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	<country name="JAMAICA">

		<topic title="Population size and growth">

			<variable description="Population size (thousands)">

				<source1>2 013</source1>
				<source2>2 296</source2>
				<source3>2 466</source3>
				<source4>2 719</source4>
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			<variable description="Annual growth rate (percentage)">
			<sup>*</sup>

				<source1>1.5</source1>
				<source2>1.5</source2>
				<source3>0.8</source3>
				<source4>0.5</source4>
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		<topic title="Population age structure">

			<variable description="Percentage of population under age 15">

				<source1>45</source1>
				<source2>37</source2>
				<source3>34</source3>
				<source4>29</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Percentage of population aged 60 or over">

				<source1>8</source1>
				<source2>9</source2>
				<source3>10</source3>
				<source4>11</source4>
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		<topic title="Fertility and family planning">

			<variable description="Total fertility (children per woman)">
			<sup>*</sup>

				<source1>5.0</source1>
				<source2>3.6</source2>
				<source3>2.8</source3>
				<source4>2.4</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Adolescent fertility rate (per 1,000 women, aged 15 - 19)">
			<sup>*</sup>

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>..</source2>
				<source3>103.0</source3>
				<source4>77.0</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Percentage of births to women under age 20">
			<sup>*</sup>

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>..</source2>
				<source3>18</source3>
				<source4>16</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Percentage of births to women aged 35 or over">
			<sup>*</sup>

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>..</source2>
				<source3>15</source3>
				<source4>12</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Percentage of married women using contraception">

				<var1 description="Modern methods">

				<source1>36</source1>
				<source2>48</source2>
				<source3>63</source3>
				<source4>66</source4>

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					<note3 value="c"/>
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				<var1 description="All methods">

				<source1>38</source1>
				<source2>51</source2>
				<source3>66</source3>
				<source4>69</source4>

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					<note3 value="c"/>
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		<topic title="Health and mortality">

			<variable description="Life expectancy at birth (years)">
<sup>*</sup>

				<var1 description="Males">

				<source1>67</source1>
				<source2>68</source2>
				<source3>69</source3>
				<source4>68</source4>
				</var1>

				<var1 description="Females">

				<source1>71</source1>
				<source2>73</source2>
				<source3>74</source3>
				<source4>75</source4>
				</var1>

				<var1 description="Both sexes combined">

				<source1>69</source1>
				<source2>71</source2>
				<source3>71</source3>
				<source4>72</source4>
				</var1>

			</variable>
			<variable description="Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)">
			<sup>*</sup>

				<source1>45</source1>
				<source2>34</source2>
				<source3>27</source3>
				<source4>23</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Under-five mortality (per 1,000 live births)">
			<sup>*</sup>

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>42</source2>
				<source3>33</source3>
				<source4>28</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) (2005)">

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>..</source2>
				<source3>..</source3>
				<source4>170</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="HIV/AIDS">

				<var1 description="People living with HIV/AIDS (thousands)">

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>..</source2>
				<source3>12</source3>
				<source4>27</source4>

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				<var1 description="Adult prevalence (percentage)">

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>..</source2>
				<source3>0.9</source3>
				<source4>1.6</source4>

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					<note4 value="e"/>
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		<topic title="Spatial distribution">

			<variable description="Population density (per sq. km)">

				<source1>183</source1>
				<source2>209</source2>
				<source3>224</source3>
				<source4>247</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Urban population (percentage)">

				<source1>44</source1>
				<source2>48</source2>
				<source3>51</source3>
				<source4>53</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Annual urban population growth rate (percentage)">

				<source1>2.4</source1>
				<source2>1.3</source2>
				<source3>1.4</source3>
				<source4>1.0</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Annual rural population growth rate (percentage)">

				<source1>0.3</source1>
				<source2>0.5</source2>
				<source3>0.4</source3>
				<source4>0.0</source4>
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		<topic title="International migration">

			<variable description="Migrant stock">

				<var1 description="Number of migrants (thousands)">

				<source1>25</source1>
				<source2>22</source2>
				<source3>22</source3>
				<source4>30</source4>

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				</var1>
				<var1 description="As percentage of total population">

				<source1>1.2</source1>
				<source2>1.0</source2>
				<source3>0.9</source3>
				<source4>1.1</source4>

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					<note4 value="**"/>
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	<fntext>
		<num1>*</num1>
		<desc1>For the periods 1970-1975, 1980-1985, 1990-1995 and 2005-2010.</desc1>
		<num2>**</num2>
		<desc2>For 2010.</desc2>
		<num2>`</num2>
		<desc2></desc2>
		<num3>a</num3>
		<desc3>For 1976.</desc3>
		<num4>b</num4>
		<desc4>For 1983.</desc4>
		<num5>c</num5>
		<desc5>For 1997.</desc5>
		<num6>d</num6>
		<desc6>For 2002/2003.</desc6>
		<num7>e</num7>
		<desc7>For 2007.</desc7>

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