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Health indices in Hong Kong rank among the best in the world. In 2010, crude birth rate was 12.5 registered live births per 1 000 population. Life expectancy at birth for male and female were 80.0 and 85.9 years respectively. As for the mortality data, crude death rate was 6.0 registered deaths per 1 000 population. The age-standardized death rate was 3.4 deaths per 1 000 standard population. Infant mortality rate and maternal mortality ratio remained at low level in 2010.
| Major health indicators |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
Crude birth rate
(No. of registered live births per 1 000 population) |
11.3 |
11.8 |
12.5 |
Crude death rate
(No. of registered deaths per 1 000 population) |
6.0 |
5.9 |
6.0 |
Age-standardized death rate
(No. of deaths per 1 000 standard population*) |
3.5 |
3.4 |
3.4 |
Infant mortality rate
(No. of registered infant deaths per 1 000 registered live births) |
1.8 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
Maternal mortality ratio
(No. of maternal deaths per 100 000 registered live births) |
2.5 |
2.4 |
1.1 |
| Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
Male |
79.3 |
79.7 |
80.0 |
| Female |
85.5 |
85.9 |
85.9 |
| Note: |
| * Based on a new world standard population specified in GPE Discussion Paper Series: No.31, EIP/GPE/EBD, World Health Organization, 2001. |
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