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(first quarter 1993) Unemployment rate: 5.9% (1992) National product per capita: $17,800 (1992) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 7.4% (1980-87 average) Unemployment rate: 3.6% (1992 est.) Unemployment rate: NA% National product real growth rate: 1.6% (1993 est.) Death rate: 9.41 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 48.03 years male: 65.91 years female: 68.62 years (1993 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 68.5 years male: 65.05 years female: 71.52 years (1993 est.) Infant mortality rate: 42.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.) Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $369 billion (1992) Industrial production: growth rate 8.0% (1992 est.); underemployment 70% (1992 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 200% (1992 est.) Budget: revenues $495 million; expenditures $480 million, including capital expenditures of $NA Exports: $100 million to outside of Japan; 7,800,000 telephones; extensive cable and 1 ward**; Arima*, Caroni, Mayaro, Nariva,, Port-of-Spain*,, Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint Patrick

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