15 and over can read and write (1990) total population: 54.19 years male: 63.08 years female: 74.53 years (1993 est.) Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $358 million (for public sector) (December 1990/91 est.) Industrial production: growth rate -19% (1992) National product real growth rate: -13% (1992 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3% (1992) National product real growth rate: 0.23% (1993 est.) Death rate: 6.38 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.) Death rate: 18.96 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.) Nationality: noun: Mauritian(s) adjective: Mauritian Ethnic divisions: Macedonian 67%, Albanian 21%, Turkish 4%, Serb 2%, Slovak 0.8%, Romanian 0.7% Religions: Roman Catholic 37%,
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