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ON THE TOPIC OF DOCTOR CONSULTATION, A

SUPPLEMENTARY

ENQUIRY 131

CONDUCTED IN JANUARY 1989 SHOWED THAT FOR EVERY 1,000 POPULATION, HAD CONSULTED A DOCTOR DURING A TWO-WEEK REFERENCE PERIOD.

CHILDREN

AT

200 PER

1,000,

AGED UNDER FIVE HAD THE HIGHEST CONSULTATION RATE 287 PFK 1,000; FOLLOWED BY THE ELDERLY AGED 65 AND OVER, AT 1,000. IN GENERAL, THE CONSULTATION RATE FOR FEMALES, 150 PER WAS HIGHER THAN THAT FOR MALES, 113 PER 1,000.

(OR DOMESTIC 3.6 PER

ON THE TOPIC OF DOMESTIC HELPERS, A TOTAL OF ABOUT 59,000 3.8 PER CENT) DOMESTIC HOUSEHOLDS WERE EMPLOYING ONE OR MORE HELPERS IN 1988, COMPARED WITH A LOWER FIGURE OF 54,100 (OR CENT) IN 1987.

EMPLOYED "LIVE-IN" ABOUT SEVEN OUT OF 10 OF THESE HOUSEHOLDS

STAYED OVERNIGHT IN WHO

THEIR EMPLOYERS' DOMESTIC HELPERS (THOSE

(THOSE HOME), AND ONE OUT OF FIVE EMPLOYED PART-TIME DOMESTIC HELPERS WHO WORKED LESS THAN 40 HOURS PER WEEK).

FROM ANOTHER SURVEY CONDUCTED IN MARCH 1989, IT WAS THAT ABOUT 43 PER CENT OF THE POPULATION AGED 12 AND ABOVE TAXI DURING THE REFERENCE MONTH BEFORE THE SURVEY.

ESTIMATED HAD USED

57 PER CENT

AS REGARDS THE WAITING TIME OF THEIR LAST TAXI TRIP, CENT HAD WAITED FOR LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES, AND LESS THAN 25 PER FOR FIVE TO LESS THAN 10 MINUTES,

THE SPECIAL TOPICS REPORT NO. VI CONTAINS MANY AND DETAILED TABLES ON THE SUBJECTS CONCERNED.

MORE FINDINGS

AT THE GOVERNMENT THE REPORT IS NOW ON SALE AT $28 A COPY

BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GPO

OF COUNTER

THE CENSUS AND SALES CENTRAL AND

PUBLICATIONS STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, WANCHAI TOWER I, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI.

THE

SPECIAL ARTICLE ON MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY FROM CANCER IN HK

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A SPECIAL REVIEW ARTICLE ENTITLED "MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY FROM THE MARCH CANCER

THE LAST 20 YEARS" IS CONTAINED IN IN HONG KONG 1990 ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG MONTHLY DIGEST OF STATISTICS, NOW ON AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE.

SALE

HONG KONG CANCER CONTINUES TO BE THE TOP KILLING DISEASE IN

SPECIAL ARTICLE PRESENTS DETAILED DURING THE PAST 20 YEARS. THE

ANALYSES ON THE TREND OF CANCER MORBIDITY DURING THE REVIEW PERIOD.

AND MORTALITY

OBSERVED

/DIFFERENCES IN