Explanatory Notes on Major Statistical Indicators
【Birth Rate or (Crude Birth Rate)】refers to the ratio of the number of births to the average
population (or mid-period population) during a certain period of time (usually
a year) which is often expressed in ‰. Birth rate in the chapter refers to annual birth rate. The
following formula is used:
Birth Rate = Number of Births/Average Number
of Population×1000‰
Number of births refers to live births i.e.
the births when babies had showed any vital phenomena regardless of the length
of pregnancy.
Annual Average Number of Population is the
average of the number of population at the beginning of the year and that at
the end of the year. Sometimes it is substituted for with the mid year
population.
【Death Rate (or Crude Death Rate)】refers to the ratio of the number of deaths to the average
population (or mid-period population) during a certain period of time (usually
a year) which is often expressed in ‰. Death rate in the chapter refers to annual death rate. The
following formula is used:
Death Rate= Number of Deaths/Annual Average
Number of Population×1000‰
【Natural Growth Rate of Population】refers to the ratio of natural increase in population (number of
births minus number of deaths) in a certain period of time (usually a year) to
the average population (or mid-period population) of the same period which is
often expressed in ‰. The following formulas are applied:
Natural Growth of Population = (Number of
Births-Number of Deaths)/Average Number of Population×1000‰
Natural Growth Rate of Population = Birth
Rate-Death Rate
【Economically Active Population】 refers to the population aged 16 and over who are capable to work,
are participating in or willing to participate in economic activities,
including employed persons and unemployed persons.
【Employees of the Unit】 refers to the personnel who work in the government offices,
political parties, social communities, enterprises and public undertakings and
get paid. Including: on-the-job employees, reemployed retirees, teachers in
schools run by the local people, personnel from abroad or HK,
【Full Employed Staff and Workers】refers to the employees who work for the unit and get paid by it,
including those who are leave because of illness, injuries and pregnancies.
【Average Wage of Staff and Workers】refers to the average wage in money terms per person during a
certain period of time for staff and workers in enterprises, institutions, and
government agencies, which reflects the general level of wage income during a
certain period of time and is calculated as follows:
Average Wage of Staff and Workers = Total
Wages of Staff and Workers in Reference Period/Average Number of Staff and
Workers in Reference Period.
【Specialized Technical Personnel】refer to the professional technology and administrative personnel.
Its statistical targets include personnel who had been employed and given
professional posts by the enterprises and pubic under takings, and the
personnel who work in the unit have degrees higher than polytechnic school, but
not given professional posts.
【Registered Urban Unemployed Persons】The registered unemployed persons in urban areas refer to the
persons who are registered as permanent residents in the urban areas engaged in
non-agricultural activities, aged within the range of working age, capable to
labor, unemployed but desirous to be employed and have been registered at the
local employment service agencies to apply for a job.
【Registered Urban Unemployment Rate】Registered unemployment rate in urban areas refers to the ratio of
the number of the registered unemployed persons to the sum of the number of
employed persons and the registered unemployed persons . The formula is as follows:
Registered urban unemployment rate = number of registered urban unemployed persons÷(number of urban employed persons + number of registered urban unemployed persons) × 100%.