Appendix XXX
(Chapter 7: Health)
Vital Statistics-Hong Kong
1958-1967
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BIRTHS
DEATHS
Crude
Crude
live
death
Year
Estimated mid-year population
Regis-
birth
tered
Regis- rate
Infant Neo-natal Maternal mortality mortality
mortality
rate
rate
rate
tered
(per
live births
(per 1,000
deaths
1,000
(per 1,000
(per 1,000
rate (per 1,000
popula- tion)
popula-
live
live
tion)
births)
births)
total births)
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
3,174,700* 108,726 34.2
18,738
5.9
37.7
21.0
0.45
1962
3,346,600* 111,905 33.4
20,324
6.1
36.9
21.2
0.48
1963
3,503,700* 115,263 32.9
19,748
5.6
32.9
18.9
0.29
1964
3,594,200* 108,519 30.2
18,113
5.0
26.4
16.6
0.38
1965
+
3,692,300* 102,195 27.7
17,621
4.8
23.7
15.2
0.33
1966
3,732,400 92,476 24.8
18,700
5.0
24.9
15.3
0.43
1967
3,834,000
88,171 23.0 19,644
5.1
25.6
15.9
0.30
* Figures adjusted after 1966 By-census.
Tuberculosis Statistics
TB death
Year
Estimated mid-year population
rate (per 100,000 population)
% TB deaths
% TB deaths
under 5
of total
Total number of TB
Under treatment Government
years
deaths
beds
clinics
1956
2,440,000
107.75
25.22
13.63
1,197
9,564
1966
3,732,400
40.59
2.71
8.10
1,951
28,365
1967
3,834,000
38.94
2.01
7.60
1,765
25,397
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