Appendix XXX
(Chapter 7: Health)
Vital Statistics
1960-1969
Hong Kong
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BIRTHS
DEATHS
Crude
Crude death
Infant
Estimated
Regis-
birth
Year
mid-year population
tered rate
live (per 1,000 births popula-
tion)
Regis- rate
mortality mortality
Neo-natal Maternal mortality
tered (per deaths 1,000
popula- tion)
rate
rate
rate
(per 1,000 (per 1,000
(per 1,000
live
births)
live births)
total births)
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
1969
3,987,500
79,329 19.9
18,730 4.7
21.8
14.9
0.15
* Figures adjusted after 1966 By-census.
Tuberculosis Statistics
TB death
Year
Estimated mid-year population
rate (per 100,000 population)
% TB deaths under 5
% TB deaths of total
years
deaths registered
Total number of TB
Under treatment Government
beds
clinics
1958
... 2,748,000
83.77
19.63
11.20
1,765
20,678
1968
3,926,500
37.77
1.15
7.68
1,737
25,225
1969
3,987,500
36.87
0.95
7.85
1,852
25,012