3-3 TOTAL POPULATION AND NATURAL CHANGES OF POPULATION BY REGION(1999)

Total Number Total Non- Birth Death Natural
of Households Population agriculture Rate Rate Growth
Region (year-end) (year-end) Rate
(10 000 (10 000
households) persons) () () ()
Sichuan 2 416.0 8 358.6 1 507.7 13.8 7.0 6.8
Chengdu 309.9 1 003.6 336.2 8.2 5.9 2.3
Zigong 91.9 314.8 70.6 7.9 5.4 2.5
Panzhihua 28.6 101.8 54.2 12.9 4.9 8.0
Luzhou 132.5 461.5 68.7 10.2 6.1 4.1
Deyang 124.2 375.8 70.2 9.3 6.7 2.6
Mianyang 158.9 520.2 100.9 8.9 6.2 2.7
Guangyuan 85.7 301.4 52.8 10.3 5.7 4.6
Suining 104.1 374.0 56.0 8.0 5.4 2.6
Neijiang 129.8 418.6 71.6 9.1 5.5 3.6
Leshan 102.6 345.1 79.5 8.7 5.8 2.9
Nanchong 199.1 709.9 94.2 7.9 6.9 1.0
Yibin 139.3 504.1 80.0 11.1 6.6 4.5
Guangan 119.8 430.4 47.5 11.4 6.3 5.1
Dazhou 167.2 615.7 87.5 9.8 6.7 3.1
Yaan 43.2 149.0 27.2 9.4 6.0 3.4
Bazhong 90.5 342.5 42.6 11.4 6.2 5.2
Meishan 99.0 338.6 39.8 11.0 6.8 4.2
Ziyang 152.1 488.5 52.9 9.0 6.7 2.3
Aba 19.4 81.6 15.3 12.3 4.9 7.4
Ganzi 19.2 87.6 13.4 12.6 6.9 5.7
Liangshan 99.0 393.9 46.6 15.1 6.6 8.5