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 The birth rate remained low (12.6 live births per 1 000 population in 2010 to 8.6   in 2014). Moreover, according to the total fertility rate, 1 000 women in 2014 would bear, on average, 1 235 children in their lifetime as compared with 1 127 children in 2010.

In 2014, the death rate was 6.2 per 1 000 population. The expectation of life at birth was 81.2 years for males and 86.7 years for females, compared against the corresponding figures of 80.1 and 86.0 years in 2010.

There was a decline in the infant mortality rate from 1.7 per 1 000 live births in 2010 to 1.6 in 2014. The decline reflected a continual improvement in maternal and child health services.

Education: The educational level of the population of Hong Kong has improved appreciably over the past 5 years. The following table compares the educational attainment of the population aged 15 and over for 2010 and 2014:

Income: The median monthly domestic household income for 2014 was $23,500. The distribution of domestic households in Hong Kong by monthly household income was as follows:

Labour Force Participation Rate: The size of the total labour force in Hong Kong for 2014 was 3.88 million. This represented 61.1% of the total population aged 15 and over. The following table shows the labour force participation rates of the population by age and sex :

Occupation: The distribution of the employed population in Hong Kong by occupation for 2014 was as follows:

Housing: The distribution of the land-based non-institutional population of Hong Kong by type of housing for 2014 was as follows: