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 | | In 2000, the population of Shanghai was characterized by aging, with the proportion of young persons (0 - 14) shrinking to 12.19%, the lowest in the country while the proportion of persons aged 65 and over is 11.53%, the highest in the country. |
 | | To the end of 1989, the fertility of Shanghai was 10.2 per 1,000, that is lower than 21.8 per 1,000, the fertility for the country as a whole in the same year. |
 | | In 1951, the mortality of Shanghai was 14.2 per 1,000, while in suburban counties the death rate of 19.7 per 1,000 is much higher, and especially the rate of infant mortality, which reached even as high as 83.93 per 1,000. |
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