May 2023 issue of "Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics" now available
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Apart from providing up-to-date statistics, this issue also contains three feature articles entitled "Container Statistics, 2013 to 2022", "The Profile of the Unemployed Population in Hong Kong in 2022" and "Trends of Infant Mortality in Hong Kong, 1951 to 2021". Statistics presented in the "Trends of Infant Mortality in Hong Kong, 1951 to 2021" article are based on the data source from the Department of Health.
"Container Statistics, 2013 to 2022"
The port container throughput of Hong Kong reached 16.69 million TEUs in 2022, and the port of Hong Kong was still one of the busiest ports in the world. Laden container movements between Hong Kong and the mainland of China accounted for 43.2% of the laden container throughput of the port of Hong Kong in 2022. About 71.3% of the laden container movements between Hong Kong and the Mainland were in the Pearl River Delta region, reflecting the close economic relations between Hong Kong and the region.
This feature article provides a detailed analysis of the container statistics of the port of Hong Kong from 2013 to 2022.
For enquiries about this feature article, please contact the Electronic Trading Services and Cargo Statistics Section of the C&SD (Tel: 2582 4241; email: shipping@censtatd.gov.hk).
"The Profile of the Unemployed Population in Hong Kong in 2022"
In 2022, the labour market of Hong Kong was affected by the fifth wave of the COVID-19 epidemic and fluctuated significantly. With the easing epidemic situation starting from the second half of 2022, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased from 5.0% in the first quarter to 3.5% in the fourth quarter of 2022, while the number of unemployed persons (not seasonally adjusted) decreased from 188 500 to 126 000 over the same period.
This feature article provides an analysis of the unemployed population in 2022 from various perspectives. It aims to give readers a better understanding of the unemployed population in Hong Kong.
For enquiries about this feature article, please contact the General Household Survey Section (3) of the C&SD (Tel: 2887 5208; email: ghs@censtatd.gov.hk).
"Trends of Infant Mortality in Hong Kong, 1951 to 2021"
Infant mortality refers to death of those aged below 1 year old. Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) is the number of registered infant deaths in a year per 1 000 registered live births in that year. IMR is a useful indicator of the health status not only of infants, but also of the whole population and of the socio-economic conditions under which they live.
This feature article describes the trends of infant mortality in Hong Kong from 1951 to 2021 and analyses the infant mortality by sex and by major causes of deaths.
For enquiries about this feature article, please contact the Health Statistics Division of the Department of Health (Tel: 2961 8569; email: enquiries@dh.gov.hk).
Published in bilingual form, the HKMDS is a compact volume of official statistics containing about 140 tables. It collects up-to-date statistical series on various aspects of the social and economic situation of Hong Kong. Topics include population; labour; external trade; National Income and Balance of Payments; prices; business performance; energy; housing and property; government accounts, finance and insurance; and transport, communications and tourism. For selected key statistical items, over 20 charts depicting the annual trend in the past decade and quarterly or monthly trend in the recent two years are also available. Users can download the Digest at the website of the C&SD (www.censtatd.gov.hk/en/EIndexbySubject.html?pcode=B1010002&scode=460).
Enquiries about the contents of the Digest can be directed to the Statistical Information Dissemination Section (1) of the C&SD (Tel: 2582 4738; email: gen-enquiry@censtatd.gov.hk).
Ends/Monday, May 15, 2023
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