九七一至一九九四年香港J心脏病死亡率和发病率.PDFVIP

Mortality and Morbidity of Heart Diseases in Hong Kong， 1971回1994 一九七一至一九九四年 香港J心臟病的死亡率及發病率 Heart diseases have been the second leading cause of death in Hong Kong since the 1960s. This article describes the mortality and morbidity of heart diseases in Hong Kong during the period 1971 to 1994. 自六十年代起，心臟病成為香港第二號致死病因。本文說明心臟病在一九七 一至一九九四年期間在香港的死亡率和發病率。 Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics February 1 997 FBl Mortality a d Morbidity of Heart Diseases in Hong Kong， 1971 - 1994 一九七一至一九九四年 香港心臟病的死亡率及發病率 1. Introduction 哥|言 1.1 In Hong Kong， heart diseases have been 1.1 自六十年代起 ，心臟病在香港繼癌症成為第 the second leading cause of death， a自er cancer， 二號致死病因。在一九九四年內，因心臟病致死的 since the 1960s. In 1994， heart diseases killed 有4 909 人，佔男性總死亡人數的 1 5.3%及女性總 4 909 people， representing 15.3% of all male 死亡人數的 17.鳴，平均每天便 有1 3.5 人死於心臟 deaths and 17.7% of all female deaths. On 病。本文 的目的，是研究一九七一至一九九四年期 average， 13.5 persons were killed everyday by 間心臟病在本港的死亡率和發病率的趨勢。同時亦 he訂t diseases in 1994. The pu中ose of this 分析因心臟病致死的人的年齡和性別的差異。 article is to examine the trends of mortality and morbidi句r of heart diseases in Hong Kong from 1971 to 1994. Age and sex differentials of deaths due to he訂t dise卸的 叮e also analysed. 1.2 In this article， classification of diseases is 1 .2 中 ， 在本文 疾病是根據第 九次 修訂的國際疾 based on the ninth Revision of the Intemational