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Official statistics comprise statistics compiled by the Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) and those compiled by various policy bureaux and other government departments. Broadly speaking, statistics which are of a general purpose and useful to various functional areas are compiled by the C&SD while those relating to more specific functional areas are compiled by the bureaux/departments concerned. This Section provides hyperlinks to relevant websites for facilitating retrieval of official statistics compiled by other government departments.

Although great care has been exercised, the Census and Statistics Department is unable to warrant that these hyperlinks are valid at all times, and that the contents contained therein are most up-to-date and accurate. If necessary, the user is encouraged to conduct his/her own enquiries to verify any particular piece of information provided. For such enquiries, please direct them to the departments concerned.

Subject	Links	Source
Health Statistics	http://www.dh.gov.hk/english/statistics/statistics_hs/statistics_hs.html Statistics on communicable diseases http://www.chp.gov.hk/en/dns_submenu/10/26.html Major statistics available: Monthly summary tables of notifiable inflectious diseases; summary on causative agents for food poisoning outbreaks; sentinel surveillance (influenza, hand, foot and mouth disease, acute conjunctivitis and acute diarrhoeal diseases); antibiotic resistance surveillance; statistics on tuberculosis. Statistics on behavioural risk factors http://www.chp.gov.hk/en/behavioural/10/280.html Major statistics available: Information on health-related behaviours of the Hong Kong adult population collected through a series of telephone surveys conducted systematically and periodically Vital statistics http://www.chp.gov.hk/en/vital/10/27.html Major statistics available: Major health indicators; life expectancy at birth; crude birth and death rates; infant mortality rate and maternal mortality ratio; age-standardized death rates; death rates for leading causes; number of deaths by leading causes of death by sex by age.	Department of Health
Health Information Library	HealthyHK is a website which serves as a platform to disseminate statistical information related to the health of our population. http://www.healthyhk.gov.hk/phisweb/en/health_info/ Major statistics available: Communicable Diseases, Non-Communicable Diseases, Behavioural Risk Factors, Elderly Health, Occupational Health, Oral Health and Vital Statistics.	Department of Health
Influenza Surveillance	Statistics from Influenza Surveillance http://www.chp.gov.hk/en/sentinel/26/44/292.html Major statistics available: Weekly and monthly consultation rates; monthly influenza virus isolation; graphical presentation: consultation rate of influenza-like illness and number of influenza isolates.	Department of Health
Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease Surveillance	Statistics from Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease Surveillance http://www.chp.gov.hk/en/sentinel/26/44/292.html Major statistics available: Weekly consultation rates and number of hospital inpatients; yearly enterovirus infections.	Department of Health
Acute Conjunctivitis Surveillance	Statistics from Acute Conjunctivitis Surveillance http://www.chp.gov.hk/en/sentinel/26/44/292.html Major statistics available: Weekly and monthly consultation rates; laboratory results; graphical presentation: consultation rate of acute conjunctivitis.	Department of Health
Acute Diarrhoeal Diseases Surveillance	Statistics from Acute Diarrhoeal Diseases Surveillance http://www.chp.gov.hk/en/sentinel/26/44/292.html Major statistics available: Weekly and monthly consultation rates; laboratory results; graphical presentation: consultation rate of acute conjunctivitis.	Department of Health
Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance	Statistics from Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance http://www.chp.gov.hk/en/antibiotic/10/26/45.html Major statistics available: Positive isolation rates amongst different specimens; antibiotic resistance patterns of bacteria isolated from different specimens (nasal swab and throat swab; urine; stool).	Department of Health
Statistics on Tuberculosis (TB)	Statistics from Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance http://www.chp.gov.hk/en/notifiable1/10/26/43.html Major statistics available: Notification and death rate of TB (All Forms), 1947-2005; TB notification (all forms) & rate by age & sex, 1995-2005; TB death (all forms) & death rate by age & sex, 1995-2005.	Department of Health
HIV/AIDS Situation in Hong Kong	http://www.info.gov.hk/aids/english/surveillance/aidssurveil.htm Latest Statistics on HIV/AIDS http://www.info.gov.hk/aids/english/surveillance/latest_stat.htm Major statistics available: Summary table on the updated HIV/AIDS situation through the reporting system; a graph showing annual and cumulative HIV/AIDS statistics in Hong Kong. Quarterly Report on HIV/AIDS http://www.info.gov.hk/aids/english/surveillance/stdaidsupdate.htm Major statistics available: Number of HIV/AIDS reported; gender distribution of reported HIV/AIDS; ethnicity of reported HIV/AIDS; age distribution of reported HIV/AIDS; exposure categories of reported HIV/AIDS; ratio (heterosexual : homosexual/bisexual) of sexually acquired HIV infection in men; injecting drug users in reported HIV/AIDS; source of referral of reported HIV/AIDS; distribution of AIDS defining illnesses; reported sexually transmitted infections (STIs) diagnosed in Social Hygiene Service; gender distribution of reported STIs; clinic distribution.	Department of Health - Virtual AIDS Office (VAO)
Tar and Nicotine Report on Cigarettes	http://www.govtlab.gov.hk/english/pub_tnrpt.htm Major statistics available: Tar and nicotine yield for a list of cigarettes brand.	Government Laboratory
Hospital Authority Statistical Report	http://www.ha.org.hk/visitor/ha_visitor_index.asp?Content_ID=224130&Lang=ENG&Dimension=100&Parent_ID=10221&Ver=HTML Major statistics available: Patient statistics, in-patient and out-patient services, ambulatory and community services, allied health services, manpower, finance and health care facilities.	Hospital Authority
Pleasant Environment Statistics	http://www.fehd.gov.hk/english/statistics/pleasant_environment/statistienh.html Major statistics available: Markets and stalls, licences in force, permits in Force, livestock slaughtered, water sampling for examination, pest control, refuse & junk collection, cleansing, convictions and fines imposed for environmental hygiene related offences, enforcement figure of the fixed penalty (public cleanliness offences) ordinance, cemeteries and crematoria.	Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
Food Safety and Public Health Statistics	http://www.fehd.gov.hk/english/statistics/safefood/safefood.html Major statistics available: Food safety, Live Food Animals Inspection and Testing, Pest Control.	Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
Animal Disease Statistics	http://www.afcd.gov.hk/english/quarantine/qua_vetlab/qua_vetlab_ndr/qua_vetlab_ndr_adr/qua_vetlab_ndr_adr.html Major statistics available: Quarterly epidemiology reports and quarterly aquatic animal disease report.	Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department