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Table P01-1. Age, Sex, and Marital Status by Ward of Enumeration, Central Province: 1999

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³ ³Sand-³ ³ ³ ³South³South³North³North³ ³ ³ ³ ³

Age ³ ³ fly/³ West³ East³Tula-³ West³ East³ East³ West³Bani-³Pavu-³Lovu-³North³South

Marital Status ³ Total³Buena³ Gela³ Gela³ gi³ Gela³ Gela³ Gela³ Gela³ ka³ vu³ kol³ Savo³ Savo

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AGE

Total 21,577 2,623 1,861 1,542 1,333 2,064 1,295 1,567 1,375 1,987 1,587 1,794 1,146 1,403

Less than 5 yrs 3,268 389 294 245 147 304 223 196 197 315 247 301 183 227

5 to 9 years 2,900 363 277 204 142 270 164 186 200 250 197 282 143 222

10 to 14 years 2,747 342 213 202 164 269 145 214 197 229 204 216 169 183

15 to 19 years 2,380 247 184 146 176 197 106 291 123 239 192 208 118 153

20 to 24 years 1,949 237 162 137 140 182 121 125 87 241 131 159 106 121

25 to 29 years 1,875 212 165 153 157 169 100 128 105 203 138 140 94 111

30 to 34 years 1,386 158 109 101 130 140 86 90 108 120 93 102 65 84

35 to 39 years 1,122 142 100 65 94 120 57 73 86 104 70 82 58 71

40 to 44 years 812 122 67 46 59 77 53 53 50 77 50 77 37 44

45 to 49 years 794 93 75 52 63 77 52 48 45 91 60 64 37 37

50 to 54 years 620 82 50 62 31 59 37 40 53 54 46 45 24 37

55 to 59 years 531 72 49 45 11 63 38 34 37 30 41 40 36 35

60 to 64 years 356 43 39 26 7 35 26 28 27 13 40 25 21 26

65 years and over 837 121 77 58 12 102 87 61 60 21 78 53 55 52

Median 18.9 19.4 19.0 19.1 21.3 19.8 20.4 18.2 18.8 19.2 18.8 17.4 18.3 17.3

Youth Depend Ratio 77.7 80.1 81.6 80.7 52.6 77.8 81.8 67.6 85.6 68.5 78.9 87.1 86.1 91.2

Adult Depend Ratio 10.4 12.0 12.1 10.4 2.2 12.6 17.4 10.1 12.5 2.9 14.4 8.5 13.2 11.3

Dependency Ratio 88.1 92.2 93.7 91.1 54.8 90.4 99.2 77.7 98.1 71.4 93.3 95.6 99.3 102.5

Males 11,193 1,318 949 792 800 1,033 665 838 669 1,059 826 958 584 702

Less than 5 yrs 1,730 199 147 145 86 163 115 99 89 152 138 175 99 123

5 to 9 years 1,482 190 146 106 72 138 90 87 100 128 107 142 71 105

10 to 14 years 1,410 175 102 101 94 134 80 116 110 105 104 116 81 92

15 to 19 years 1,252 142 92 67 99 93 61 171 71 121 108 102 49 76

20 to 24 years 967 105 84 64 71 77 60 67 37 141 58 89 61 53

25 to 29 years 936 89 79 69 114 86 40 69 45 114 62 66 47 56

30 to 34 years 691 73 61 56 74 73 41 43 46 63 33 51 35 42

35 to 39 years 581 75 57 31 61 56 29 36 37 58 41 38 30 32

40 to 44 years 435 55 29 29 40 41 25 29 23 47 26 42 24 25

45 to 49 years 426 52 33 24 44 37 27 33 23 56 31 36 15 15

50 to 54 years 330 43 34 29 27 26 19 17 25 29 27 24 10 20

55 to 59 years 292 38 30 21 6 37 18 18 20 21 20 26 18 19

60 to 64 years 197 22 18 15 4 20 13 17 15 8 25 15 13 12

65 years and over 464 60 37 35 8 52 47 36 28 16 46 36 31 32

Median 18.9 18.3 19.3 18.3 23.5 19.4 18.9 18.4 17.5 20.8 18.0 17.3 19.2 17.0

Youth Depend Ratio 78.2 83.9 79.2 90.3 47.0 82.7 89.1 62.5 91.4 59.2 86.0 91.4 86.9 94.7

Adult Depend Ratio 11.2 12.2 11.0 12.8 2.2 13.7 18.8 11.0 13.1 3.7 17.5 10.8 15.2 13.0

Dependency Ratio 89.4 96.1 90.2 103.1 49.3 96.4 107.8 73.5 104.6 62.9 103.4 102.1 102.1 107.7

Females 10,384 1,305 912 750 533 1,031 630 729 706 928 761 836 562 701

Less than 5 yrs 1,538 190 147 100 61 141 108 97 108 163 109 126 84 104

5 to 9 years 1,418 173 131 98 70 132 74 99 100 122 90 140 72 117

10 to 14 years 1,337 167 111 101 70 135 65 98 87 124 100 100 88 91

15 to 19 years 1,128 105 92 79 77 104 45 120 52 118 84 106 69 77

20 to 24 years 982 132 78 73 69 105 61 58 50 100 73 70 45 68

25 to 29 years 939 123 86 84 43 83 60 59 60 89 76 74 47 55

30 to 34 years 695 85 48 45 56 67 45 47 62 57 60 51 30 42

35 to 39 years 541 67 43 34 33 64 28 37 49 46 29 44 28 39

40 to 44 years 377 67 38 17 19 36 28 24 27 30 24 35 13 19

45 to 49 years 368 41 42 28 19 40 25 15 22 35 29 28 22 22

50 to 54 years 290 39 16 33 4 33 18 23 28 25 19 21 14 17

55 to 59 years 239 34 19 24 5 26 20 16 17 9 21 14 18 16

60 to 64 years 159 21 21 11 3 15 13 11 12 5 15 10 8 14

65 years and over 373 61 40 23 4 50 40 25 32 5 32 17 24 20

Median 19.0 20.7 18.6 19.8 19.3 20.2 21.9 17.9 20.6 17.3 19.9 17.5 17.7 17.5

Youth Depend Ratio 77.2 76.5 84.2 71.7 61.8 73.1 74.8 73.7 80.4 80.4 72.0 82.6 85.3 87.9

Adult Depend Ratio 9.6 11.8 13.2 8.2 2.2 11.6 16.1 9.0 12.0 2.0 11.3 6.1 11.2 9.6

Dependency Ratio 86.8 88.3 97.4 79.9 64.0 84.8 90.9 82.7 92.4 82.3 83.4 88.7 96.5 97.5

Child/Woman Ratio 65.0 62.7 68.9 68.1 46.5 60.9 76.4 54.4 61.2 66.3 65.9 73.8 72.0 70.5

MARITAL STATUS

Males, 12+ yrs 7,433 860 608 501 604 678 426 610 430 739 552 596 388 441

Never married 3,394 376 242 214 289 292 181 339 192 332 252 297 184 204

Married 3,778 449 345 261 307 359 231 246 229 390 281 279 179 222

Widowed 165 18 13 18 4 16 11 18 5 10 12 17 13 10

Separated/Divorced 56 8 5 5 3 4 2 4 4 5 2 2 7 5

Not Stated 40 9 3 3 1 7 1 3 - 2 5 1 5 -

Females, 12+ yrs 6,908 874 592 516 369 711 416 494 462 596 520 536 376 446

Never married 2,523 289 193 193 159 260 128 214 151 221 201 227 125 162

Married 3,794 478 352 283 198 375 249 239 260 354 283 284 197 242

Widowed 454 79 40 37 5 58 35 31 42 13 28 20 44 22

Separated/Divorced 99 23 7 2 6 12 4 5 4 7 2 1 6 20

Not Stated 38 5 - 1 1 6 - 5 5 1 6 4 4 -

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Source: Solomon Islands 1999 National Population Census

Notes: Youth Dependency = Ages 0-14/15-59, Age DR = Ages 60+/15-59, CWR = Ages 0-4/Women 15-49

Table P01-1. Single Year of Age by Ward of Enumeration, Central Province: 1999

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³ ³Sand-³ ³ ³ ³South³South³North³North³ ³ ³ ³ ³

Age ³ ³ fly/³ West³ East³Tula-³ West³ East³ East³ West³Bani-³Pavu-³Lovu-³North³South

Marital Status ³ Total³Buena³ Gela³ Gela³ gi³ Gela³ Gela³ Gela³ Gela³ ka³ vu³ kol³ Savo³ Savo

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Total 21,577 2,623 1,861 1,542 1,333 2,064 1,295 1,567 1,375 1,987 1,587 1,794 1,146 1,403

Less than 1 726 88 61 58 35 60 45 48 49 62 53 74 44 49

1 681 75 56 47 27 65 55 39 39 70 50 70 38 50

2 614 74 55 44 31 56 45 37 24 60 55 60 30 43

3 618 71 60 44 24 61 32 40 49 67 45 47 37 41

4 629 81 62 52 30 62 46 32 36 56 44 50 34 44

5 645 65 58 51 34 54 38 43 42 58 46 70 31 55

6 615 75 57 42 32 62 35 34 39 50 49 60 34 46

7 538 78 50 37 24 49 29 42 42 42 34 56 25 30

8 588 72 58 45 29 49 40 36 39 54 39 48 22 57

9 514 73 54 29 23 56 22 31 38 46 29 48 31 34

10 561 75 44 42 39 57 37 44 36 45 37 45 25 35

11 553 69 47 40 40 46 31 38 53 44 37 40 32 36

12 545 71 38 45 32 55 22 39 32 50 48 35 35 43

13 583 62 45 36 28 55 39 44 41 55 42 54 43 39

14 505 65 39 39 25 56 16 49 35 35 40 42 34 30

15 576 66 50 28 39 43 36 64 33 57 51 47 33 29

16 482 50 40 30 31 39 15 62 34 53 31 38 23 36

17 490 45 33 40 42 48 17 58 23 50 34 48 20 32

18 417 48 32 20 32 29 17 68 12 43 36 32 15 33

19 415 38 29 28 32 38 21 39 21 36 40 43 27 23

20 410 39 35 31 43 32 26 26 15 57 27 35 25 19

21 394 56 33 20 20 37 22 26 26 51 22 30 21 30

22 388 50 27 23 24 41 28 25 19 53 24 31 16 27

23 353 40 33 32 24 33 18 26 11 33 30 30 22 21

24 404 52 34 31 29 39 27 22 16 47 28 33 22 24

25 404 42 39 28 39 45 18 34 17 47 26 27 20 22

26 364 37 26 28 34 27 19 26 27 39 29 25 20 27

27 476 50 39 49 37 50 26 37 27 45 39 36 18 23

28 286 40 34 22 12 16 16 15 15 28 22 23 16 27

29 345 43 27 26 35 31 21 16 19 44 22 29 20 12

30 374 48 24 34 32 41 18 27 23 35 24 26 17 25

31 254 25 22 21 23 34 19 10 17 18 19 18 15 13

32 226 27 15 9 23 21 11 13 26 21 17 18 7 18

33 258 29 28 19 32 18 14 12 29 22 14 12 15 14

34 274 29 20 18 20 26 24 28 13 24 19 28 11 14

35 256 32 19 15 21 31 12 12 11 32 18 25 14 14

36 228 24 24 14 19 20 7 14 29 15 15 17 13 17

37 223 35 19 17 20 27 12 13 17 14 15 15 5 14

38 169 22 13 6 16 12 9 14 16 19 10 8 11 13

39 246 29 25 13 18 30 17 20 13 24 12 17 15 13

40 207 29 16 18 15 22 11 12 14 22 8 16 14 10

41 169 26 15 7 16 17 7 10 8 15 15 20 6 7

42 145 16 16 9 9 11 10 10 7 16 8 20 5 8

43 146 28 10 9 13 12 6 9 10 11 10 12 6 10

44 145 23 10 3 6 15 19 12 11 13 9 9 6 9

45 185 24 15 11 19 19 11 9 23 21 11 9 9 4

46 154 13 19 14 14 13 10 8 6 14 12 14 9 8

47 178 20 11 9 16 18 14 11 3 21 14 18 13 10

48 125 17 16 6 5 14 7 11 5 19 4 10 5 6

49 152 19 14 12 9 13 10 9 8 16 19 13 1 9

50 153 19 9 18 10 14 9 10 14 14 10 16 7 3

51 129 19 11 12 9 15 4 9 14 14 8 5 5 4

52 105 15 12 12 7 5 8 5 7 8 8 6 4 8

53 122 18 9 9 3 11 9 9 11 6 10 12 6 9

54 111 11 9 11 2 14 7 7 7 12 10 6 2 13

55 92 13 7 9 2 7 5 6 7 7 8 6 6 9

56 88 15 8 7 2 12 7 2 5 3 8 8 6 5

57 180 20 15 14 2 25 17 9 16 9 12 14 16 11

58 80 12 7 7 1 8 8 6 6 3 4 6 5 7

59 91 12 12 8 4 11 1 11 3 8 9 6 3 3

60 99 14 13 12 2 11 11 8 8 4 3 6 5 2

61 62 4 6 3 - 6 6 3 5 3 12 4 3 7

62 78 13 5 3 2 5 5 11 7 3 9 6 1 8

63 53 5 5 3 2 8 1 4 2 1 9 6 4 3

64 64 7 10 5 1 5 3 2 5 2 7 3 8 6

65+ 837 121 77 58 12 102 87 61 60 21 78 53 55 52

Median 18.8 19.2 18.7 19.1 20.9 19.8 20.4 18.1 18.3 18.9 18.8 17.3 18.1 17.1

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Source: Solomon Islands 1999 National Population Census

Table P01-1. Age, Sex, and Marital Status by Ward of Enumeration, Central Province: 1999 ** Citizens **

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³ ³Sand-³ ³ ³ ³South³South³North³North³ ³ ³ ³ ³

Age ³ ³ fly/³ West³ East³Tula-³ West³ East³ East³ West³Bani-³Pavu-³Lovu-³North³South

Marital Status ³ Total³Buena³ Gela³ Gela³ gi³ Gela³ Gela³ Gela³ Gela³ ka³ vu³ kol³ Savo³ Savo

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AGE

Total 21,533 2,623 1,858 1,541 1,309 2,064 1,294 1,565 1,375 1,982 1,580 1,793 1,146 1,403

Less than 5 yrs 3,267 389 294 245 147 304 223 195 197 315 247 301 183 227

5 to 9 years 2,896 363 276 204 141 270 164 186 200 250 196 281 143 222

10 to 14 years 2,744 342 213 202 162 269 145 214 197 229 203 216 169 183

15 to 19 years 2,379 247 184 146 175 197 106 291 123 239 192 208 118 153

20 to 24 years 1,949 237 162 137 140 182 121 125 87 241 131 159 106 121

25 to 29 years 1,870 212 165 153 157 169 100 127 105 200 137 140 94 111

30 to 34 years 1,380 158 108 101 128 140 86 90 108 119 91 102 65 84

35 to 39 years 1,116 142 100 65 90 120 56 73 86 104 69 82 58 71

40 to 44 years 809 122 67 46 56 77 53 53 50 77 50 77 37 44

45 to 49 years 789 93 74 52 60 77 52 48 45 90 60 64 37 37

50 to 54 years 616 82 50 62 27 59 37 40 53 54 46 45 24 37

55 to 59 years 529 72 49 45 10 63 38 34 37 30 40 40 36 35

60 to 64 years 354 43 39 26 5 35 26 28 27 13 40 25 21 26

65 years and over 835 121 77 57 11 102 87 61 60 21 78 53 55 52

Median 18.9 19.4 19.0 19.1 21.1 19.8 20.4 18.2 18.8 19.1 18.8 17.4 18.3 17.3

Youth Depend Ratio 77.9 80.1 81.6 80.7 53.4 77.8 82.0 67.5 85.6 68.8 79.2 87.0 86.1 91.2

Adult Depend Ratio 10.4 12.0 12.1 10.3 1.9 12.6 17.4 10.1 12.5 2.9 14.5 8.5 13.2 11.3

Dependency Ratio 88.3 92.2 93.7 91.0 55.3 90.4 99.4 77.6 98.1 71.8 93.6 95.5 99.3 102.5

Males 11,163 1,318 949 791 780 1,033 664 838 669 1,056 822 957 584 702

Less than 5 yrs 1,730 199 147 145 86 163 115 99 89 152 138 175 99 123

5 to 9 years 1,480 190 146 106 72 138 90 87 100 128 106 141 71 105

10 to 14 years 1,408 175 102 101 93 134 80 116 110 105 103 116 81 92

15 to 19 years 1,251 142 92 67 98 93 61 171 71 121 108 102 49 76

20 to 24 years 967 105 84 64 71 77 60 67 37 141 58 89 61 53

25 to 29 years 934 89 79 69 114 86 40 69 45 112 62 66 47 56

30 to 34 years 688 73 61 56 73 73 41 43 46 62 32 51 35 42

35 to 39 years 575 75 57 31 57 56 28 36 37 58 40 38 30 32

40 to 44 years 432 55 29 29 37 41 25 29 23 47 26 42 24 25

45 to 49 years 423 52 33 24 41 37 27 33 23 56 31 36 15 15

50 to 54 years 326 43 34 29 23 26 19 17 25 29 27 24 10 20

55 to 59 years 291 38 30 21 5 37 18 18 20 21 20 26 18 19

60 to 64 years 196 22 18 15 3 20 13 17 15 8 25 15 13 12

65 years and over 462 60 37 34 7 52 47 36 28 16 46 36 31 32

Median 18.9 18.3 19.3 18.2 22.9 19.4 18.9 18.4 17.5 20.8 18.0 17.3 19.2 17.0

Youth Depend Ratio 78.4 83.9 79.2 90.3 48.4 82.7 89.3 62.5 91.4 59.5 85.9 91.1 86.9 94.7

Adult Depend Ratio 11.2 12.2 11.0 12.6 1.9 13.7 18.8 11.0 13.1 3.7 17.6 10.8 15.2 13.0

Dependency Ratio 89.6 96.1 90.2 102.8 50.3 96.4 108.2 73.5 104.6 63.2 103.5 101.9 102.1 107.7

Females 10,370 1,305 909 750 529 1,031 630 727 706 926 758 836 562 701

Less than 5 yrs 1,537 190 147 100 61 141 108 96 108 163 109 126 84 104

5 to 9 years 1,416 173 130 98 69 132 74 99 100 122 90 140 72 117

10 to 14 years 1,336 167 111 101 69 135 65 98 87 124 100 100 88 91

15 to 19 years 1,128 105 92 79 77 104 45 120 52 118 84 106 69 77

20 to 24 years 982 132 78 73 69 105 61 58 50 100 73 70 45 68

25 to 29 years 936 123 86 84 43 83 60 58 60 88 75 74 47 55

30 to 34 years 692 85 47 45 55 67 45 47 62 57 59 51 30 42

35 to 39 years 541 67 43 34 33 64 28 37 49 46 29 44 28 39

40 to 44 years 377 67 38 17 19 36 28 24 27 30 24 35 13 19

45 to 49 years 366 41 41 28 19 40 25 15 22 34 29 28 22 22

50 to 54 years 290 39 16 33 4 33 18 23 28 25 19 21 14 17

55 to 59 years 238 34 19 24 5 26 20 16 17 9 20 14 18 16

60 to 64 years 158 21 21 11 2 15 13 11 12 5 15 10 8 14

65 years and over 373 61 40 23 4 50 40 25 32 5 32 17 24 20

Median 19.0 20.7 18.6 19.8 19.3 20.2 21.9 17.9 20.6 17.3 19.8 17.5 17.7 17.5

Youth Depend Ratio 77.3 76.5 84.3 71.7 61.4 73.1 74.8 73.6 80.4 80.7 72.6 82.6 85.3 87.9

Adult Depend Ratio 9.6 11.8 13.3 8.2 1.9 11.6 16.1 9.0 12.0 2.0 11.4 6.1 11.2 9.6

Dependency Ratio 86.8 88.3 97.6 79.9 63.3 84.8 90.9 82.7 92.4 82.6 84.0 88.7 96.5 97.5