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Table 1 Income, population size and female/male ratio by age group in the intervention and comparison township

From: Evaluation of a pilot cooperative medical scheme in rural China: impact on gender patterns of health care utilization and prescription practices

	Intervention Township			Comparison Townships
				1			2			3
Mean family income (1997)	1289 yuan			1170 yuan			1541 yuan			1118 yuan
Population size (2000)	13533			12305			9531			18837
Age (years)	N	Female	Female/Male	N	Female	Female/Male	N	Female	Female/Male	N	Female	Female/Male
< 5	751	355	0.89	717	315	0.78	520	237	0.84	1248	566	0.83
5 - 14	2531	1208	0.91	2095	1021	0.95	1720	809	0.89	3890	1829	0.89
15 - 24	1489	680	0.84	932	481	1.07	795	384	0.93	1709	773	0.83
25 - 34	2724	1395	1.05	2799	1396	1.00	2100	1025	0.95	3183	1718	1.17
35 - 44	2174	1108	1.04	1947	920	0.90	1678	786	0.88	2986	1536	1.06
45 - 54	1563	781	1.00	1578	694	0.79	1160	564	0.95	2429	1179	0.94
55 - 64	1222	576	0.89	1191	505	0.74	872	403	0.86	1719	821	0.91
65 or older	1079	555	1.06	1046	547	1.10	686	346	1.02	1672	879	1.11

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