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Updates to Health Facts

Information of Population Characteristics and Major Health Indicators have been updated with 2023 figures.
Major Disease Burden section have been updated with 2023 figures.

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Categories of Communicable Diseases, Non-Communicable Diseases, Occupational Health Statistics, Vital Statistics and Population Estimates & Demographics have been updated.
Reports under Vital Statistics and Non-Communicable Diseases have been uploaded with 2022 figures.

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Categories of Communicable Diseases, School Dental Care Service and Vital Statistics have been uploaded.

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Life Expectancy

Infant Mortality Rate

Population Size

Maternal Mortality Ratio

Hong Kong population has gradually increased from 3.1681 million in 1961 to 7.5361 million in 2023.

Life expectancy - In 2023, the life expectancy at birth of male was 82.5 years while that of female was 88.1 years.

Six types of non-communicable diseases, namely, cancers, diseases of heart, cerebrovascular diseases, chronic lower respiratory diseases, injuries and poisoning, and diabetes mellitus, accounted for 51.8% of all registered deaths in Hong Kong in 2023.

Hong Kong population had been ageing for the past 20 years.

Health indices in Hong Kong rank among the best in the world.

Cancer was the number one killer in Hong Kong in 2023.

The top five causes of cancer deaths in Hong Kong in 2023 were lung cancer, colorectal cancer, liver cancer, pancreatic cancer and breast cancer.

Lung cancer has been the first leading cause of cancer death in Hong Kong for the past decade.

In 2023, about 11.3 persons on average died from coronary heart disease per day in Hong Kong.

Cerebrovascular diseases was the fourth leading cause of death in Hong Kong in 2023.

Diabetes mellitus was the eleventh leading cause of death for female in Hong Kong in 2023.

Chronic lower respiratory diseases was the tenth leading cause of death in Hong Kong in 2023.

In 2023, the three leading causes of death due to injuries and poisoning were intentional self-harm, falls and accidental poisoning.