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23-6    Main Indicators of Population
  Item
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
  Mid-year Population  (10 000 persons)
648.9
654.4
660.7
666.5
672.5
  Crude Birth Rate                 (¡ë)
9.1
8.1
7.8
8.1
7.2
  Crude Death Rate                 (¡ë)
4.9
5.0
5.0
5.1
5.0
  Infant Mortality Rate            (¡ë)
3.9
3.2
3.1
3.0
2.6
  Rate of Natural Increase         (¡ë)
4.2
3.1
2.7
3.1
2.2
  Total Fertility Rate¢Ù¢Ú                   
1095
990
965
1024
927
  Registered Marriages         (couple)
37593
31673
31287
30879
32825
  Divorce Decrees              (couple)
10492
13129
13408
13247
13425
  Expectation of Life at Birth¢Û(years)
       
       
  Male                                      
77.2
77.4
77.7
78.0
78.4
  Female                                    
83.2
83.0
83.2
83.9
84.6
  Notes:¢ÙPer 1000 women aged 15-49.
          ¢ÚThese figures have been compiled using a population denominator which has excluded female foreign domestic helpers.
          ¢ÛFigures for 1997 to 2000 presented in this table may be different from those presented in the 2001 edition of  this Yearbook. The change is 
              due to some enhancements made to the method of compiling expectation of life at birth.
         ¢ÛThese figures have been compiled using a population denominator which has excluded female foreign domestic helpers.
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