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Dominican People

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Population: 72,660 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 24% (male 8,910/female 8,518) 15-64 years: 65.8% (male 24,532/female 23,301) 65 years and over: 10.2% (male 3,187/female 4,212) (2009 est.)

Median age: total: 29.8 years male: 29.4 years female: 30.2 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.208% (2009 est.)

Death rate: 8.32 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate: -5.45 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 13.65 deaths/1,000 live births male: 18.34 deaths/1,000 live births female: 8.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 75.55 years male: 72.61 years female: 78.64 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.09 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: NA

HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA

Nationality: noun: Dominican(s) adjective: Dominican

Ethnic groups: black 86.8%, mixed 8.9%, Carib Amerindian 2.9%, white 0.8%, other 0.7% (2001 census)

Religions: Roman Catholic 61.4%, Seventh Day Adventist 6%, Pentecostal 5.6%, Baptist 4.1%, Methodist 3.7%, Church of God 1.2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.2%, other Christian 7.7%, Rastafarian 1.3%, other or unspecified 1.6%, none 6.1% (2001 census)

Languages: English (official), French patois

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 94% male: 94% female: 94% (2003 est.)