Table 6. Council Area and Fertility ages by Sex, CEB, CS, Solomon Islands: 1970
Characteristics	Sex	CEB	CS	CEB/W	CS/W	CS/CEB
Total	36,107	91,589	76,223	2.54	2.11	83.2
15 - 19	8,028	368	343	0.05	0.04	93.2
20 - 24	6,277	4,416	4,028	0.70	0.64	91.2
25 - 29	6,209	12,679	11,365	2.04	1.83	89.6
30 - 34	5,000	17,243	14,844	3.45	2.97	86.1
35 - 39	4,069	19,532	16,364	4.80	4.02	83.8
40 - 44	3,814	21,081	16,821	5.53	4.41	79.8
45 - 49	2,710	16,270	12,458	6.00	4.60	76.6
Shortland Island
Total	385	1,154	1,036	3.00	2.69	89.8
15 - 19	79	8	8	0.10	0.10	100.0
20 - 24	74	83	74	1.12	1.00	89.2
25 - 29	57	146	136	2.56	2.39	93.2
30 - 34	51	204	187	4.00	3.67	91.7
35 - 39	41	209	191	5.10	4.66	91.4
40 - 44	48	278	242	5.79	5.04	87.1
45 - 49	35	226	198	6.46	5.66	87.6
Choiseul
Total	1,745	5,233	4,394	3.00	2.52	84.0
15 - 19	379	8	8	0.02	0.02	100.0
20 - 24	294	234	214	0.80	0.73	91.5
25 - 29	306	704	621	2.30	2.03	88.2
30 - 34	220	843	734	3.83	3.34	87.1
35 - 39	226	1,289	1,110	5.70	4.91	86.1
40 - 44	171	1,039	869	6.08	5.08	83.6
45 - 49	149	1,116	838	7.49	5.62	75.1
Vella Lavella
Total	1,781	5,753	5,071	3.23	2.85	88.1
15 - 19	417	23	20	0.06	0.05	87.0
20 - 24	343	375	351	1.09	1.02	93.6
25 - 29	279	834	767	2.99	2.75	92.0
30 - 34	281	1,201	1,090	4.27	3.88	90.8
35 - 39	204	1,244	1,115	6.10	5.47	89.6
40 - 44	152	1,202	1,020	7.91	6.71	84.9
45 - 49	105	874	708	8.32	6.74	81.0
Roviana
Total	1,763	4,896	4,409	2.78	2.50	90.1
15 - 19	470	17	17	0.04	0.04	100.0
20 - 24	340	236	220	0.69	0.65	93.2
25 - 29	252	578	540	2.29	2.14	93.4
30 - 34	236	966	877	4.09	3.72	90.8
35 - 39	200	1,199	1,097	6.00	5.49	91.5
40 - 44	159	1,099	962	6.91	6.05	87.5
45 - 49	106	801	696	7.56	6.57	86.9
Marovo
Total	871	2,558	2,309	2.94	2.65	90.3
15 - 19	194	4	4	0.02	0.02	100.0
20 - 24	155	165	153	1.06	0.99	92.7
25 - 29	141	310	295	2.20	2.09	95.2
30 - 34	131	516	481	3.94	3.67	93.2
35 - 39	109	581	518	5.33	4.75	89.2
40 - 44	77	505	445	6.56	5.78	88.1
45 - 49	64	477	413	7.45	6.45	86.6
Malaita I
Total	2,671	6,291	5,171	2.36	1.94	82.2
15 - 19	579	19	19	0.03	0.03	100.0
20 - 24	480	230	210	0.48	0.44	91.3
25 - 29	458	791	708	1.73	1.55	89.5
30 - 34	389	1,183	997	3.04	2.56	84.3
35 - 39	271	1,240	1,023	4.58	3.77	82.5
40 - 44	315	1,723	1,373	5.47	4.36	79.7
45 - 49	179	1,105	841	6.17	4.70	76.1
Malaita II
Total	1,973	4,877	3,723	2.47	1.89	76.3
15 - 19	399	12	12	0.03	0.03	100.0
20 - 24	362	192	166	0.53	0.46	86.5
25 - 29	323	566	478	1.75	1.48	84.5
30 - 34	245	764	610	3.12	2.49	79.8
35 - 39	226	975	756	4.31	3.35	77.5
40 - 44	252	1,382	1,028	5.48	4.08	74.4
45 - 49	166	986	673	5.94	4.05	68.3
Malaita III
Total	1,240	3,394	2,581	2.74	2.08	76.0
15 - 19	289	2	1	0.01	0.00	50.0
20 - 24	189	97	84	0.51	0.44	86.6
25 - 29	191	339	282	1.77	1.48	83.2
30 - 34	189	611	503	3.23	2.66	82.3
35 - 39	117	642	484	5.49	4.14	75.4
40 - 44	155	906	662	5.85	4.27	73.1
45 - 49	110	797	565	7.25	5.14	70.9
Malaita IV
Total	1,043	2,430	1,919	2.33	1.84	79.0
15 - 19	227	5	5	0.02	0.02	100.0
20 - 24	174	87	78	0.50	0.45	89.7
25 - 29	199	343	295	1.72	1.48	86.0
30 - 34	138	475	380	3.44	2.75	80.0
35 - 39	113	459	377	4.06	3.34	82.1
40 - 44	128	691	523	5.40	4.09	75.7
45 - 49	64	370	261	5.78	4.08	70.5
Malaita V
Total	1,999	3,772	3,089	1.89	1.55	81.9
15 - 19	363	17	16	0.05	0.04	94.1
20 - 24	311	114	101	0.37	0.32	88.6
25 - 29	423	597	525	1.41	1.24	87.9
30 - 34	267	657	550	2.46	2.06	83.7
35 - 39	237	831	690	3.51	2.91	83.0
40 - 44	228	934	732	4.10	3.21	78.4
45 - 49	170	622	475	3.66	2.79	76.4
Malaita VI
Total	2,120	5,228	3,987	2.47	1.88	76.3
15 - 19	475	15	14	0.03	0.03	93.3
20 - 24	365	167	141	0.46	0.39	84.4
25 - 29	314	530	448	1.69	1.43	84.5
30 - 34	286	909	736	3.18	2.57	81.0
35 - 39	263	1,170	908	4.45	3.45	77.6
40 - 44	229	1,337	973	5.84	4.25	72.8
45 - 49	188	1,100	767	5.85	4.08	69.7
Malaita VII
Total	1,616	3,656	3,020	2.26	1.87	82.6
15 - 19	430	14	14	0.03	0.03	100.0
20 - 24	247	167	157	0.68	0.64	94.0
25 - 29	289	558	492	1.93	1.70	88.2
30 - 34	178	595	505	3.34	2.84	84.9
35 - 39	168	706	559	4.20	3.33	79.2
40 - 44	185	929	773	5.02	4.18	83.2
45 - 49	119	687	520	5.77	4.37	75.7
Pelau
Total	65	170	118	2.62	1.82	69.4
15 - 19	16	0	0	0.00	0.00	#DIV/0!
20 - 24	14	7	5	0.50	0.36	71.4
25 - 29	10	24	17	2.40	1.70	70.8
30 - 34	10	51	38	5.10	3.80	74.5
35 - 39	4	20	14	5.00	3.50	70.0
40 - 44	4	27	18	6.75	4.50	66.7
45 - 49	7	41	26	5.86	3.71	63.4
Luaniua
Total	181	375	268	2.07	1.48	71.5
15 - 19	53	6	6	0.11	0.11	100.0
20 - 24	22	14	10	0.64	0.45	71.4
25 - 29	42	54	44	1.29	1.05	81.5
30 - 34	19	69	52	3.63	2.74	75.4
35 - 39	14	54	40	3.86	2.86	74.1
40 - 44	14	80	47	5.71	3.36	58.8
45 - 49	17	98	69	5.76	4.06	70.4
Sikaiana
Total	46	123	108	2.67	2.35	87.8
15 - 19	9	0	0	0.00	0.00	#DIV/0!
20 - 24	9	3	2	0.33	0.22	66.7
25 - 29	5	18	14	3.60	2.80	77.8
30 - 34	5	8	8	1.60	1.60	100.0
35 - 39	9	33	30	3.67	3.33	90.9
40 - 44	4	31	28	7.75	7.00	90.3
45 - 49	5	30	26	6.00	5.20	86.7
Guadalcanal I
Total	1,240	3,101	2,502	2.50	2.02	80.7
15 - 19	313	23	21	0.07	0.07	91.3
20 - 24	215	191	170	0.89	0.79	89.0
25 - 29	210	492	449	2.34	2.14	91.3
30 - 34	159	608	509	3.82	3.20	83.7
35 - 39	138	663	529	4.80	3.83	79.8
40 - 44	109	622	459	5.71	4.21	73.8
45 - 49	96	502	365	5.23	3.80	72.7
Guadalcanal II
Total	986	2,724	2,184	2.76	2.22	80.2
15 - 19	217	13	12	0.06	0.06	92.3
20 - 24	140	116	97	0.83	0.69	83.6
25 - 29	169	386	322	2.28	1.91	83.4
30 - 34	162	609	506	3.76	3.12	83.1
35 - 39	110	542	423	4.93	3.85	78.0
40 - 44	106	577	460	5.44	4.34	79.7
45 - 49	82	481	364	5.87	4.44	75.7
Guadalcanal III
Total	1,201	3,020	2,564	2.51	2.13	84.9
15 - 19	233	18	17	0.08	0.07	94.4
20 - 24	163	152	134	0.93	0.82	88.2
25 - 29	258	523	491	2.03	1.90	93.9
30 - 34	198	652	557	3.29	2.81	85.4
35 - 39	126	592	501	4.70	3.98	84.6
40 - 44	125	581	496	4.65	3.97	85.4
45 - 49	98	502	368	5.12	3.76	73.3
Guadalcanal IV
Total	1,703	4,180	3,804	2.45	2.23	91.0
15 - 19	346	26	24	0.08	0.07	92.3
20 - 24	301	268	255	0.89	0.85	95.1
25 - 29	300	698	660	2.33	2.20	94.6
30 - 34	261	892	838	3.42	3.21	93.9
35 - 39	215	943	854	4.39	3.97	90.6
40 - 44	165	804	700	4.87	4.24	87.1
45 - 49	115	549	473	4.77	4.11	86.2
Honiara Township
Total	2,139	4,133	3,774	1.93	1.76	91.3
15 - 19	475	54	49	0.11	0.10	90.7
20 - 24	537	405	387	0.75	0.72	95.6
25 - 29	413	873	816	2.11	1.98	93.5
30 - 34	267	882	818	3.30	3.06	92.7
35 - 39	197	807	729	4.10	3.70	90.3
40 - 44	142	625	558	4.40	3.93	89.3
45 - 49	108	487	417	4.51	3.86	85.6
Ngela
Total	1,334	2,963	2,481	2.22	1.86	83.7
15 - 19	295	6	6	0.02	0.02	100.0
20 - 24	194	121	112	0.62	0.58	92.6
25 - 29	210	331	300	1.58	1.43	90.6
30 - 34	179	508	433	2.84	2.42	85.2
35 - 39	181	749	631	4.14	3.49	84.2
40 - 44	175	730	585	4.17	3.34	80.1
45 - 49	100	518	414	5.18	4.14	79.9
Savo
Total	300	796	721	2.65	2.40	90.6
15 - 19	65	2	2	0.03	0.03	100.0
20 - 24	50	32	29	0.64	0.58	90.6
25 - 29	61	123	118	2.02	1.93	95.9
30 - 34	39	147	139	3.77	3.56	94.6
35 - 39	30	168	154	5.60	5.13	91.7
40 - 44	27	163	148	6.04	5.48	90.8
45 - 49	28	161	131	5.75	4.68	81.4
Santa Ysabel I
Total	368	1,182	999	3.21	2.71	84.5
15 - 19	68	1	1	0.01	0.01	100.0
20 - 24	68	56	54	0.82	0.79	96.4
25 - 29	63	151	132	2.40	2.10	87.4
30 - 34	58	245	207	4.22	3.57	84.5
35 - 39	46	269	228	5.85	4.96	84.8
40 - 44	26	162	132	6.23	5.08	81.5
45 - 49	39	298	245	7.64	6.28	82.2
Santa Ysabel II
Total	1,549	4,185	3,212	2.70	2.07	76.8
15 - 19	313	5	5	0.02	0.02	100.0
20 - 24	259	146	131	0.56	0.51	89.7
25 - 29	245	511	427	2.09	1.74	83.6
30 - 34	229	743	610	3.24	2.66	82.1
35 - 39	222	1,137	870	5.12	3.92	76.5
40 - 44	147	820	591	5.58	4.02	72.1
45 - 49	134	823	578	6.14	4.31	70.2
Munggabba Mungik
Total	355	893	700	2.52	1.97	78.4
15 - 19	60	5	3	0.08	0.05	60.0
20 - 24	60	43	40	0.72	0.67	93.0
25 - 29	41	105	96	2.56	2.34	91.4
30 - 34	28	107	88	3.82	3.14	82.2
35 - 39	48	175	155	3.65	3.23	88.6
40 - 44	70	296	208	4.23	2.97	70.3
45 - 49	48	162	110	3.38	2.29	67.9
Russell Islands
Total	506	1,524	1,242	3.01	2.45	81.5
15 - 19	81	9	7	0.11	0.09	77.8
20 - 24	78	92	84	1.18	1.08	91.3
25 - 29	111	234	207	2.11	1.86	88.5
30 - 34	95	373	323	3.93	3.40	86.6
35 - 39	49	270	222	5.51	4.53	82.2
40 - 44	64	372	282	5.81	4.41	75.8
45 - 49	28	174	117	6.21	4.18	67.2
Makira
Total	2,407	6,329	5,152	2.63	2.14	81.4
15 - 19	548	34	32	0.06	0.06	94.1
20 - 24	443	352	317	0.79	0.72	90.1
25 - 29	399	881	784	2.21	1.96	89.0
30 - 34	334	1,151	969	3.45	2.90	84.2
35 - 39	238	1,167	945	4.90	3.97	81.0
40 - 44	277	1,653	1,277	5.97	4.61	77.3
45 - 49	168	1,091	828	6.49	4.93	75.9
Ulawa
Total	316	890	765	2.82	2.42	86.0
15 - 19	67	4	4	0.06	0.06	100.0
20 - 24	52	31	31	0.60	0.60	100.0
25 - 29	47	112	104	2.38	2.21	92.9
30 - 34	56	192	165	3.43	2.95	85.9
35 - 39	35	168	142	4.80	4.06	84.5
40 - 44	43	256	217	5.95	5.05	84.8
45 - 49	16	127	102	7.94	6.38	80.3
Santa Cruz
Total	813	2,006	1,706	2.47	2.10	85.0
15 - 19	210	7	7	0.03	0.03	100.0
20 - 24	120	74	68	0.62	0.57	91.9
25 - 29	152	328	299	2.16	1.97	91.2
30 - 34	114	447	374	3.92	3.28	83.7
35 - 39	103	542	473	5.26	4.59	87.3
40 - 44	70	364	282	5.20	4.03	77.5
45 - 49	44	244	203	5.55	4.61	83.2
Reef Islands
Total	957	2,827	2,494	2.95	2.61	88.2
15 - 19	259	9	7	0.03	0.03	77.8
20 - 24	139	119	114	0.86	0.82	95.8
25 - 29	176	440	409	2.50	2.32	93.0
30 - 34	127	524	462	4.13	3.64	88.2
35 - 39	83	509	455	6.13	5.48	89.4
40 - 44	96	643	545	6.70	5.68	84.8
45 - 49	77	583	502	7.57	6.52	86.1
Vankoro
Total	34	135	109	3.97	3.21	80.7
15 - 19	8	1	1	0.13	0.13	100.0
20 - 24	5	11	10	2.20	2.00	90.9
25 - 29	4	18	18	4.50	4.50	100.0
30 - 34	2	12	12	6.00	6.00	100.0
35 - 39	6	37	34	6.17	5.67	91.9
40 - 44	3	16	12	5.33	4.00	75.0
45 - 49	6	40	22	6.67	3.67	55.0
Utupua
Total	51	147	118	2.88	2.31	80.3
15 - 19	15	1	1	0.07	0.07	100.0
20 - 24	5	5	5	1.00	1.00	100.0
25 - 29	13	36	33	2.77	2.54	91.7
30 - 34	5	16	14	3.20	2.80	87.5
35 - 39	4	23	17	5.75	4.25	73.9
40 - 44	4	33	25	8.25	6.25	75.8
45 - 49	5	33	23	6.60	4.60	69.7
Anuta
Total	44	96	69	2.18	1.57	71.9
15 - 19	9	0	0	0.00	0.00	#DIV/0!
20 - 24	6	5	1	0.83	0.17	20.0
25 - 29	7	0	0	0.00	0.00	#DIV/0!
30 - 34	6	6	4	1.00	0.67	66.7
35 - 39	8	30	22	3.75	2.75	73.3
40 - 44	4	23	20	5.75	5.00	87.0
45 - 49	4	32	22	8.00	5.50	68.8
Tikopia
Total	289	538	415	1.86	1.44	77.1
15 - 19	61	0	0	0.00	0.00	#DIV/0!
20 - 24	57	24	21	0.42	0.37	87.5
25 - 29	40	43	36	1.08	0.90	83.7
30 - 34	35	74	66	2.11	1.89	89.2
35 - 39	28	89	68	3.18	2.43	76.4
40 - 44	39	178	129	4.56	3.31	72.5
45 - 49	29	130	95	4.48	3.28	73.1
Ships
Total	16	10	9
15 - 19	6	0	0
20 - 24	6	2	2
25 - 29	1	2	2
30 - 34	1	3	2
35 - 39	0	0	0
40 - 44	1	0	0
45 - 49	1	3	3
Source: 1970 Solomon Islands Census