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Appendix XXVII
(Chapter 8: Health)
Vital Statistics-Hong Kong
1955-1964
Infant
Neonatal Maternal
Estimated Registered Live
Crude mortality
mortality
mortality
Year
mid-year population
live birth births rate
Registered deaths
rate
rate
rate
death rate
(per 1,000
(per 1,000 (per 1,000
live births)
live
births)
total births)
1955
2,340,000 90,511 38.7
19,080
8.2
66.4
23.1
1.17
1956
2,440,000 96,746 39.7
19,295
7.9
60.9
24.2
0.90
1
1957
2,583,000 97,834 37.9
19,365
7.5
55.6
23.8
1.06
2
1958
2,748,000 106,624 38.8
20,554
7.5
54.3
23.4
0.85
1959
2,857,000 104,579 36.6
20,250
7.1
48.3
21.3
0.73
1960...
2,981,000 110,667 37.1
19,146
6.4
41.5
20.9
0.49
1961 ...
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3,177,700 108,726 34.2
18,738
5.9
37.7
21.0
0.45
1962 ...
3,400,300 111,905 32.8
20,324
5.9
36.9
21.2
0.48
1963
3,592,100 115,263 32.1 19,748 5.5
32.9
18.9
0.29
1964
3,692,200
108,519 29!!
18,113
4.9
26.4
16.6
0.38
Tuberculosis Statistics
Year
Estimated mid-year population
TB death
rate per 100,000
% TB deaths under 5
years
% TB deaths of total death
Total number of TB beds
Under
treatment Government clinics
1954
2,277,000
126,3
31.2
14.9
971
3,624
1959
2,857,000
76.2
19.2
10.7
1,846
25,090
1964
3,692,200
39.03
4.09
7.9
1,728
24,606
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