------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ultimate total fertility rate1/ --------------------------------------------- Valuation period 1.6 1.9 2.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summarized income rate: 25-year: 1996-2020.............. 13.54 13.54 13.54 50-year: 1996-2045.............. 13.36 13.35 13.34 75-year: 1996-2070.............. 13.36 13.33 13.30 Summarized cost rate: 25-year: 1996-2020.............. 13.14 13.18 13.21 50-year: 1996-2045.............. 14.86 14.74 14.63 75-year: 1996-2070.............. 16.02 15.52 15.05 Balance: 25-year: 1996-2020.............. +.40 +.36 +.33 50-year: 1996-2045.............. -1.50 -1.39 -1.29 75-year: 1996-2070.............. -2.66 -2.19 -1.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ The total fertility rate for any year is the average number of children who would be born to a woman in her lifetime if she were to experience the birth rates by age observed in, or assumed for, the selected year, and if she were to survive the entire child-bearing period. The ultimate total fertility rate is assumed to be reached in 2020.
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