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Tuesday, January 16, 1973

The number of deaths registered in 1972 was 21,145, an increase of

892 as compared with 1971. The crude death rate was also slightly up at

5.19 per thousand of population, compared with 5.01 for 1971.

Of the total deaths, 20,857 (11,709 male and 9,146 female and 2

unknown sex) were Chinese and 288 (201 male and 87 female) were non-Chinese.

The number of deaths of infants under one year of age was 1,380 or

17.46 per thousand registered births as against 1,410 or 18.36 per thousand

registered births in 1971.

The number of deaths of infants under one week of age was 740 or

9.36 per thousand registered births as against 722 or 9.40 per thousand

registered births in 1971,

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