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> Would it be useful to fit to a Gaussian and then you could compare the mean and the width parameters ?
It sounds a weak procedure to me. Age data doesn't come from a gaussian dstribution...or am I wrong.
 [H0, pValue] = jbtest(Pop1y2002);
Warning: P is less than the smallest tabulated value, returning 0.001. 

well, seems jarque-bera fails too in large samples...