Table 1 . Census information - Iran the three provinces studied*.

	Area (km2)	Population	Percent urban	Percent male	LiteracyA
Iran	1,648,195	70,495,782	68.5%	50.9%	84.0%
Tehran	18,814	13,422,366	91.3%	51.4%	91.3%
Hormozgan	70,697	1,403,674	47.1%	51.7%	82.4%
Golestan	20,367	1,617,087	49.2%	49.7%	82.1%

*Source: Iran national population and housing census, 2006,

http://www.sci.org.ir/portal/faces/public/sci_en, reproduced from Merat et al.¹¹