Elderly, Youth and Sex Profile

For the purpose of compiling and analysing population statistics, elderly refer to persons aged 65 years and over. 

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Age (Years) 

Age refers to the number of completed years between a person's date of birth and the reference date.   

 Age Dependency Ratio 

Old-age dependency ratio is the number of persons aged 65 years and over per hundred persons aged 15 - 64 years; or the number of persons aged 65 years and over per hundred persons aged 20 - 64 years. The child dependency ratio is defined as the number of persons aged below 15 years per hundred persons aged 15-64 years; or the number of persons aged below 20 years per hundred persons aged 20-64 years. 

 Old-Age Support Ratio 

Old-age support ratio is the number of persons aged 15 - 64 years per person aged 65 years and over; or the number of persons aged 20 - 64 years per person aged 65 years and over. 

 Sex Ratio 

Sex ratio refers to the number of males per thousand females in the population.