A huge drop in the number of children being born on the Isle of Man could mean economic woes for the Island in future.
That's according to a statistician who's written a book about the Manx population.
Paul Craine, who wrote the Isle of Man Population Atlas, says government figures show a drop of 26 per cent in the Island's birth rate over the last seven years.
Last year saw the lowest number of children being born since 1987 - Paul says there are likely to be a combination of possible causes:
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