Report of the Ministry of Health / Colony of Singapore.

  • Singapore. Ministry of Health.
Date:
[1960]
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Credit: Report of the Ministry of Health / Colony of Singapore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table 13 LIVE-BIRTHS AND CRUDE BIRTH RATES Racial Group 1931 1947 1957 1958 1959 1960 No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate Malays .. 2,862 43.7 5,473 48.1 9,317 47.3 10,005 48.3 10,463 48.1 10,577 46.5 Chinese 15,993 37.9 33,629 46.1 46,263 42.4 46,189 40.5 45,799 38.5 44,964 36.5 Indiansand Pakistanis 1,020 19.6 3,087 44.8 5,020 40.5 5,116 39.5 5,073 37.7 5,084 36.9 Eurasians 199 28.5 359 39.4 360 31.6 362 30.9 341 28.3 362 29.7 Europeans 169 20.6 312 8.9 355 32 8 338 29.8 286 23.4 318 25.0 Others .. 227 29.1 185 24.6 442 36.8 485 39.5 502 37.6 470 35.1 Total .. 20,470 36.4 43,045 45.9 61,757 42.7 62,495 41.3 62,464 39.5 61,775 37.8 Males .. 10,753 22,152 31,795 32,180 32,061 31,990 Females 9,717 20,893 29,957 30,313 30,403 29,785 Total 20,470 43,045 61,757* 62,495* 62,464 61,775 Male births per 100 births 52.5 51.5 51.5 51.5 51.3 51.8 ♦Includes unknown sex. (i) The racial group‘Malays’includes Indonesians’. (ii) Figures for 1957—1960 exclude live-births of wives of non-locally domiciled Services personnel. Table 14 DEATHS AND CRUDE DEATH RATES Racial Group 1931 1947 1957 1958 1959 1960 No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate Malays .. 1,905 29.1 2,029 17.8 1,967 10.0 1,931 9.3 1,790 8.2 1,758 7.7 Chinese 10,599 25.1 9,368 12.8 7,696 7.1 7.613 6.7 7,431 6.2 7,469 6.1 Indians and Pakistani s 820 15.8 878 12.7 791 6.4 792 6.1 757 5.6 769 5.6 Eurasians 103 14.8 84 9.2 75 6.6 87 7.4 71 5.9 74 6.1 Europeans 51 6.2 74 2.1 38 3.5 65 5.7 42 3.4 58 4.6 Others .. 145 18.6 78 10.4 80 6.7 88 7.2 84 6.3 82 6.1 Total .. 13,623 24.2 12,511 13.3 10,647 7.4 10,576 7.0 10,175 6.4 10,210 6.2 (i) The racial group ‘Malays’ includes ‘Indonesians’. (ii) Figures for 1957—1960 exclude deaths of non-locally domiciled Services Personnel and their families. The death rate of 6.2 per thousand in 1960 is the lowest on record and compares favourably with any country as crude death rate.