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Table 3
Age distribution of the Jamaican community and overall Canadian population, 2001
| Jamaican community | Total Canadian population | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | |
| percentage | ||||||
| Age group | ||||||
| Under 15 |
32.1 | 26.8 | 29.2 | 20.2 | 18.6 | 19.4 |
15 to 24 |
16.8 | 14.9 | 15.8 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 13.4 |
25 to 44 |
29.4 | 31.4 | 30.5 | 30.4 | 30.6 | 30.5 |
45 to 64 |
16.6 | 20.4 | 18.6 | 24.4 | 24.4 | 24.4 |
65 and over |
4.9 | 6.5 | 5.8 | 10.9 | 13.4 | 12.2 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100,0 | 100,0 | 100,0 |
| Total population in thousands | 96.9 | 114.8 | 211.7 | 14,564.3 | 15,074.8 | 29,639.0 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Census of Canada. | ||||||
