Spatial analysis of population fertility levels in Muthanna Governorate for the period 2012-2022

Abstract

The research aims to measure and analyze population fertility and its environmental distribution at the level of administrative units in Muthanna Governorate using some population fertility measures, based on official population estimates. When talking about the study area, we note that population fertility rates vary according to administrative units. The crude birth rate in Al-Muthanna Governorate (21.1) live births per thousand women in 2012. This rate decreased to (19) in 2022, and the general fertility rate in the study area reached (90) live births per thousand women in the age group (15). - 49 years in 2012, as it rose to (93) in urban areas, while it decreased to (81) in the countryside. It also decreased to (81) in the governorate in (2022), as well as in urban and rural areas to (84 and 79), respectively. As for the ratio of children to women in the study area in (2012), it reached (639.8) children in the age group ( 0 - 4) years for every (1000) women in the age group (15 - 49) years. The value of this rate decreased slightly in (2022) to reach (624.2) children for every (1000) womenAccordingly, the general fertility rate in the study area reached (90) live births per (1000) women in the age group (15-49) years in (2012), as it rose in urban areas to (93), while it decreased in the countryside to ( 81), in the year (2022) this rate decreased to (81) in the governorate and in urban and rural areas to (84, 79) for each, respectively. The ratio of children to women in the study area reached (639.8) children in the age group (0 - 4) One year for every (1000) women in the age group (15-49) years in (2012), decreased in urban areas to (594.9), while this percentage increased in rural areas to (673.5), in (2022) This percentage decreased to (624.2) children in the age group (0-4) years for every (1000) women in the age group (15-49) years, and it decreased in urban and rural areas from its counterparts in (2012) to ( 580 and 660.7) for both urban and rural areas, respectively.