Table 25
(Chapter 8: Health)
Population and Vital Events
Appendices ❘ 497
2000
2004
2005
Mid-year population
6 665 000
6 882 600
6 935 900
Crude birth rate (per 1 000 population)
8.1
7.2
8.2
Infant mortality rate(1) (per 1 000
Crude death rate (per 1 000 population)
registered live births)
5.1
5.4
5.5#
2.9
2.5#
2.4#
Neonatal (aged under four weeks)
1.7
1.6#
1.5#
mortality rate(1) (per 1 000 registered
live births)
Post neonatal (aged from four weeks
1.2
0.9#
0.9#
to under one year) mortality rate(1)
(per 1 000 registered live births)
Maternal mortality ratio(1) (per 100 000
5.6
4.1#
1.8#
registered live births)
Expectation of life at birth (years)
Male
Female
78.0
79.0
78.8#
83.9
84.7
84.4#
Note: (1) Figures are derived based on registered deaths.
Sources: Demographic Statistics Section, Census and Statistics Department.
(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2716 8345)
Department of Health.
(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2961 8569)