TABLE 10 HONG KONG DEATH RATES 1974 TO 1988 (Deaths per 1 000 population)
1974
1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980
1981
1982
Standardised*
10.55 10.1910.60 10.49 |10,18 | 10.06 9.61 9.09
8.97
1983 1954 1985
9.13 8.52 8.17
1956
1987
1958
8.11
5.06
7.84
Death Rate
Crude Death
Rate
Age Specific
5.04 4.75 5.13 5.12 4.89 5.31 5.13 4.82 4.84 4.96 4.74 4.64 4.70
4.50 4.82
Death Rate
0
1
—
1.09
-
5 9
—
—
10 14
15
-
19
20 24
25
—
29
30
35
39
40
44
45
—
49
50
54
55 59
60 64
-
65 69
70 74
75
—
34
* * * * * * * * *
0.39
0.36
0.53
0.94
1.16
1.71
1.78
3.06
4.52
12.21
2.02 1.82 1.$2
4.56 4.24 3.96 4.32 4.08 3.79 3.65 3.28 3.26 3.10 2.88
7.23 6.71 6.99 6.36 6.55 6.55 6.19 5.57 6.02 5.88 5.41 5.40 5.21 5.06 4.75 10.84 10.75| 10.77 10.59 10.08 10.74 10.61 9.49 9.07 9.18 8.50 8.41 7.78 7.97 7.85 18.43 16.85] 17.79 17.63 15.59 16.41| 15.24 | 14.68 15.07 15.44 14.31 13.28 13.03 | 12.42 26.21 25.57 27.62] 27.26| 25.64| 26.56| 25.28 | 23.38 | 22.33 22.58 21.54 20.84 20.87 | 20.78 20.01 38.10 35.52 39.30| 37.55 37.10 37.79 35.85 34.11 34.65 |36.52 |34.46 | 32.54 31.90 | 31.70 30.23 53.13) 53.33) 59.99| 56.94 52.71 55.47 53.10 | 51.04 |49.10 |48,07 |48.49 |47.05|49.72 | 49.77 48.77 102.57 95.59|104.01|108.19102.49 103.98|101.00 | 93.24 93.45 (97.74 187.45 83.36 | 81.96 83.75 82.56 *Basing on population figures for England and Wales 1980 (Reference: United Nations Demographic Year-Book 1951)
—
80+
79
17.37 14.38 14.31 | 13.78 |11.85 | 13.05| 12.04 9.94 9.65 9.64 7.42 7.28 0.77 0.54 0.78 0.62 1.01 0.69 0.54 0.53 0.55 0.45 0.39 0.38 0.35 0.40 0.31 0.23 0.34 0.29 0.22 0.24 0.15 0.24 0.20 0.18 0.16 0.28 0.32 0.33 0.27 0.29 0.29 0.31 0.25 0.24 0.21 0.21 0.23 0.15 0.44 0.56 0.45 0.36 0.50 0.47 0.40 0.39 0.39 0.31 0.31 0.34 0.25 0.34 0.73 0.79 0.71 0.60 0.86 0.51 0.59 0.57 0.56 0.49 0.43 0.89 1.00 0.99 0.76 1.11 1.00 0.80 0.72 0.01 0.60 0.59
1,22 1.57 1.15 1.09 1.28 1.25 1.01 0.92 0.75 0.50 0.72 0.75 1.58 1.81 1.54 1.53 1.71 1.64 1.39 1.30 1.18 1.00 1.05 1.05 2.85 2.83 2.75 2.19 2.70 2.37 2.27 2.36 2.09 4.09
9.62
7.15 7.69
0.37 0.37
0.19
0.18
0.44
0.40
0.40
0.50
0.52
0.48
0.71
0.64
0.98 1.03
1.49
1.56
3.01
2.65
TABLE 11 MAJOR CAUSES OF INFANT DEATHS 1984 TO 1988
Detailed List No.
Disease Group
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
9th Revision (1975)
Meningitis
320,322
1
4
4
2
Branchitis
Viral pneumonía
466, 490-491
3
1
480
Other bacterial pneumonia
482
1
Bronchopneumonia, organism unspecified
435
35
22
10
10
11
Pneumonia, organise specified
486
14
11
5
7
11
Gastroenteritis, colitis & other diarrheal disease
558, 009
I
4
1
Congenital anomalies
740-759
236
203
205
218
208
Obstetric complications & birth trauma
761-763, 767
2
3
I
1
Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia
768
65
50
47
35
Respiratory distress syndrome
769
95
Other respiratory conditions of fetus and newborn
770
56
Disorders relating to short gestation and unspecified low birthweight
765
43
***
49
87
70
12
38
69
39
20
20
29
66
52
42
56