Appendix XXX
(Chapter 7: Health)
Vital Statistics-Hong Kong
1956-1965
DEATHS
315
BIRTHS
Crude
live
Crude Infant death mortality
Neo-natal Maternal mortality mortality
Year
Estimated mid-year population
Regis- tered live births
birth
rate
Regis- rate
tered deaths
rate
rate
rate
(per (per 1,000 1,000 (per 1,000 popula-
(per 1,000 (per 1,000
tion)
popula- tion)
live births)
live
births)
total births)
1956
2,440,000
96,746 39.7 19,295
7.9
60.9
24.2
0.90
1957
2,583,000 97.834 37.9 19,365
7.5
55.6
23.8
1.06
=
1958
2,748,000 106,624 38.8 20.554
7.5
54.3
23.4
0.85
1959
2,857,000 104,579 36.6
20,250
7.1
48.3
21.3
0.73
1960
2,981,000
110,667 37.1
19,146
6.4
41.5
20.9
0.49
1961
3,177,700
108,726 34.2
18,738
5.9
37.7
21.0
0.45
1962
3,400,300
111,905 32.8
20,324
5.9
36.9
21.2
0.48
1963
3,592,100
115,263 32.1
19,748
5.5
32.9
18.9
0.29
1964
3,692,200
108,519 29.4 18,113
4.9
26.4
16.6
0.38
1965
3,804,300
102,195 27.0 17,621
4.7
23.7
15.2
0.33
Tuberculosis Statistics
TB death
Estimated
Year
mid-year population
rate (per 100,000 population)
% TB deaths under 5
% TB deaths of total
Total number
years
deaths
of TB beds
Under treatment Government clinics
1954
2,277,000
126.3
31,2
14.9
971
3,624
1964
3,692,200
39.03
4.09
7.9
1,728
24,606
1965
3,804,300
33.59
3.36
7.25
1,860
24,111