The Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) published today (February 16) the February 2026 issue of the "Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics" (HKMDS).
      
     Apart from providing up-to-date statistics, this issue also contains a feature article entitled "Trends of Infant Mortality in Hong Kong, 1951 to 2024". Statistics presented in the "Trends of Infant Mortality in Hong Kong, 1951 to 2024" article are based on the data source from the Health Statistics Division, Department of Health.
      
"Trends of Infant Mortality in Hong Kong, 1951 to 2024"
      
     Infant mortality refers to death of those aged below 1 year old. Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) is the number of registered infant deaths in a year per 1 000 registered live births in that year. IMR is a useful indicator of the health status not only of infants, but also of the whole population and of the socio-economic conditions under which they live.
      
     This feature article describes the trends of infant mortality in Hong Kong from 1951 to 2024 and analyses the infant mortality by sex and by major causes of deaths.
      
     For enquiries about this feature article, please contact the Health Statistics Division, Department of Health (Tel: 3586 2996; email: enquiries@dh.gov.hk).
      
     Published in bilingual form, the HKMDS is a compact volume of official statistics containing about 130 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 at the website of the C&SD (www.censtatd.gov.hk/en/EIndexbySubject.html?pcode=B1010002&scode=460).
      
     Enquiries about the contents of the Digest can be directed to the Statistical Information Dissemination Section (1) of the C&SD (Tel: 2582 4738; email: gen-enquiry@censtatd.gov.hk).

Ends/Monday, February 16, 2026
Issued at HKT 16:00

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