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Aging into the 21st Century
Table 5 Projected Total, Child, and Elderly Dependency Ratios:
1995 to 2050 (Ratios expressed per 100 population. Middle series of U.S.
Bureau of the Census.)
| YEAR |
TOTAL1
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CHILDREN2
|
ELDERLY3
|
| 1995 |
63.7 |
42.8 |
20.9 |
| 2000 |
62.4 |
41.8 |
20.5 |
| 2010 |
60.2 |
39.0 |
21.2 |
| 2020 |
68.2 |
40.4 |
27.7 |
| 2030 |
78.7 |
43.0 |
35.7 |
| 2040 |
79.7 |
43.1 |
36.5 |
| 2050 |
79.9 |
43.9 |
36.0 |
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census (1996a).
1Ratio expressed as the number of persons under 18 plus the
number of persons 65 years and over per 100 persons 18 to 64.
2Ratio expressed as the number of persons under 18 per 100
persons 18 to 64.
3Ratio expressed as the number of persons 65 years and over
per 100 persons 18 to 64.
Table compiled by the National Aging Information Center
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