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SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1988

REPORTS ON LIFE TABLES AND 1986 BY-CENSUS PUBLISHED

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REPORT

AND

EVER BEFORE. THIS PEOPLE IN HONG KONG ARE LIVING LONGER THAN

BY A IS SUGGESTED

RECENTLY BY PUBLISHED

THE CENSUS STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, ENTITLED "HONG KONG LIFE TABLES 1971

FOR BIRTH

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2006".

MALES IS

EXPECTED

ΤΟ

INCREASE FROM

FOR FEMALES, 79.2

THE EXPECTATION OF LIFE AT INCREASE FROM 73.8 YEARS IN 1985 TO 77.3 YEARS IN 2006;

LIFE EXPECTANCY, WHO USUALLY HAVE A LONGER YEARS TO 82.9 YEARS.

EXPECTATION OF LIFE AT BIRTH IS A FOR DESCRIBING THE MORTALITY CONDITION OF AND FOR COMPARISON.

то

SINGLE INDEX OF MORTALITY THE POPULATION OVER TIME

THE

75.3 YEARS

ACCORDING TO THE MORTALITY CONDITION IN HONG KONG IN 1971, EXPECTATION OF LIFE AT BIRTH WAS 67.8 YEARS FOR MALES AND FOR FEMALES.

AT BIRTH THE INCREASE IN THE EXPECTATION OF LIFE SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT IN MORTALITY OVER THE PERIOD 1971

20 SETS OF

-

SUGGESTS

85.

A

THE REPORT CONTAINS

LIFE TABLES WHICH PORTARY THE BASIS OF PAST PEOPLE'S SURVIVAL HISTORY AND LIFE EXPECTANCY ON

RELATED STATISTICS, THE AND PROJECTED DEATH DATA. APART FROM OTHER REPORT ALSO DESCRIBES THE METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION OF THE LIFE TABLE.

MEANWHILE, THE DEPARTMENT HAS ALSO PUBLISHED A THE 1986 BY-CENSUS RESULTS IN STATISTICAL CHARTS.

REPORT SHOWING

GRAPHIC

THE REPORT, ENTITLED "HONG KONG 1986 BY-CENSUS GUIDE", IS A BILINGUAL PUBLICATION CONSISTING 31 CHARTS ON SUCH TOPICS AS POPULATION, AGE AND SEX, PLACE OF BIRTH, MARITAL STATUS, EDUCATION, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, OCCUPATION, INCOME, HOUSING AND INTERNAL POPULATION MOVEMENT.

GENERAL READERS, AND ANYONE HONG KONG'S

"THIS PUBLICATION, WHICH IS DESIGNED FOR THE

TEACHERS WILL BE A USEFUL REFERENCE FOR STUDENTS, INTERESTED IN THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF POPULATION," A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.

"STATISTICAL GRAPHS

AND CHARTS ARE USED TO SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS OF THE BY-CENSUS",

HIGHLIGHT

THE

AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS BOTH REPORTS ARE NOW ON SALE CENTRE AT CONNAUGHT PLACE AND THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE "HONG KONG LIFE TABLES 1971 COPY AND THE "HONG KONG 1986 BY-CENSUS AT$10 PER COPY.

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2006" IS PRICED AT $16 PER GRAPHIC GUIDE" IS PRICED

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