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Table 24

(Chapter 9: Health)

Population and Vital Events

Appendices

6

2011

2015

2016

Mid-year population**

Crude birth rate (per 1,000 population)**

7,071,600

7,291,300

7,336,600

13.5

8.2

8.3#

Crude death rate (per 1,000 population)**

6.0

6.3

6.4#

Infant mortality rate) (per 1,000 registered

1.4

1.5

1.6#

live births)

Neonatal (aged under four weeks) mortality

0.8

1.0

rate(1) (per 1,000 registered live births) Post-neonatal (aged from four weeks to under

one year) mortality rate) (per 1,000

7.1#

0.6

0.4

0.5#

registered live births)

Maternal mortality ratio) (per 100,000

1.0

1.6

0.0#

registered live births)

Expectation of life at birth (years)**

Male

80.3

81.4

81.3#

Female

86,7

87.3

87.3#

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

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Registered Deaths and Death Rate by Leading Cause of Death

2011

2015

2016#

Cause

Number Rate(1)

Number

Rate(1)**

Number

Rate(1)**

Malignant neoplasms

13,241

187.2

14,316

196.3

14,181

193.3

Pneumonia

6,211

87.8

8,004

109.8

8,217 112.0

Diseases of heart

6,334

89.6

6,190

84.9

6,174

84.2

Cerebrovascular diseases

3,339

47.2

3,259

44.7

3,211

43.8

External causes of morbidity

1,567

22.2

1,993

27.3

1,372

18.7

and mortality

Notes: The ranking of causes of death is in accordance with the number of registered deaths in 2015.

(1) Death rate per 100,000 population.

# Provisional figures.

Source: Department of Health

(For enquiries, please call 2961 8569.)

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