Other Housing Statistics

- Estimated Mid-year Population, Birth Rates,

  Death Rates and Infant Morality Rates
Estimated mid-year population, Birth Rates, Death Rates and Infant Mortality Rates
  1995 1996* 1997 1998 1999
Estimated mid-year population 6156100 6435500 6489300 6543700 6606500
Crude birth rate (1) 11.2 9.9 9.1 8.1 7.8
Crude death rate (2) 5.1 5.0 4.9 5.0 5.0
Rate of natural increase (3) 6.1 4.8 4.2 3.1 2.7
Infant mortality rate (4) 4.6 4.1 3.9 3.2 3.1
Total fertility rate (5) 1259 1166 1095 990 965
Expectation of life at birth (year) (6) 嚙瑾 嚙瑾 嚙瑾    
   Male 76 76.1 77.2 77.4 77.7
   Female 81.5 81.7 83.2 83.0 83.2

  Note:

 * Figures for 1996 presented in this table may be different from those presented in earlier editions of the publication owing to one or both of the following reasons: (1) The change tin the approach for compiling population figures since August 2000; (b) The availability of up-to-date benchmark population data based on the results of the 2001 Population Census.

嚙瑾

(1)

Number of known live births per 1000 population

嚙瑾

(2)

Number of known deaths per 1000 population

嚙瑾

(3)

Per 1000 population

嚙瑾

(4)

Per 1000 live birth

嚙瑾

(5)

Per 1000 female population aged 15-49 (excluding female foreign domestic helpers)

嚙瑾

(6)

Figures for 1997 to 1999 in this table may be different from those presented in the 2001 edition of this edition.  The change is due to some enhancements made to the method of compiling expectation of life at birth.  The technical details are given in the publication Hong Kong Life Tables 1996-2031, which has been released in May 2002.

  Sources:

Hong Kong Government Census and Statistics Department (2001), Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics 2001 Edition. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Government Printer, p.5.

 

Hong Kong Government Census and Statistics Department (2002), Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics 2002 Edition. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Government Printer, p.5.