Data on live births, still births and neonatal deaths

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Catherine Hopkins

Dear Department of Health,

Please supply data of live births, still births and neonatal deaths per/by month, in Hong Kong for years 2010 to 2022.
Please supply data for number of spontaneous abortions, by gestation and by month, in Hong Kong for years 2010 to 2022.

Yours faithfully,
Catherine Hopkins

Department of Health

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Dear Catherine Hopkins,

        Thank you for your email dated 27.6.2022.  Our reply is given
below for your reference please.

a.        Please supply data of live births, still births and neonatal
deaths per/by month, in Hong Kong for years 2010 to 2022.

                    The data under request are attached in the files
below.  Please note that figures for 2021 and 2022 are not yet available.
               

b.        Please supply data for number of spontaneous abortions, by
gestation and by month, in Hong Kong for years 2010 to 2022.
       
                Regarding statistics on spontaneous abortion in Hong Kong,
only the number of inpatient discharges due to spontaneous abortion
(ICD-10 : O03) in all hospitals in Hong Kong in 2010 to 2020 is available
and are tabulated in the attached file for your reference.   Please note
that breakdown by gestation and by month is not available, and the figures
for 2021 and 2022 are not yet available.
               

Regards,
Mr Vinci CHEUNG
(for Director of Health)

From:        Catherine Hopkins <[FOI #1127 email]>
To:        FOI requests at Department of Health <[Department of Health request email]>
Date:        27/06/2022 00:51
Subject:        Freedom of Information request - Data on live births,
still births and neonatal deaths

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Dear Department of Health,

Please supply data of live births, still births and neonatal deaths per/by
month, in Hong Kong  for years 2010 to 2022.
Please supply data for number of spontaneous abortions,  by gestation and
by month, in Hong Kong for years 2010 to 2022.

Yours faithfully,
Catherine Hopkins

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