II PUBLIC HEALTH
VITAL STATISTICS
(See tables 6-12)
6. The marked improvement in the general state of health of the population is satisfactorily reflected by the Colony's vital statistics. The crade death rate, at 5.0 per thousand of population, is now one of the lowest in the world and reflects the rapid improvement of medical and health services in a young and expanding population. The total number of live births was the lowest recorded since 1955 and the crude birth rate fell further from 27.7 in the previous year to 24.8 per thousand of population. The natural increase was 73,776, over ten thousand less than the previous year.
7. Mortality rate among infants is generally regarded as one of the most sensitive indices of health conditions of the general population. The gratifying declines in infant and neonatal mortality during recent years are illustrated in Figure 1.
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diseases of later infancy, particularly of bronchopneumonia, gastro- enteritis and tuberculosis; in addition, improvements in the midwifery and maternal health services are gradually reducing the dangers of prematurity. As has been the experience in other countries, congenital malformations and other diseases of the new-born are proving more intractable and mortality from these causes has, as yel, been unaffected.
Maternal Mortality
9. Here also the statistics pertaining to Hong Kong are now approaching the standards prevailing in the developed countries of the world. During recent years, deaths from toxaemia, haemorrhage and puerperal sepsis have shown a continuing reduction, although mortality from abortions and ectopic pregnancies has remained comparatively unaffected.
General Mortality
10. The marked social and economic changes which have occurred in Hong Kong during the years following the Second World War are reflected in the mortality trends shown in Figure 2. Improvements in
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8. The steady decline in infant mortality has been due to improve- ment in environmental conditions and better control of the preventable
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