Appendix XXX
(Chapter 7: Health)
Vital Statistics
1959-1968
Hong Kong
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BIRTHS
DEATHS
Crude
live
Year
Estimated mid-year population
Regis- birth
tered
Crude death Regis- rate
Infant Neo-natal Maternal mortality mortality mortality
rate
live
tered (per
rate
births (per 1,000
deaths 1,000 (per 1,000
rate
(per 1,000 (per 1,000
rate
popula- tion)
popula- tion)
live births)
live
births)
total births)
-
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
3,174,700* 108,726 34.2
18,738 5.9
37.7
21.0
0.45
1962
3,346,600* 111,905 33.4
20,324 6.1
36.9
21.2
0.48
1963
3,503,700* 115,263 32.9
19,748 5.6
32.9
18.9
0.29
1964
3,594,200* 108,519 30.2
18,113
5.0
26.4
16.6
0.38
1965
3,692,300* 102,195 27.7
17,621 4.8
23.7
15.2
0.33
1966
3,732,400 92,476 24.8
18,700 5.0
24.9
15.3
0.43
1967
3,834,000
88,171 23.0
19,644 5.1
25.6
15.9
0.30
"
1968
3,926,500
82,992 21.1 19,319 4.9
23.0
15.0
0.14
* Figures adjusted after 1966 By-census.
Tuberculosis Statistics
TB death
Estimated
Year
mid-year population
rate (per 100,000 population)
% TB deaths
% TB deaths
under 5
of total
years
deaths registered
Total number of TB
Under treatment
Government
beds
clinics
1957
+
2,583,000
103.56
21.20
13.81
1,730
13,851
1967
3,834,000
38.94
2.01
7.60
1,765
25,397
1968
3,926,500
37.77
1.15
7.68
1,737
25,225