Appendix XXX
(Chapter 7: Health)
Vital Statistics-Hong Kong
1957-1966
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BIRTHS
DEATHS
Crude
live
Crude death
Infant
Estimated
Regis-
birth
tered
Regis- rate
mortality mortality
Neo-natal Maternal mortality
rate
rate
rate
Year
mid-year population
rate
tered
live births
(per
(per 1,000 deaths
(per 1,000
(per 1,000
(per 1,000
1,000
live
live
popula- tion)
popula-
tion)
births)
births)
total births)
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* ...
3,173,300 108,726 34.3
18,738
5.9
37.7
21.0
0.45
1962**
3,318,700 111,905 33.7
20,324
6.1
36.9
21.2
0.48
1963*...
3,453,900
115,263 33.4
19,748
5.7
32.9
18.9
0.29
1964* ...
3,550,300 108,519 30.6
18,113
5.1
26.4
16.6
0.38
1965*.
3,660,600 102,195 27.9
17,621
4.8
23.7
15.2
0.33
1966*..
3,709,200
92,476 24.9
18,700
5.0
24.9
15.3
0.43
* Provisional estimates of population after 1966 By-census,
Tuberculosis Statistics
Year
Estimated mid-year population
TB death rate (per 100,000 population)
% TB deaths under 5
years
% TB deaths of total deaths
Total number of TB beds
Under treatment Government
clinics
1955
2,340,000
120.09
28.51
14.73
995
7,328
1965*
+
3,660,600
34.91
3.36
7.25
1,860
24,111
1966*..
3,709,200
40.84
2.71
8.10
1,951
28,365
* Figures adjusted after 1966 By-census.