Table 2.

Population statistics for the study area, universe of potential study towns, and study towns according to projected 2014 population data (based on census data from 2000).

	AKY	ATW	BRC	BRS	KBR	SKC	WAK	Overall
Study area (7 districts)
Total population	105815	120211	157427	130149	209254	182075	212282	1117213
Rural population	68908	80116	50884	68302	107038	134183	130499	639929
% rural population	65.1	66.6	32.3	52.5	51.2	73.7	61.5	57.3
Mapped towns within study area (226 towns)
Towns (#)	26	29	22	19	41	48	41	226
Total population	63124	66730	42042	40017	105138	73689	74527	465267
Median population	2102	2119	999	1588	1941	1150	1427	1464
% of study area rural population	91.6	83.3	82.6	58.6	98.2	54.9	57.1	72.7
Study towns (74 towns)
Towns (#)	4	12	5	5	13	15	20	74
Total population	14345	27796	10760	11558	34876	25098	47344	171777
Median population	3339	2523	1574	1789	2105	1173	1870	1810
% of mapped towns	15.4	41.4	22.7	26.3	31.7	31.3	48.8	32.7
% of mapped town population	22.7	41.7	25.6	28.9	33.2	34.1	63.5	36.9
% of study area rural population	20.8	34.7	21.1	16.9	32.6	18.7	36.3	26.8