The table below shows the population ratio of males per 100 females in six different areas in 1955 and 2005. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The provided table illustrates the population ratio of women per 100 men in six distinct continents from 1995 to 2005.

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the data, there was a clear shift among all areas, as Africa and Europe showed an increase,

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the others reported the opposite.

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, Asia and Europe maintained their position as the highest and the lowest total of females over the ten-year span. As shown in the figure,

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in 1995, Africa had a ratio of 97.8 females per 100 males. Over a decade,

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figure witnessed an upward trajectory, reaching

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99.2.

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the fewest females, at 89.4, the total

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them experienced a slight growth, with a difference of less than 4.

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, Asia had the most women in the early years, and Oceania followed closely behind, at 105.3 and 103.9, respectively.

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Asia saw the least decline by 0.4, Oceania recorded the highest drop, falling to 99.8 throughout the period shown.

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, beginning at a similar number, a downward pattern was observed in North and Central America, slipping by fewer than 3.5 by the end of the period shown.