Appendices
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Table 24
(Chapter 8: Health)
Population and Vital Events
Mid-year population
2009
2013
2014
6,972,800
7,187,500
7,241,700
Crude birth rate (per 1,000 population)
11.8
7.9
8.6#
Crude death rate (per 1,000 population)
5.9
6.0
6.2#
Infant mortality rate(1) (per 1,000
1.7
1.7
1.7#
registered live births)
Neonatal (aged under four weeks)
0.9
0.9
1.1#
mortality rate) (per 1,000 registered
live births)
Post neonatal (aged from four weeks
0.7
0.8
0.6#
to under one year) mortality rate(1) (per 1,000 registered live births)
Maternal mortality ratio(1) (per 100,000
2.4
0.0
4.9#
registered live births)
Expectation of life at birth (years)
Male
79.8
81.1
81.2#
Female
85.9
86.7
86.7#
Notes:
(1) Figures are derived based on registered deaths. # Provisional figures.
Sources: Demographic Statistics Section, Census and Statistics Department
(For enquiries, please call 3903 6943)
Department of Health
(For enquiries, please call 2961 8569.)
Table 25
(Chapter 8: Health)
Registered Deaths and Death Rate by Leading Cause of Death
2009
2013
2014#
Cause
Number
Rate(1) Number Rate()
Number Rate)
Malignant neoplasms
12,839
184.1
13,589
189.1
13,727 189.6
Pneumonia
5,312
76.2
6,830
95.0
7,431
102.6
Diseases of heart
6,414
92.0
5,834
81.2
6,361
87.8
Cerebrovascular diseases
3,443
49.4
3,252
45.2
3,328
46.0
External causes of morbidity
1,938
27.8
1,860
25.9
1,513
20.9
and mortality
Notes:
Ranking of causes of death is in accordance with the number of registered deaths in 2013.
(1) Death rate per 100,000 population.
# Provisional figures.
Source: Department of Health
(For enquiries, please call 2961 8569.)
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