A community/public health nurse determines there are 200 persons in a particular community who are older than age 65, another 300 under age 20, and about 1500 persons ages 21 to 65. What is that community's dependency ratio?
A. 1:3
B. 1:8.5
C. 1:9
D. Cannot be determined from the given data
ANS: A
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