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Appendices

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Table 24

(Chapter 8: Health)

Population and Vital Events

Mid-year population

2009

2013

2014

6,972,800

7,187,500

7,241,700

Crude birth rate (per 1,000 population)

11.8

7.9

8.6#

Crude death rate (per 1,000 population)

5.9

6.0

6.2#

Infant mortality rate(1) (per 1,000

1.7

1.7

1.7#

registered live births)

Neonatal (aged under four weeks)

0.9

0.9

1.1#

mortality rate) (per 1,000 registered

live births)

Post neonatal (aged from four weeks

0.7

0.8

0.6#

to under one year) mortality rate(1) (per 1,000 registered live births)

Maternal mortality ratio(1) (per 100,000

2.4

0.0

4.9#

registered live births)

Expectation of life at birth (years)

Male

79.8

81.1

81.2#

Female

85.9

86.7

86.7#

Notes:

(1) Figures are derived based on registered deaths. # Provisional figures.

Sources: Demographic Statistics Section, Census and Statistics Department

(For enquiries, please call 3903 6943)

Department of Health

(For enquiries, please call 2961 8569.)

Table 25

(Chapter 8: Health)

Registered Deaths and Death Rate by Leading Cause of Death

2009

2013

2014#

Cause

Number

Rate(1) Number Rate()

Number Rate)

Malignant neoplasms

12,839

184.1

13,589

189.1

13,727 189.6

Pneumonia

5,312

76.2

6,830

95.0

7,431

102.6

Diseases of heart

6,414

92.0

5,834

81.2

6,361

87.8

Cerebrovascular diseases

3,443

49.4

3,252

45.2

3,328

46.0

External causes of morbidity

1,938

27.8

1,860

25.9

1,513

20.9

and mortality

Notes:

Ranking of causes of death is in accordance with the number of registered deaths in 2013.

(1) Death rate per 100,000 population.

# Provisional figures.

Source: Department of Health

(For enquiries, please call 2961 8569.)

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