Table 1.

Demographic Information of MS Patients in Mazandaran Province in 2018

		Male		Female		Total (percent) row
		No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Patients with MS in Mazandaran Province		623	25.8%	1795	74.2%	2418	100%
Marital status	Single	198	8.2%	442	18.3%	640	26.5%
	Married	412	17%	1255	51.9%	1667	68.9%
	Widow or Widower	1	a0.0%	29	1.2%	30	1.2%
	Divorced	12	0.5%	69	2.9%	81	3.4%
Education level	Illiterate	14	0.6%	92	3.8%	106	4.4%
	Elementary or lower than diploma	218	9%	503	20.8%	721	29.8%
	Diploma	152	6.3%	515	21.3%	667	27.6%
	Undergraduate	198	8.2%	610	25.2%	808	33.4%
	Master’s degree or higher	41	1.7%	75	3.1%	116	4.8%
Immigration history	Before 15 years old	25	8.3%	89	0.3%	114	37.8%
	15 years old or older	39	13%	148	49.2%	187	62.2%
Birth place	City	339	14%	1070	44.3%	1409	58.2
	Village	284	11.7%	725	30%	1009	41.7%
Current residence	City	433	17.9%	1299	53.7%	1732	71.6%
	Village	190	7.9%	496	20.5%	686	28.4%

^aBecause of displaying numbers up to one-tenth of decimal places, the numerical value obtained is zero