1) “The relative proportions of men and women differ between age groups because of their differential mortality” (DVA: 2006) What is meant by this quote?

2) Study figure 2.4. What is the percentage difference between women in the 85+ range to men in 1997 and women in the 85+ range to men in 2051?

3) What factors in society might influence the lower mortality of men in the 85+ age group by 2051?

4) What factors might be causing women to be surviving longer than men today in 2006?

5) Using the statitics regarding population projection from page 316, create a line graph which shows how Australia’s population is expected to grow between 2021 and 2101. Indicate how each decade in between will grow in millions.