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According to census records, the age distribution of the inhabitants of the United States in 1960 and in 1980 is as shown in the table below.

Age Group	1960	1980
5	20,321	16,348
5-9	18,692	16,700
10-14	16,773	18,242
15-19	13,219	21,168
20-24	10,801	21,319
25-29	10,869	19,521
30-34	11,949	17,561
35-39	12,481	13,965
40-44	11,600	11,669
45-49	10,879	11,090
50-54	9,606	11,710
55-59	8,430	11,615
60-64	7,142	10,088

From an appropriate statistical description of these data sets, comment on the indicated changes in the population in the two decades between 1960 and 1980.

Identify any features that might be due to the "baby-boom" generation-those born during the period from the end of World War II until about 1965.

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