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Basic Facts |
Key Statistics
| Population by age group & sex |
Population Data |
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Yala
is the southern most province of Thailand.
The word “Yala” comes from a folk word “yalor”, meaning
“fishing net” because at the original site of the town, Yalor, there
was a mountain shaped like a fishing net.
Yala has an area of 4,521 square kilometers.
It is 1,055 kilometers from Bangkok by rail and 1,440 kilometers
by road.
It
is the only one of the 14 southern provinces that is not next to the
sea. Yala is mostly
mountains and covered with forests but has very little flat land. Yala
is administratively divided into 7 districts and 1 sub-district i.e.
Muang Yala, Bannang Sata, Than To, Betong, Raman, Yaha, Kabang and Krong
Pinang sub-district.
Boundaries
North:
Pattani
South: Malaysia
East: Narathiwat
West: Songkhla
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Key
statistics of population and households of Yala
(From Population and Housing
Census 2000) |
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Items |
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| Demographic characteristics |
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Total population (’000)
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415.5 |
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Population in Municpal Area (%) |
27.6 |
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Sex ratio (Males per 100 females) |
99.9 |
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Median age |
24.3 |
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Population by age group |
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0-14 years (%) |
32.2 |
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15-59 years (%) |
60.2 |
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60 years and over (%) |
7.6 |
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Age dependency ratio (per 100 adults 15-59 years) |
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Total |
66.2 |
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0-14 years |
53.5 |
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60 years and over |
12.7 |
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Singulate mean age
at first marriage (SMAM) |
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Males |
27.7 |
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Females |
24.0 |
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Thai nationality (%) |
99.8 |
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Buddhism (%) |
31.0 |
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Minority population |
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Muslims
(%)
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68.9 |
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Population speaking Malay (%)
|
66.1 |
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Population
speaking Chinese (%) |
3.0 |
| Education |
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Average years
of education attainment of population
aged
15 years and over
|
6.6 |
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Population aged 6-24
years not attending school (%) |
34.9 |
| Employment
characteristics of population aged 15 years and over |
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During last year industry |
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Population in the
agricultural sectors (%) |
58.8 |
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Work
status (%) |
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Employers |
1.5 |
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Own account worker |
32.7 |
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Employees |
38.7 |
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Unpaid family workers |
26.7 |
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Members of
producers’ cooperatives |
0.4 |
| Fertility |
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Mean number
of children ever born (per ever married
woman 15- 49
years)
|
2.50 |
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Mean number of children still living (per ever married
woman 15-49 years) |
2.42 |
| Migration |
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Five-year migration (1995-2000) |
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Population who
migrated within previous 5 years (%) |
5.5
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Lifetime migration |
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Population who were
nor living in province of birth (%) |
20.0 |
| Housing
characteristics |
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Average household size |
4.3 |
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Female headed
households (%) |
20.9 |
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Population
of Yala
by age group and sex
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Population |
Percentage |
| Age
group |
Total |
Males |
Females |
Total |
Males |
Females |
| Total |
415,537
|
207,626 |
207,911 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
| 0-4 |
43,135 |
22,257 |
20,878 |
10.4 |
10.7 |
10.0 |
| 5-9 |
45,962 |
23,743 |
22,219 |
11.1 |
11.4 |
10.7 |
| 10-14 |
44,688 |
22,808 |
21,880 |
10.8 |
11.0 |
10.5 |
| 15-19 |
39,514 |
19,700 |
19,814 |
9.5
|
9.5 |
9.5 |
| 20-24 |
35,701 |
17,410 |
18,291 |
8.6 |
8.4 |
8.8 |
| 25-29 |
33,341 |
16,060 |
17,281 |
8.0 |
7.7 |
8.3 |
| 30-34 |
33,419 |
16,244 |
17,175 |
8.0 |
7.8 |
8.3 |
| 35-39 |
31,684 |
15,492 |
16,192 |
7.6 |
7.5 |
7.8 |
| 40-44 |
26,030 |
12,737 |
13,293 |
6.3 |
6.1 |
6.4 |
| 45-49 |
21,428 |
10,838
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10,590 |
5.2 |
5.2 |
5.1 |
| 50-54 |
15,951 |
8,006 |
7,945 |
3.8 |
3.9 |
3.8 |
| 55-59 |
13,000 |
6,663 |
6,337 |
3.1 |
3.2 |
3.0
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| 60-64 |
12,222 |
5,989 |
6,233 |
2.9
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2.9 |
3.0
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| 65-69 |
7,774 |
3,950 |
3,824 |
1.9
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1.9 |
1.8 |
| 70-74 |
5,536 |
2,798 |
2,738 |
1.3 |
1.3
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1.3 |
| 75-79 |
2,883 |
1,422 |
1,461 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
| 80-84 |
1,872 |
893 |
979 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
| 85
and over |
1,397 |
616 |
781 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
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Population
Data (As of 31 December 2001)
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| Total Population |
451,190 |
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Males |
225,891 |
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Females |
225,299 |
| Reproductive Health
Statistics (2001) : |
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| Family Planning |
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| Contraceptive
Prevalence Rate (per cent) |
36.58 |
| Maternal
and Child Health |
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Infant morality rate |
8.05 : 1,000 live birth |
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Perinatal mortality rate |
8.11 : 1,000 total births |
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Maternal mortality ratio |
20.80 : 100,000 live births |
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Birth asphyxia rate |
34.19 : 1,000 live births
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Low birth weight rate |
7.88
%
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Rate of anemia in pregnant women |
20.75 % |
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Rate of Thalassemia in pregnant women |
1.88 : 1,000 live births |
Ratio
of delivery attended by traditional birth
attendants |
22.58
%
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Pregnant women received dental care |
100.00 % |
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Rate of mothers aged less than 20 years |
38.62 % of total births |
| HIV/AIDS |
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AIDS case rate |
13.43 : 100,000 population |
Prevalence rate
of HIV infection in pregnant
women |
0.91 % |
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