Other Housing Statistics

- Estimated Mid-year Population, Birth Rates,

  Death Rates and Infant Morality Rates
Mid-year population, Birth Rates, Death Rates and Infant Mortality Rates
  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Mid-year population** 6665000 6724900 6787000 6803100 6882600
Crude birth rate (1)** 8.1 7.2 7.1 6.9 7.2
Crude death rate (2)** 5.1 5.0 5.0 5.4 5.4
Rate of natural increase (3)** 3.1 2.2 2.1 1.5 1.9
Infant mortality rate (4) 3.0 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.7
Total fertility rate (5)(6)** 1035 932 939 901 927
Expectation of life at birth (year)** 嚙瑾 嚙瑾 嚙瑾 嚙瑾 嚙瑾
   Male 78.0 78.4 78.6 78.5 79.0
   Female 83.9 84.6 84.5 84.3 84.7

  Note:

(1)

Number of known live births per 1000 population

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(2)

Number of known deaths per 1000 population

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(3)

Per 1000 population

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(4)

Per 1000 live birth

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(5)

Per 1000 female population excluding foreign domestic helpers.

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(6)

Figures from 1996 have been revised in view of the recent change in the situation of women giving births in Hong Kong.  For details, please refer to the feature article entitled "The fertility trend in Hong Kong, 1975-2004" in the April 2005 issue of the Hong Kong monthly Digest of Statistics.

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Since August 2000, the "resident population" approach has been adopted in place of the "extended de facto" approach for compiling population estimates and revised population figures backdated to 1996 have been compiled.  Statistics from 1996 onwards are those compiled based on the new approach.  They are thus not strictly comparable with those of earlier years.
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  Sources:

Hong Kong Government Census and Statistics Department (2005), Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics 2005 Edition. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Government Printer, p.4.