| APPENDIX
  1-2  Main Indicators of Area and
  Population | 
 
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  | Source: Monthly
  Statistics Bulletin, Taiwan Province. The same as
  in the following tables. |  |  |  |  |  | 
 
  | Item | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 
 
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  | Area                          
  (10 000 sq.km) | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 
 
  | Year-end Population (10
  000 persons) | 2240.6 | 2252.1 | 2260.5 | 2268.9 | 2277.0 | 
 
  | Male | 1144.2 | 1148.5 | 1151.5 | 1154.2 | 1156.2 | 
 
  | Female | 1096.4 | 1103.5 | 1108.9 | 1114.8 | 1120.8 | 
 
  | Crude Birth Rate                           
  (‰) | 11.65 | 11.02 | 10.06 | 9.56 | 9.06 | 
 
  | Crude Death Rate                         
  (‰) | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 
 
  | Infant Mortality
  Rate                    
  (‰) | 6.33 | 6.77 | 6.41 | 6.20 | 5.99 | 
 
  | Fertility Rate                                 
  (‰) | 41 | 39 | 36 | 34 |  | 
 
  | Natural Population Growth
  Rate   (‰) | 5.94 | 5.29 | 4.27 | 3.59 | 2.92 | 
 
  | Marriage Rate                               
  (‰) | 7.63 | 7.69 | 7.60 | 5.80 | 6.21 | 
 
  | Divorce Rate                                 
  (‰) | 2.53 | 2.73 | 2.87 | 2.77 | 2.75 | 
 
  | Life Expectancy at
  Birth         
  (years) |  |  |  |  |  | 
 
  | Male | 72.80 | 72.45 | 73.34 | 73.58 | 73.82 | 
 
  | Female | 78.48 | 78.39 | 79.33 | 79.63 | 79.92 | 
 
  | Age-specific
  Distribution            
  (%) |  |  |  |  |  | 
 
  | 0-14 | 20.81 | 20.42 | 19.83 | 19.34 | 18.70 | 
 
  | 15-64 | 70.39 | 70.56 | 70.94 | 71.19 | 71.56 | 
 
  | 65 and Over | 8.81 | 9.02 | 9.24 | 9.48 | 9.74 | 
 
  | Sex Ratio (Female=100) | 104.36 | 104.08 | 103.84 | 103.53 | 103.16 | 
 
  | Population Density   (persons/sq.km) | 619.1 | 622.3 | 624.6 | 627.0 | 629.20 | 
 
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