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During 1922 however there was a considerable improvement in the registration of Chinese births as shown by the following table:-
Births registered during 1922.
Male. Female. Total. 1921. 1922. 1921. 1922. 1921. 1922. Chinese, 1,978 2,205 1,275 1,317 3,253 3,522 Non-Chinese, 194 188 171 194 365 382 Totals,..... 2,172 2,393 1,446 1,511 3,618 3,904This gives a general civil birth rate of 6.69 compared with 6.1 in 1921.
The birth rate amongst the Non-Chinese Civil Community was 22.84 as compared with 25.88 in 1921.
The birth rate amongst the Chinese as calculated from the registered births, was 6.25 per 1,000 as compared with 5.68 per 1,000 in 1921.
The following table shows the birth rates (calculated from registered births) amongst the Non-Chinese and Chinese Civil Community for the last ten years.
Year. Non-Chinese. Chinese. 1913..... 15.8 8.9 1914... 16.8 6.8 1915.... 13.2 5.7 1916... 20.05 5.8 1917 20.08 4.9 1918. 22.07 3.6 1919. 20.6 3.9 1920. 19.78 3.96 1921. 25.88 5.68 1922.. 22.84 6.25The preponderance of male births over female has always been marked in this Colony but is less for the year 1922 than in previous years except for 1921.
There were 167 Chinese male births registered to every 100 Chinese female births. During the years 1921, 1920, 1919 and 1918 the proportions were 155 to 100, 190 to 100, 215 to 100 and 194 to 100.
Amongst the Non-Chinese community the proportion of male to female births for the year 1922 was 97 to 100.