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Table 1 Characteristics of the study districts

From: The dominance of the private sector in the provision of emergency obstetric care: studies from Gujarat, India

Characteristics

Dahod

Sabarkantha

Surendranagar

Gujarat

Population (2011)a

2,127,086

2,428,589

1,756,268

60,383,628

Crude birth rate x 1000 population (2011)c

30.2

28

23

22.7

Proportion rural population (2011)a

91Ā %

85Ā %

72Ā %

57.4Ā %

Proportion literate populationa

58.8Ā %

75.8Ā %

72.1Ā %

79.3Ā %

Proportion BPL populationb

71.6Ā %

32.9Ā %

46.5Ā %

40.3Ā %

  1. aSample Registrar of India (2011). Districts of Gujarat. from http://www.census2011.co.in/census/state/districtlist/gujarat.html. Socio Economic Survey 2002ā€“03. Add-on lists 2008ā€“09 [database available online]. bCommissionerate of Rural Development, Gujarat. http://ses2002.guj.nic.in/. Accessed 15 January 2015. cVital statistics Division Government of Gujarta. Civil Registration System in Gujarat, Annual Statistical Report 2010. Gandhinagar, 2011