Statistics from the Population Reference Bureau 2000 Report

Population Reference Bureau Statistics, 2000 Report

•Iran’s population increases from34 million in 1976 to nearly 50 million in 1986, with avg. growth rate of 3.9% a year

•Between 1986 and 1996 the population growth rate was 2% a year

•As of 2000, the growth rate was estimated at 1.2%

•Between 1976 and 2000 Iran’s fertility rate declined from 5.6 births per women to 2.0 births (In rural areas the birth rate went from 8.1 to 2.4, and in urban from 4.5 to 1.8)

•In 2000 74% of married women practiced family planning

•In 1976 37% of married women practiced family planning

•Women’s average age at marriage increased from 1976 to 2996 from 19.7 years of age to 22.4 years of age

•1986 census showed Iran’s population ate close to 50 million with a growth rate of over 3%

•As of 2000, 16,000 health houses in Iran serving 95% of the rural population
•Each health house serves on average 1500 patients

•In the year 2000 the government provided 75% of all family planning services (91% rural, 67% urban)

•In 2000 in Tehran, 82% of women use contraceptives

•In 2000 77% of rural and 94% of urban households has televisions

•Between 1976 to 1996 female literacy rate increased from 17% to 62%

•In 2000 female literacy rate was over 75%

•Secondary school enrollment for girls doubled in 1980’s from 36% to 72%

•In 2000 more women entered universities than men

•Maternal deaths due to pregnancy and childbirth declined from 140 per one hundred thousand live births in 1985 to 37 in 1996

•In 2000 more than 90% of pregnant women receive two prenatal check ups

•In 2000 95% of births are attended by a doctor or trained midwife

•Between 1985 and 1996 child mortality (under five years) dropped from 70 to 33 per 1,000 live births

•Between 1985 to 1996 the infant mortality rate declined from 51 to 26 per 1,000 live births