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Table 26

(Chapter 8: Health)

Number of Registered Deaths and Death Rate by Leading Cause of Death

Cause

Malignant neoplasms

Diseases of heart

Pneumonia

Cerebrovascular diseases

Chronic lower respiratory

diseases

2004#

2005#

Number

Rate(1)

Number

Rate(1)

11 791

171.3

12 141

174.9

5 866

85.2

6 031

86.9

3 676

53.4

4 108

59.2

3 416

49.6

3 427

49.4

2 123

30.8

2 334

33.6

Notes: Ranking of causes of death is according to the number of registered deaths in the year 2005.

(1) Death rate per 100 000 population.

Source: Department of Health.

(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2961 8569)

Table 27

(Chapter 8: Health)

Hospital Beds and Selected Types of Registered Healthcare Professionals

2004

2005#

Number

Rate(1)

Number

Rate(1)

Hospital beds

34 400

5.0

34 128

4.9

Doctors(2)

11 242

1.6

11 505

1.7

Chinese medicine practitioners(3)

4 986

0.7

5 133

0.7

Dentists(2)

1 896

0.3

1 941

0.3

Pharmacists

1 517

0.2

1 583

0.2

Nurses(4)(5)

44 402

6.4

35 465

5.1

Midwives

4 866

0.7

4 917

Chiropractors

74

+

86

0.7

+

Notes: Figures are as at end of the year.

(1) Number of beds/healthcare professionals per 1 000 population. (2) Figures refer to the doctors/dentists with full registration on both the local and overseas lists. (3) Figures do not include listed Chinese medicine practitioners who can practise lawfully in Hong Kong under the transitional arrangements for registration of Chinese medicine practitioners until a date to be announced by the Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food in the Gazette. Listed Chinese medicine practitioners may apply for registration under the requirements of transitional arrangements.

(4) Figures refer to registered nurses and enrolled nurses.

(5) The number and rate of nurses had dropped in 2005 due to the removal of names of more than 9 000 nurses from the register/roll in accordance with Section 7(3)(e) and Section 13(3)(e) of the Nurses Registration Ordinance.

+

Less than 0.05.

Sources: Department of Health.

(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2961 8582)

Hospital Authority.

(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2300 6515)