<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=610 border=0>    <TR>    <TD     style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; PADDING-TOP: 5px"></TD></TR><!--테이블-->  <TR style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">    <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 3px; PADDING-TOP: 20px">      <P>농촌인구가&nbsp;10년새&nbsp;34.7%나&nbsp;급감하고,&nbsp;65세&nbsp;이상의&nbsp;고령인구&nbsp;비중이&nbsp;27.8%로&nbsp;높아지는&nbsp;등&nbsp;농촌의&nbsp;이농과&nbsp;고령화&nbsp;현상이&nbsp;심화되고&nbsp;있는&nbsp;것으로&nbsp;나타났다.<BR><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;통계청은&nbsp;지난달&nbsp;27일&nbsp;`2003년&nbsp;농·어업&nbsp;기본&nbsp;통계조사'&nbsp;발표를&nbsp;통해&nbsp;지난해&nbsp;12월&nbsp;1일&nbsp;현재&nbsp;농가인구는&nbsp;353만명으로&nbsp;10년&nbsp;전인&nbsp;1993년의&nbsp;540만7000명에&nbsp;비해&nbsp;34.7%,&nbsp;농가&nbsp;가구는&nbsp;159만2000호에서&nbsp;126만4000호로&nbsp;20.6%가&nbsp;각각&nbsp;감소했다고&nbsp;밝혔다.<BR>&nbsp;</P>      <P>&nbsp;이에따라&nbsp;전체&nbsp;인구대비&nbsp;농가&nbsp;인구비중은&nbsp;12.2%에서&nbsp;7.4%로&nbsp;뚝&nbsp;떨어졌으며,&nbsp;농촌의&nbsp;65세&nbsp;이상&nbsp;고령인구&nbsp;비중은&nbsp;27.8%로&nbsp;10년&nbsp;전의&nbsp;15%보다&nbsp;크게&nbsp;높아졌다.<BR><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;어가인구는&nbsp;21만2000명으로&nbsp;전년보다&nbsp;1.4%감소하고,&nbsp;어가수는&nbsp;0.5%&nbsp;감소한&nbsp;7만3000가구로&nbsp;집계됐다.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;어가는&nbsp;태풍&nbsp;피해&nbsp;등으로&nbsp;남해안&nbsp;지역에서는&nbsp;감소했으나&nbsp;서해안&nbsp;고속도로&nbsp;개설에&nbsp;따른&nbsp;효과로&nbsp;서해안&nbsp;지역은&nbsp;조금&nbsp;늘어나면서&nbsp;전체적으로&nbsp;지난해보다&nbsp;줄어든&nbsp;것으로&nbsp;분석됐다.&nbsp;<BR></P>      <P align=right>--농수축산(04.03.01),길경민</P></TD><!--<td style="padding-right : 10; padding-top : 20; padding-left : 3"></td>--></TR><!--테이블끝-->  <TR align=right>    <TD       style="PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 15px; PADDING-TOP: 10px"><FONT       size=2><FONT size=3></FONT></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>