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Table 4 The cohort population in the study provinces

From: Socioeconomic gradient in physical activity: findings from the PERSIAN cohort study

Row

Province

aPopulation

Cohort site

aPopulation

Cohort population

Main Ethnicities

1

Ardabil

1,270,420

Ardabil

529,374

8192

Turk

2

Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari

947,763

Sharekord

93,104

6664

Lor

3

East Azerbaijan

3,909,652

Khameneh

3056

14,978

Turk, Azari

4

Fars

4,851,274

Kavar

31,711

2244

Fars (Persian), Turk

Kharameh

18,477

10,662

Fars (Persian), Arab

Fasa

110,825

10,113

Fars (Persian), Arab and Turk

5

Guilan

2,530,696

Some’e Sara

58,658

10,511

Gilaki

6

Hormozgan

1,776,415

Bandare Kong

19,213

3570

Arab

7

Kerman

3,164,718

Rafsanjan

161,909

9982

Fars (Persian)

8

Kermanshah

1,952,434

Ravansar

47,657

10,077

Kurd

9

Khouzestan

4,710,506

Hoveizeh

19,481

9156

Arab

10

Mazandaran

3,283,582

Sari

309,820

10,253

Tabari

11

Razavi Khorasan

6,434,501

Mashhad

3,001,184

2189

Fars (Persian)

Sabzevar

243,700

784

Fars (Persian)

12

Sistan and Balouchestan

2,775,014

Zahedan

587,730

8318

Balouch

13

West Azerbaijan

3,265,219

Ghoushchi

2787

3662

Turk, Azari

14

Yazd

1,138,533

Shahedieh, Yazd

18,309

9901

Fars (Persian)

  1. aThe population is according to Iranian Population and Housing Census in 2016 [40]