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  1.  People
  2.  
  3. Population: 18,187 (July 1990), growth rate 0.5% (1990).
  4.  
  5. Birth rate: 22 births/1,000 population (1990).
  6.  
  7. Death rate: 7 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
  8.  
  9. Net migration rate: - 10 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
  10.  
  11. Infant mortality rate: 24 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
  12.  
  13. Life expectancy at birth: 66 years male, 72 years female (1990).
  14.  
  15. Total fertility rate: 3.5 children born/woman (1990).
  16.  
  17. Nationality: noun--Cook Islander(s); adjective--Cook Islander.
  18.  
  19. Ethnic divisions: 81.3% Polynesian (full blood), 7.7% Polynesian 
  20. and European, 7.7% Polynesian and other, 2.4% European, 
  21. 0.9% other.
  22.  
  23. Religion: Christian, majority of populace members of Cook 
  24. Islands Christian Church.
  25.  
  26. Language: English.
  27.  
  28. Literacy: NA%.
  29.  
  30. Labor force: 5,810; agriculture 29%, government 27%, services 
  31. 25%, industry 15%, and other 4% (1981).
  32.  
  33. Organized labor: NA.
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