It could have been named after the Indian style, according to
Indian influence during those days, like some other towns in Thailand,
such as Ayothaya, Kanchanaburi, Suwannaphum.
In addition, it is also believed that the name Phetchaburi might
have originated from the Phetch River which is an important river of
this town.
Phetchaburi
is a central region province, situated on the west shore of the Gulf of
Thailand having an overall area of 6,225.138 square kilometers.
Its geographical characteristics are mountainous thick jungles
throughout the border in the west where Tanaosi Range is the border line
between Thailand and the Socialist Republic of Union Myanmar.
There is a plain all along the seashore in the east of Samut
Sonkhram Province and Pak Tho District of Ratchaburi Province to the
north Hua Hin District of Prachuap Khiri Khan Province to the South and
the sea-shore of the west side of the Gulf of Thailand to the east.
The total length of the Phetchaburi seashore from the
northern-most spot to southern-most spot is approximately 80 kilometers
while the total length of the border line in Phetchaburi dividing
Thailand and Myanmar is approximately 120 kilometers.
Phetchaburi
is administratively divided into 7 districts and 1 sub-district, they
are Maung Phetchaburi, Cha-Am. Khao Yoi, Tha Yang, Ban Lat, Ban Laem,
Nong Ya Plaong, and Kaeng Krachan sub-district.
The
majority of the Phetchaburi population has its principal occupation
agriculture, i.e. rice farming, upland crop farming, fruit growing, palm
sugar production, animal raising, and fisheries for both sea water and
fresh water.
Boundaries
North: Ratchaburi
South: Prachuap Khiri Khan
East: The Gulf
of Thailand
West: Myanmar
|
|
Key statistics of population and households of Phetchaburi
(From Population and Housing
Census 2000)
|
|
|
|
Items
|
|
| Demographic
characteristics |
|
|
Total population (’000) |
435.4 |
|
Population in Municpal Area (%) |
36.6 |
|
Sex ratio (Males per 100 females) |
93.7 |
|
Median age |
30.4 |
|
Population by age group |
|
|
0-14 years (%) |
23.2 |
|
15-59 years (%) |
65.0 |
|
60 years and over
(%) |
11.8 |
|
Age dependency ratio (per 100 adults 15-59 years) |
|
|
Total |
53.9 |
|
0-14 years |
35.6 |
|
60 years and over |
18.3 |
|
Singulate mean age at first marriage (SMAM) |
|
|
Males |
27.2 |
|
Females |
23.7 |
|
Thai nationality (%) |
99.7 |
|
Buddhism (%) |
97.1 |
|
Minority population |
|
|
Muslims (%) |
2.5 |
|
Population
speaking hill tribe languages
(%) |
0.1 |
| Education |
|
Average years of education attainment of population
aged
15 years and over |
7.0 |
|
Population aged 6-24 years not attending school (%) |
37.0 |
| Employment
characteristics of population aged 15 years and over |
|
|
During last year
industry |
|
|
Population in the agricultural sectors (%) |
42.3 |
|
Work
status (%) |
|
|
Employers |
1.3 |
|
Own account worker |
32.7 |
|
Employees |
42.8 |
|
Unpaid family workers |
23.1 |
|
Members of producers’ cooperatives |
0.1 |
| Fertility |
|
Mean number of children ever born (per ever married
woman 15- 49 years) |
1.78 |
|
Mean number of children still living (per ever married
woman 15-49 years)
|
1.74 |
| Migration |
|
|
Five-year migration
(1995-2000) |
|
|
Population who migrated within previous 5 years (%) |
6.2 |
|
Lifetime migration |
|
|
Population who were nor living in province of birth (%) |
17.0 |
| Housing
characteristics |
|
|
Average household size |
3.8 |
|
Female headed households (%) |
33.4 |
|
|
Population
of Phetchaburi by age group and sex
|
|
|
| |
Population
|
Percentage
|
| Age
group |
Total |
Males
|
Females |
Total |
Males
|
Females |
| Total |
435,377
|
210,572 |
224,805 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
| 0-4 |
30,795 |
15,859 |
14,936 |
7.1 |
7.5 |
6.6 |
| 5-9 |
34,446 |
17,893 |
16,553 |
7.9 |
8.5 |
7.4 |
| 10-14 |
35,614 |
18,267 |
17,347 |
8.2 |
8.7
|
7.7 |
| 15-19 |
37,325 |
18,887 |
18,438
|
8.6
|
9.0 |
8.2 |
| 20-24 |
36,609 |
18,497 |
18,112 |
8.4 |
8.8 |
8.1 |
| 25-29 |
36,450 |
17,931 |
18,519 |
8.4 |
8.5 |
8.2 |
| 30-34 |
37,733 |
17,848 |
19,885 |
8.7 |
8.5 |
8.8 |
| 35-39 |
36,850 |
17,413 |
19,437 |
8.5 |
8.3 |
8.6 |
| 40-44 |
33,586 |
15,700 |
17,886 |
7.7 |
7.5 |
8.0
|
| 45-49 |
26,790 |
12,431 |
14,359 |
6.2 |
5.9 |
6.4 |
| 50-54 |
20,543 |
9,622 |
10,921 |
4.7 |
4.6 |
4.9 |
| 55-59 |
16,979 |
7,763 |
9,216 |
3.9 |
3.7 |
4.1 |
| 60-64 |
15,852 |
7,223 |
8,629 |
3.6 |
3.4 |
3.8 |
| 65-69 |
13,424 |
5,925 |
7,499 |
3.1 |
2.8 |
3.3 |
| 70-74 |
10,024 |
4,387 |
5,637 |
2.3 |
2.1 |
2.5 |
| 75-79 |
6,322 |
2,669 |
3,653 |
1.5 |
1.3 |
1.6 |
| 80-84 |
3,478 |
1,344 |
2,134 |
0.8 |
0.6 |
0.9 |
| 85 and
over |
2,557 |
913
|
1,644 |
0.6 |
0.4 |
0.7 |
|
|
Population
Data (As of 31 December 2001)
|
| Total
Population |
459,042
|
|
Males |
223,764 |
|
Females |
235,278 |
| Reproductive
Health Statistics (2001) : |
|
| Family
Planning |
|
|
Contraceptive prevalence rate (per cent) |
82.11 |
|
CPR by method |
|
|
Pill |
27.51 |
|
Female Sterilization |
24.41 |
|
Injection |
17.54 |
|
IUD |
5.44 |
|
Norplant |
3.88 |
|
Vasectomy |
3.33 |
| Maternal and
Child Health |
|
|
Infant morality rate |
5.20 : 1,000 live births |
|
Still births rate |
6.33 : 1,000 live births |
|
Perinatal mortality rate |
8.32 : 1,000 total births |
|
Maternal mortality ratio |
0.00
: 100,000 live births |
|
Rate of anemia in pregnant women |
17.41 % |
|
Rate of Thalassemia in pregnant women |
0.09 % |
|
Ratio of completed antenatal care (4 times) |
91.99 %
|
|
Ratio of delivery attended by health personnel |
99.01% |
|
Ratio of completed postnatal care (2 times) |
89.98 % |
Ratio of newborn with completed postnatal care
(2
times)
|
89.98 % |
|
Low birth weight |
8.51 % |
|
Rate of mothers aged less than 20 years |
15.34 % of total births |
| HIV/AIDS |
|
|
Prevalence rate of HIV infection in pregnant
women |
2.15 % |
Prevalence of HIV infection in children aged less
than 2
years |
4.00 % |
|
AIDS case rate |
36.36: 100,000 population |
top |
|
