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Major health indicators in 2024 and 2025

Major health indicators in 2024 and 2025

Major health indicator 2024 2025#
Crude birth rate@
(Number of registered live births per 1 000
mid-year population)
4.9 4.2
Crude death rate@
(Number of registered deaths per 1 000
mid-year population)
7.0 6.9
Age-standardised death rate@
(Number of registered deaths per 1 000 standard population*)
2.5 2.4
Infant mortality rate@
(Number of infant deaths per 1 000 registered live births)
1.7 1.8
Maternal mortality ratio@
(Number of maternal deaths per 100 000 registered live births)
5.4 0.0
Life expectancy at birth
 (years)
Male 82.7 83.3
Female 88.2 88.7


Notes:
@ The figures are based on births or deaths registered under the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance (Cap. 174, Laws of Hong Kong) during the specified period.

* Based on the world standard population specified in GPE Discussion Paper Series: No.31, EIP/GPE/EBD, World Health Organization, 2001.

# Provisional figures.