Table 2—

Sex and age distribution in the 20–80 yrs age group of the reference sample and the total population

Age yrsReference sampleTotal population#
MFM %F %
20–2973 (20.1)76 (13.9)21.523.2
30–3991 (25.1)86 (15.7)18.719.5
40–4972 (19.8)91 (16.6)19.620.4
50–5966 (18.2)117 (21.4)14.614.8
60–6933 (9.1)77 (14.1)12.511.6
70–8027 (7.4)99 (18.1)12.810.3
Total362 (100)546 (100)100100
  • Data are presented as n (%) unless otherwise stated

  • M: males

  • F: females

  • #: per cent of 43,789 females and 44,811 males