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I need a table with booleans "There are now more people over X then children younger than Y."


Should be quite easy to even draw the Y=f(X) curve if you have the population histogram



Couple of interesting items from this US census data (month 6):

1. There are more people over 74 than under 5; there are more people over 80 than under 3.

2. x = [12, 62], y = 74 - x

It's a near linear relationship between those older and those younger for this age range, i.e. those older than 62 outnumber those under 12 and those older than 12 outnumber those under 62. Make note that the y-intercept equals the under 5 comparison age.

3. There's a large difference between the populations of those age 63 and 64, those born around 1946-47. The baby boom




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