February 2020 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 two feature articles entitled "The Profile of Persons Residing in Private Elderly Homes in 2019" and "Road Traffic Accident Statistics in Hong Kong, 2009-2018". Statistics presented in the "Road Traffic Accident Statistics in Hong Kong, 2009-2018" article are based on the data source from the Transport Department.
"The Profile of Persons Residing in Private Elderly Homes in 2019"
A survey was conducted by the C&SD during July to August 2019 to collect the age-sex profile of persons residing in private elderly homes (PEH). Results of the survey together with some other administrative records are used in the General Household Survey to estimate the age-sex profile of the land-based non-institutional population of Hong Kong. This feature article gives a brief account of the results of the 2019 round of Annual Survey on Profile of Inmates of PEH.
For enquiries about this feature article, please contact the Household Statistics and Analysis Section, C&SD (Tel: 2887 5208; email: ghs@censtatd.gov.hk).
"Road Traffic Accident Statistics in Hong Kong, 2009-2018"
Based on the road traffic accident data collected by the Hong Kong Police Force and maintained by the Transport Department, there were 15 935 road traffic accidents in Hong Kong in 2018, involving 19 637 casualties and 25 726 vehicles. This feature article presents the trends of road traffic casualties and accidents for the period from 2009 to 2018, and the characteristics of road users and vehicles involved. It aims to give readers a better understanding about the road traffic accident situation in Hong Kong.
For enquiries about this feature article, please contact the Statistics Section, Transport Department (Tel: 3842 6067; email: rssd@td.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 free of charge at the website of the C&SD (www.censtatd.gov.hk/hkstat/sub/sp460.jsp?productCode=B1010002).
Enquiries about the contents of the Digest can be directed to the Statistical Information Dissemination Section of the C&SD (Tel: 2582 4738; email: gen-enquiry@censtatd.gov.hk).
Ends/Tuesday, February 25, 2020
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