years: 1.11 male(s)/female 65 years and over:
0.8 male(s)/female total population: 1.07 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 17.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: 76.03 years (2002 est.) male: Total fertility
rate: 3.18 children born/woman (2002 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA%

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: NA

HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA

Nationality: noun: none adjective: none

Ethnic groups: black

Religions: Baptist 40%, Methodist 16%, Anglican 18%, Church of God 12%,
other 14% (1990)

Languages: English (official)

Literacy: 99% female: People - note: destination and transit point
for illegal Haitian immigrants bound for the Turks and Caicos Islands,
Bahamas, and US

Government Turks and Caicos Islands

Country name: conventional long form: none conventional short form:
Turks and Caicos Islands

Dependency status: overseas territory of the UK

Government type: NA

Capital: Grand Turk (Cockburn Town)

Administrative divisions: none (overseas territory of the UK)

Independence: none (overseas territory of the UK)

National holiday: Constitution Day, 30 August (1976)

Constitution: introduced 30 August 1976; suspended in 1986; restored
and revised 5 March 1988

Legal system: based on laws of England and Wales, with a few adopted
from Jamaica and The Bahamas

Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

Executive branch: chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February
1953), represented by Governor Mervyn JONES (since 27 January 2000)
elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor appointed by the
monarch; chief minister appointed by the governor head of government:
Chief Minister Derek H. TAYLOR (since 31 January 1995) cabinet: Executive
Council consists of three ex officio members and five appointed by the
governor from among the members of the Legislative Council

Legislative branch: unicameral Legislative Council (19 seats, of which
13 are popularly elected; members serve four-year terms) elections:
last held 4 March 1999 (next to be held NA 2003) election results:
percent of vote by party - PDM 52.2%, PNP 40.9%, independent 6.9%;
seats by party - PDM 9, PNP 4

Judicial branch: Supreme Court

Political parties and leaders: People's Democratic Movement or PDM
[Derek H. TAYLOR]; Progressive National Party or PNP [Washington MISICK];
United Democratic Party or UDP [Wendal SWANN]

Political