FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1983
POPULATION OF 6.2 MILLION EXPECTED BY 1991
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HONG KONG'S POPULATION IS EXPECTED TO GROW FROM 5.1 MILLION IN 1981 TO SOME 6.2 MILLION IN 1991, AND TO 7.1 MILLION IN 2001.
THE AGE STRUCTURE OF THE POPULATION IS ALSO EXPECTED TO CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY.
THE POPULATION UNDER 15 YEARS OF AGE WILL FALL FROM 25 PER CENT IN 1981 TO 21 PER CENT IN 2001, WHILE THE PROPORTION WHO ARE 65 AND OVER WILL INCREASE FROM SEVEN PER CENT TO TEN PER CENT.
THE PROPORTION IN THE WORKING AGE, WHO ARE BETWEEN 15 TO 64 YEARS OF AGE, WILL HOWEVER REMAIN UNCHANGED AT ABOUT 68 PER CENT.
THIS INFORMATION IS CONTAINED IN ONE OF TWO REPORTS PUT OUT BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AND SOON TO BE ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT THE GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, HONG KONG.
THE REPORT DEALING WITH POPULATION IS ENTITLED HONG KONG POPULATION: A 20-YEAR PROJECTION, AND THE OTHER IS ENTITLED +HONG KONG LIFE TABLES+.
THE POPULATION REPORT CONTAINS THE RESULTS OF PROJECTIONS MADE BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT IN 1982.
APART FROM PRESENTING THE PROJECTED POPULATION BY SEX AND QUINQUENNIAL AGE GROUP FOR THE 20 YEARS FROM 1982, IT ALSO GIVES A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF FERTILITY, MORTALITY AND MIGRATION TRENDS IN THE 1970'S AND OF THE ASSUMPTIONS ON WHICH THE PROJECTIONS ARE BASED.
THE +HONG KONG LIFE TABLES+
INDICATES THAT THE EXPECTATION
OF LIFE OF A MALE BORN IN 1981 IS 72 YEARS AND THAT OF A FEMALE IS 78 YEARS.
+ IT PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE MEANS OF PRESENTING THE MORTALITY EXPERIENCE OF A POPULATION AT A SPECIFIED PERIOD OF TIME. THE EXPECTATION OF LIFE AT BIRTH CALCULATED FROM A LIFE TABLE IS A USEFUL INDICATOR OF THE GENERAL STATE OF HEALTH OF THE POPULATION,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.
+THE EXPECTATION OF LIFE AT BIRTH FOR HONG KONG IS COMPARABLE TO THAT FOR DEVELOPED COUNTRIES. FURTHER IMPROVEMENT, ALTHOUGH POSSIBLE, IS BOUND TO BE SLOW, HE ADDED.
SEPARATE LIFE TABLES FOR MALES AND FEMALES BY SINGLE YEARS OF AGE FOR THE YEARS 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996 AND 2001 ARE GIVEN IN THE REPORT.
DETAILS ON HOW THE LIFE TABLES WERE COMPILED AND A COMPARISON OF HONG KONG'S POSITION WITH THAT OF OTHER DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ARE ALSO PRESENTED.
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