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SHANGHAI PROFILE OF THE HEALTH SERVICES SYSTEM (7 February 2004) Shanghai Report 2005-7-28 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Shanghai is a municipal city of China. The city is now divided into 18 districts and 1 county. There were 132 towns, 3 townships, 99 sub district committees, 3,393 neighborhood committees and 2,037 villagers committees in the city at the end of 2002. The citys 18 districts cover a total area of 5,299.29 square kilometers and its only county has an area of 1,041.21 square kilometers. By the end of 2002, Shanghais population had grown to 13.3423 million (according to the permanent residence registration), representing 1% of Chinas total. In 2002, the average population density in the city stood at 2,014 people per square kilometer. Continuously fast development has markedly increased the citys comprehensive economic strength and constantly jacked up its average per capita GDP. In 2002, the citys per capita GDP reached 4,912 US dollars, the highest among all Chinese provinces, municipalities, autonomous regions, except for Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. In 2002, the city realized a total financial income of 220.225 billion yuan, including 71.979 billion yuan in local financial revenue, up 10.4% and 30% respectively over the previous year. Economic development has been consistently fast since the 1990s. The increasingly prosperous economy and the further reform of economic system have laid a suitable environment for the promotion of health reform and establishment of a new health care delivery system. By the end of 2002, Shanghais population had reached to 13.2864 million. The natural population growth rate was -0.26%, with fertility rate of 17.91‰, birth rate reaching 0.47% and mortality rate 0.73%. The elderly population aged 60 years and over was 247