Table 24
(Chapter 9: Health)
Population and Vital Events
Appendices
6
2011
2015
2016
Mid-year population**
Crude birth rate (per 1,000 population)**
7,071,600
7,291,300
7,336,600
13.5
8.2
8.3#
Crude death rate (per 1,000 population)**
6.0
6.3
6.4#
Infant mortality rate) (per 1,000 registered
1.4
1.5
1.6#
live births)
Neonatal (aged under four weeks) mortality
0.8
1.0
rate(1) (per 1,000 registered live births) Post-neonatal (aged from four weeks to under
one year) mortality rate) (per 1,000
7.1#
0.6
0.4
0.5#
registered live births)
Maternal mortality ratio) (per 100,000
1.0
1.6
0.0#
registered live births)
Expectation of life at birth (years)**
Male
80.3
81.4
81.3#
Female
86,7
87.3
87.3#
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 9: Health)
Registered Deaths and Death Rate by Leading Cause of Death
2011
2015
2016#
Cause
Number Rate(1)
Number
Rate(1)**
Number
Rate(1)**
Malignant neoplasms
13,241
187.2
14,316
196.3
14,181
193.3
Pneumonia
6,211
87.8
8,004
109.8
8,217 112.0
Diseases of heart
6,334
89.6
6,190
84.9
6,174
84.2
Cerebrovascular diseases
3,339
47.2
3,259
44.7
3,211
43.8
External causes of morbidity
1,567
22.2
1,993
27.3
1,372
18.7
and mortality
Notes: The ranking of causes of death is in accordance with the number of registered deaths in 2015.
(1) Death rate per 100,000 population.
# Provisional figures.
Source: Department of Health
(For enquiries, please call 2961 8569.)
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