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Current account balance : $-842 million (2003) . HIV Net Search : 1.2% (2003 est.) Population below poverty line : 19.7% (2002 est.) . Literacy : 87,90% House hold income lowest than 10% : 2,70% House hold income highest than 10% : 30.3% (2000) Inflation : 10.3% (2003 est.) . Unemployment Rate : 15.9% (2003 est.) . Internet Users : 600,000 (2002) . Location Net Search : Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba . Geographic Coordinates : 18 15 N, 77 30 W . Religion : Protestant 61.3% (Church of God 21.2%, Baptist 8.8%, Anglican 5.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 9%, Pentecostal 7.6%, Methodist 2.7%, United Church 2.7%, Brethren 1.1%, Jehovah's Witness 1.6%, Moravian 1.1%), Roman Catholic 4%, other including some spiritual cults 34.7% . Administrative region : 14 parishes; Clarendon, Hanover, Kingston, Manchester, Portland, Saint Andrew, Saint Ann, Saint Catherine, Saint Elizabeth, Saint James, Saint Mary, Saint Thomas, Trelawny, Westmoreland . Terrain : mostly mountains, with narrow, discontinuous coastal plain . Elevation extremes lowest : Caribbean Sea 0 m . Elevation extremes highest : Blue Mountain Peak 2,256 m . Natural resources : bauxite, gypsum, limestone . Land use arable land : 16,07%. Land use permanentcrops : 10,16%. Irrigated land : 250 sq km (1998 est.) . Natural hazards : hurricanes (especially July to November) . Environment current issues : heavy rates of deforestation; coastal waters polluted by industrial waste, sewage, and oil spills; damage to coral reefs; air pollution in Kingston results from vehicle emissions . Geography note : strategic location between Cayman Trench and Jamaica Channel, the main sea lanes for the Panama Canal . Population : 2,713,130 (July 2004 est.) . age -14 p : 28,20%. age -14 men : 390 966. age -14 ladies : 372 961. age 15/64 p : 65%. age 15/64 men : 883 053. age 15/64 ladies : 880 296. age +65 p : 6,90%. age +65 men : 82 788. age +65 ladies : 103 066. date : 2004 est.. median age total : 26.8 years . median age male : 26.2 years . median age female : 27.6 years (2004 est.) . population growth rate : 0.66% (2004 est.) . population growth rate note : . birth rate : 16.94 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) . death rate : 5.4 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) . net migration rate : -4.92 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) . sex ratio at birth : 1.05 male(s)/female . sex ratio under 15 : 1.05 male(s)/female . sex ratio 15/64 : 1 male(s)/female . sex ratio more 65 : 0.8 male(s)/female . sex ratio total : 1 male(s)/female (2004 est.) . infant mortality rate male : 13.82 deaths/1,000 live births . infant mortality rate female : 11.75 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) . life expectancy at birth total : 76.07 years . life expectancy at birth male : 74.04 years . life expectancy at birth female : 78.21 years (2004 est.) . total fertility rate : 1.98 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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