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2000 FSM Census of Chuuk StateChapter 2. Age and Sex StructureTable 2.5: Males per Females by Municipality, Chuuk State: 1973 to 2000Census YearsAge groups 1973 1980 1989 1994 2000Total 104.5 105.5 102.3 104.9 102.7Lagoon 107.0 107.1 102.9 105.7 103.3N. Namoneas 112.0 109.7 100.5 107.2 100.8S. Namoneas 103.2 106.2 104.3 104.5 105.7Faichuk 104.6 104.9 104.7 104.7 104.0Outer Islands 95.7 100.6 99.9 102.3 100.9Mortlocks 96.3 101.1 102.1 99.8 101.5Oksoritod (Western Islands) 97.6 101.6 107.7 105.5 100.2Source: 1973 TTPI Census, T4a; 1980 TTPI Census, 1999 Chuuk Census; 1994 FSM Census, Table P13; 2000 FSM Census, Table P2-1.The Chuuk sex ratio decreased from about 105 in 1994 to 103 in the year 2000 (Table 2.6). In most societies moremales are born than females, therefore the excess of males at the young ages of 0 to 9 in 1994 and 2000 is notsurprising. The shortage of males in 2000 is especially evident at ages 35 to 39, 40 to 44 and 50 years and older. Theshortage of males for ages 35 to 39 may be attributed to emigration, while the shortage of males at ages 50 and oldermay be explained by a combined effect of emigration and mortality (the tendency for males to die younger thanfemales, resulting in the excess of females in the older age groups). The Southern Namoneas had the highest sex ratioof 106, while the Oksoritod (Western Islands) had the lowest at 100.Table 2.6: Males per Females by Age Group and Municipality, Chuuk State: 1994 and 20001994 2000Age groupTotalN. NamoneasS. NamoneasFaichuk Mortlocks Oksoritod TotalN. NamoneasS. NamoneasFaichuk Mortlocks OksoritodTotal 104.9 107.2 104.5 104.7 99.8 105.5 102.7 100.8 105.7 104.0 101.5 100.2Less than 5 yrs 108.3 103.0 111.1 114.2 99.6 113.1 103.8 104.1 114.3 108.6 96.2 83.95 to 9 years 111.4 112.1 113.5 110.7 110.3 107.9 104.6 103.3 109.9 103.5 98.4 107.410 to 14 years 105.3 98.9 107.3 103.4 109.2 121.8 112.8 111.1 115.2 116.2 105.3 113.815 to 19 years 112.4 110.4 111.6 118.0 116.8 104.0 102.5 91.3 109.7 102.7 118.3 107.820 to 24 years 101.1 105.0 98.1 107.2 88.7 94.3 113.2 109.5 119.1 110.4 133.9 102.225 to 29 years 103.2 112.3 93.2 98.0 101.5 109.3 96.6 92.8 100.0 100.7 94.5 93.830 to 34 years 97.6 102.7 99.7 89.7 96.0 96.0 100.4 104.1 90.6 100.0 98.9 113.335 to 39 years 100.4 107.4 94.2 97.0 118.4 81.5 96.4 97.4 88.7 99.1 94.1 106.140 to 44 years 105.0 119.8 92.4 93.7 101.5 113.5 98.8 95.2 110.9 90.9 106.7 94.745 to 49 years 108.3 128.5 100.0 76.3 108.6 141.4 102.1 100.9 100.0 98.4 118.3 96.550 to 54 years 100.0 96.1 102.8 114.0 72.6 126.2 97.2 104.0 94.7 80.2 104.0 114.955 to 59 years 92.9 110.4 95.5 83.5 81.0 68.0 91.7 92.9 84.1 96.5 77.5 132.360 to 64 years 110.5 129.5 109.0 109.3 76.3 123.3 89.3 90.5 95.2 93.8 82.5 73.865 to 69 years 83.5 76.0 118.8 72.2 71.8 79.4 87.5 88.6 78.2 116.7 70.7 80.570 to 74 years 84.6 85.9 89.0 100.0 71.0 67.6 83.1 124.0 104.1 78.7 54.7 56.875 yrs & over 85.3 100.0 59.5 77.2 44.2 53.5 75.8 88.0 66.7 90.0 61.3 62.3Source: 1994 FSM Census, Table P13; 2000 FSM Census, Table P2-1.Dependency RatioThe dependency ratio measures the degree of economic ease or hardship inherent in a given age-sex structure.However, it is only an index since it assumes certain age-groups exclusively as "producers" or "consumers". Thedependency ratio is the sum of the population below 15 and 65 years and over (defined as the dependent age-groups),divided by the sum of the population aged 15 to 64. Often the dependency ratio is divided into old dependency (ratioof those 65 years and over to those ages 15 to 64) and young dependency (ratio of those under 15 to those ages 15 to64). The dependency ratio should not be confused with the economically active ratio. The former considers all personsof working age, while the latter considers only those individuals of working age who are economically active, which isusually less than the dependency ratio (see Chapter 9).In 2000, the dependency ratio of Chuuk was about 81 (meaning that for every 100 persons of working-age, there are 81consumers in terms of food, clothing, shelter, and so forth). The dependency ratio decreased by 14.4 percentage pointsfrom 1994. This decline shows a relative increase in the working age population (Table 2.7). The young dependencyratio in 2000 was 74.2 and the old age dependency ratio was about 6.6, showing that the dependency burden wasparticularly among the young. The young dependency ratio decline by 19.4 percentage points over the three decadebefore the 2000 census, as a result of the decline in fertility. The old dependency ratio declined by 2 percentage pointsover the same period.Among the regions in Chuuk, the highest dependency ratio in 2000 was in Namonwito (which also had one of thehighest fertility rate), and lowest in Northern Namoneas (with one of the lowest fertility rate), showing the role offertility in the shifting of the dependency ratio in Chuuk. The decline in the dependency ratio in the regions over thetwo decades stemmed from declining fertility and age-selective immigration.Chuuk Branch Statistics Office, Division of Statistics, FSM Department of Economic Affairs 23