LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 3rd Qu. 2004
13	Unemployed persons by sex and age (LFS). 1000 and per cent

Age. Year	Annual average		2003			2004
	2002	2003	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter
	1000
Total	92	107	111	112	98	107	111	111
16-24	36	36	40	39	30	33	42	36
25-54	51	65	66	68	62	67	63	69
55-74	5	6	5	6	6	7	6	6
Males	52	62	64	65	58	64	64	61
16-24	20	20	21	22	17	19	22	20
25-54	29	38	40	39	38	41	37	37
55-74	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4
Females	41	45	47	47	40	43	47	50
16-24	16	16	19	17	14	14	20	16
25-54	22	26	26	29	25	26	25	32
55-74	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
	Per cent
Total	3.9	4.5	4.7	4.7	4.2	4.5	4.6	4.6
16-24	11.4	11.7	12.7	12.0	9.9	11.4	13.4	11.2
25-54	3.1	3.9	4.0	4.1	3.7	4.1	3.8	4.1
55-74	1.4	1.5	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.6	1.5	1.5
Males	4.1	4.9	5.0	5.1	4.7	5.1	5.0	4.8
16-24	12.4	12.5	13.1	13.4	10.7	12.7	14.0	12.1
25-54	3.2	4.3	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.7	4.2	4.2
55-74	1.4	1.7	1.3	1.6	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9
Females	3.6	4.0	4.2	4.2	3.6	3.8	4.2	4.4
16-24	10.3	10.9	12.3	10.6	9.1	10.1	12.7	10.3
25-54	2.8	3.4	3.4	3.6	3.1	3.4	3.2	4.0
55-74	1.4	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.0	1.2	1.0	1.0

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