Table 1.

Population demographics by region^a)

Area	Administrative zone	Population size	Age ≥ 65 yrb)	Sex			Education levelc)			Medical accessibilityd)
				Male	Female	Ratio	≥ 15 yr	Middle school or less	Percent	No. of general hospitals	No. of hospitals
Total	Gyeongsangnam-do	3,119,571	391,348 (12.5)	1,562,686	1,556,885	100.4	2,545,617	728,185	28.6	25	121
Metropolitan	Changwon	1,047,488	87,067 (8.3)	532,588	514,900	103.4	850,206	173,629	20.4	10	42
	Gimhae	484,244	36,503 (7.5)	242,884	241,360	100.6	378,055	78,628	20.8	5	20
Non-metropolitan	Jinju	335,297	40,306 (12.0)	165,447	169,850	97.4	276,434	77,112	27.9	4	11
urban	Geoje	225,014	15,941 (7.1)	121,140	103,874	116.6	177,301	37,835	21.3	2	7
	Yangsan	249,529	22,814 (9.1)	124,434	125,095	99.5	199,681	44,903	22.5	3	6
Rural	Tongyeong	127,896	16,513 (12.9)	64,908	62,988	103.0	105,270	37,884	36.0	0	6
	Sacheon	106,175	18,086 (17.0)	52,924	53,251	99.4	87,387	33,154	37.9	0	5
	Miryang	98,564	22,268 (22.6)	47,272	51,292	92.2	84,534	37,931	44.9	0	6
	Uiryeong	25,249	9,251 (36.6)	11,652	13,597	85.7	22,494	13,722	61.0	0	1
	Haman	59,330	12,268 (20.7)	29,250	30,080	97.2	49,523	19,668	39.7	0	3
	Changnyeong	54,580	16,073 (29.4)	25,720	28,860	89.1	47,845	25,118	52.5	0	2
	Goseong	51,026	13,143 (25.8)	25,340	25,686	98.7	44,365	21,869	49.3	0	3
	Namhae	43,599	15,064 (34.6)	20,158	23,441	86.0	38,636	22,457	58.1	0	1
	Hadong	41,668	13,272 (31.9)	19,568	22,100	88.5	36,162	21,094	58.3	0	2
	Sancheong	31,712	10,710 (33.8)	14,802	16,910	87.5	28,252	17,526	62.0	0	0
	Hamyang	37,729	11,706 (31.0)	17,608	20,121	87.5	32,646	18,146	55.6	0	1
	Geochang	57,085	14,169 (24.8)	27,256	29,829	91.4	48,248	23,066	47.8	0	3
	Hapcheon	43,386	16,194 (37.3)	19,735	23,651	83.4	38,578	24,443	63.4	0	2

^a)Foreigners were excluded in this analysis. Therefore, population size was somewhat underestimated. For example, population size in Gimhae is more than 500,000 since 2010,

^b)Number (%),

^c)Persons aged 15 years or more were included in the analysis,

^d)Data in 2009.