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Table 6 Socioeconomic Characteristics of Administrative Divisions*

From: A model for spatial variations in life expectancy; mortality in Chinese regions in 2000

Division

Illiteracy (% total popn over 15)

Female Illiteracy (% Fem Popn 15+)

% Popn classified as rural

GDP per head (2003) in $

% of Non-agricutural Population

% Han

Total

9.1

13.5

63

4726

25

92

Beijing

4.9

8.1

22

16649

60

96

Tianjin

6.5

10.2

28

13778

55

97

Hebei

8.6

10.8

74

5459

19

96

Shanxi

5.7

8.3

65

3861

26

100

Inner Mongolia

11.6

16.5

57

4660

35

79

Liaoning

5.8

8.7

45

7404

46

84

Jilin

5.7

8.1

50

4849

43

91

Heilongjiang

6.3

9.1

48

6032

47

95

Shanghai

6.2

10.3

12

24260

63

99

Jiangsu

7.9

12.3

58

8729

29

100

Zhejiang

8.6

12.9

51

10462

21

99

Anhui

13.4

19.5

73

3352

18

99

Fujian

9.7

14.0

58

7778

20

98

Jiangxi

7.0

11.0

72

3468

23

100

Shandong

10.8

16.0

62

7094

21

99

Henan

7.9

11.7

77

3931

17

99

Hubei

9.3

14.5

60

4679

27

96

Hunan

6.0

9.5

73

3923

20

90

Guangdong

5.2

8.6

44

8938

26

99

Guangxi

5.3

8.9

72

3100

18

62

Hainan

9.7

16.1

59

4318

31

83

Chongqing

8.9

13.5

67

3744

22

94

Sichuan

9.9

14.6

73

3333

18

95

Guizhou

19.9

30.6

76

1871

15

62

Yunnan

15.4

22.2

77

2940

15

67

Tibet

47.3

60.5

81

3568

13

6

Shaanxi

9.8

14.2

68

3365

22

100

Gansu

19.7

27.8

76

2608

19

91

Qinghai

25.4

35.9

68

3779

27

54

Ningxia

15.7

22.3

68

3475

28

65

Xinjiang

7.7

9.9

66

5037

30

41

  1. * Source: Census 2000, except for income data which is from Heilig 2006 (Appendix 1)