Appendix 30
(Chapter 7: Health)
Vital Statistics
1961-1970
Hong Kong
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BIRTHS
Crude
birth
Estimated Regis- rate
tered
Regis-
mortality
rate
DEATHS
Crude Infant
death
Neo-natal Maternal mortality mortality
rate
rate
rate
Year
mid-year
(per
tered
(per
population births
live
1,000
deaths
1,000
(per 1,000
(per 1,000 (per 1,000
live
live
total
popula-
popula-
tion)
tion)
births)
births)
births)
1961 ...
3,174,700* 108,726
34.2
18,738
5.9
37.7
21.0
0.45
1962 ...
+4
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
1968
3,926,500 82,992 21.1
19,319 4.9
23.0
15.0
0.14
1969
3,987,500 79,329 19.9
18,730 4.7
21.8
14.9
0.15
1970
•
4,089,000 77,465 18.9 20,763 5.1
19.6
12.7
0.19
* Figures adjusted after 1966 By-census.
Tuberculosis Statistics
TB death
Year
Estimated mid-year population
% TB
% TB deaths
rate (per
deaths
of total
100,000 population)
under 5
deaths
years
Total number of TB beds
Under treatment
Government
clinics
registered
1959 ...
2,857,000
76.23
18.92
10.76
1,846
25,090
1969
3,987,500
36.87
0.95
7.85
1,852
25,012
1970
-
4,089,000
35.12
0.63
6.92
1,788
24,481
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