Nong Bua Lamphu

   

Nong Bua Lamphu became the 76th province of Thailand in 1993. It has an area of 3,859.626 square kilometers. Most of Nong Bua Lamphu is situated on the northeastern plateau and the province has large forested areas. There is a long range of mountains in the northeast that level off to the west and to the southwest in Na Klang and Sriboonreung Districts making these areas suitable for rice cultivation.The province is administrative divided into 6 districts: Muang Nong Bua Lamphu, Noen Sung, Suwan Khuha, Sriboonreung, Na Klang and Na Wang.

Boundaries

North:      Udon Thani
South:     Khon Kaen
East:       Udon Thani
West:      Loei


Items

Demographic characteristics  
Total population (’000)

482.2

Population in Municpal Area (%)

22.9

Sex ratio (Males per 100 females)

100.2

Median age

27

Population by age group

0-14 years (%)

27.8

15-59 years (%)

65

60 years and over (%)

7.2

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

 

Total

53.8

0-14 years

42.7

60 years and over

11.1

Singulate mean age at first marriage(SMAM)

 

Males

26.2

Females

22.2

Thai nationality (%)

99.9

Buddhism (%)

99.9

Minority population

 

Muslims (%)

-

Education

 

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

6.1

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

45.2

Employment characteristics of population aged 15 years and over

 

During last year industry

 

Population in the agricultural sectors (%)

84.3

Work status (%)

-

Employers

0.2

Own account worker 34
Employees 12.5
Unpaid family workers 53
Members of producers’ cooperatives 0.3
Fertility

 

Mean number of children ever born (per ever married woman 15- 49 years) 2.03

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

1.97
Migration

 

Five-year migration (1995-2000)

 

Population who migrated within previous 5 years (%) 1.8
Lifetime migration

 

Population who were not living in province of birth (%) 17.5
Housing characteristics

 

Average household size 4.3
Female headed households(%) 21.9
 

Percentage

Age group Total

Males

Females Total Males Females

Total

482,207

241,314

240,893

100

100

100

0-4

42,689

21,901

20,788

8.9

9.1

8.6

5-9

46,148

23,897

22,251

9.6

9.9

9.2

10-14

44,981

22,938

22,043

9.3

9.5

9.2

15-19

44,263

22,767

21,496

9.2

9.4

8.9

20-24

41,276

21,046

20,230

8.6

8.7

8.4

25-29

44,161

21,715

22,446

9.2

9

9.3

30-34

43,992

21,827

22,165

9.1

9

9.2

35-39

38,424

19,308

19,116

8

8

7.9

40-44

33,898

16,872

17,026

7

7

7.1

45-49

28,205

14,005

14,200

5.8

5.8

5.9

50-54

22,379

11,039

11,340

4.6

4.6

4.7

55-59

16,951

8,254

8,697

3.5

3.4

3.6

60-64

12,404

5,875

6,529

2.6

2.4

2.7

65-69

9,479

4,308

5,171

2

1.8

2.1

70-74

6,103

2,788

3,315

1.3

1.2

1.4

75-79

3,791

1,644

2,147

0.8

0.7

0.9

80-84

1,809

698

1,111

0.4

0.3

0.5

85 and over

1,254

432

822

0.3

0.2

0.3


 
Total Population

496,519

Males 250,760
Females 245,759

Reproductive HealthStatistics (2001) :

Maternal and Child Health
Infant Mortality Rate -
Perinatal mortality rate 7.62 : 1,000 total births
Maternal mortality ratio 0.00 : 100,000 live births
Birth asphyxia rate 24.56 : 1,000 live births
Low birth weight  8.24%
Rate of anemia in pregnant women 15.84%
Rate of mothers aged less than 20 years 12.57%
HIV/AIDS
Prevalence rate of HIV infection in pregnant women 0.71%
AIDS case rate 17.80: 100,000 population