Department of Health

Findings of the communicable diseases surveillance based at the Accident & Emergency Departments of public hospitals

The following data is updated on a quarterly basis. Please visit the website of the Centre of Health Protection, Department of Health, for the latest data.

The following data is updated on a quarterly basis. Please visit the website of the Centre of Health Protection, Department of Health, for the latest data.

Provides geo-referenced data and other relevant information related to babycare facilities in government premises

Provides geo-referenced data related to Baby-Friendly Maternal and Child Health Centres

The following data is updated on a quarterly basis. Please visit the website of the Centre of Health Protection, Department of Health, for the latest data.

Behavioural Risk Factor Survey (i) Body Mass Index (BMI) distribution (adult Europeans and Chinese adults in Hong Kong) (ii) Weight control data (iii) Days of physical activity (vigorous, moderate and walking) (iv) Level of physical activity (v) Leisure-time exercise data (vi) Eating habits (consumption of fruit, vegetable, grains or cereals, meat, processed meat, eggs, dairy products, soybean curb or soybean milk) (vii) Intake of fluids (viii) Eating out data (breakfast, lunch and dinner) (ix) Drinking pattern (alcohol consumption and binge drinking) (x) Smoking pattern (xi) Preventive services practices (cervical screening and influenza vaccination) (xii) Food handling practices (food washing, raw and cooked food storage, cooking/reheating food and hand washing) (xiii) Oral health practices (teeth-brushing habit, use of dental floss and dental checkup) (xiv) Road safety practices (speed driving, drink driving, use of seatbelt and jay-walking) (xv) Stress coping method (xvi) Mask wearing habit (xvii) Television watching habit (weekdays and weekends) (xviii) Internet surfing habit (weekdays and weekends) (xix) Sleeping hours

Birth Statistics (i) Number of Known Births for Different Sexes and Crude Birth Rate for the Period from 1981 to 2024 (ii) Percentage Distribution of Live Births by Birth Weight for the Period from 2012 to 2024

Number of Cancer New Cases and Registered Deaths by Ten Leading Cancer Disease Group by Sex 2022

Information on the Collection for Digital Herbarium for Chinese Medicines (English)

Information on the Collection for Digital Herbarium for Chinese Medicines (Simplified Chinese)

Information on the Collection for Digital Herbarium for Chinese Medicines (Traditional Chinese)

Food poisoning surveillance data including the number of confirmed food poisoning outbreaks due to clenbuterol and pesticides and the number of persons affected

COVID-19 surveillance data including laboratory surveillance, COVID-19 outbreak, severe and fatal COVID-19 cases, sewage surveillance and sentinel surveillance

The following files provide important data related to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). The last update date of the data source files is 19 March 2023.

This monthly surveillance data summarizes the surveillance findings of invasive pneumococcal disease cases reported to the Centre for Health Protection.

Death statistics (i) Number of Registered Deaths by Sex and Crude Death Rate, 1981 to 2024 (ii) Age-standardised Death Rate (Overall and by Sex), 1981 to 2024 (iii) Age-specific Death Rate by Age Group by Sex, 2014 and 2024 (iv) Death Rate by Leading Causes of Death, 2001 to 2024 (v) Number of Registered Deaths by Leading Cause of Death, 2001 to 2024 (vi) Age-standardised Death Rate by Leading Cause of Death, 2001 to 2024 (vii) Late Foetal Mortality Rate, 1981 to 2024 (viii) Perinatal Mortality Rate, 1981 to 2024 (ix) Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1981 to 2024 (x) Infant Mortality Rate, 1981 to 2024 (xi) Number of Maternal Deaths, 1981 to 2024 (xii) Maternal Mortality Ratio, 1981 to 2024

Department of Health - outpatient service attendances (i) General Outpatient Service Attendances (ii) Other Outpatient Service Attendances

The following data is updated on a quarterly basis. Please visit the website of the Centre of Health Protection, Department of Health, for the latest data.

The following data is updated on a quarterly basis. Please visit the website of the Centre of Health Protection, Department of Health, for the latest data.

Detection rate of overweight and obesity of 4-year-old children who attended Maternal and Child Health Centres in 2011 to 2025

Detection Rate of Overweight and Obesity of Primary and Secondary School Students

Detection Rate of Wasting of Primary and Secondary School Students

Number of doctors per 10,000 population Source: Doctors - Boards and Councils Office, Department of Health Population - Demographic Statistics Section (1), Census and Statistics Department

Hand, foot and mouth disease surveillance data including number of EV71 cases, institutional outbreaks, hospital surveillance and sentinel surveillance

Exemption of Regulated Products under the Human Organ Transplant Ordinance (Cap. 465) (i) List of currently exempted regulated products under the Human Organ Transplant Ordinance (Cap. 465) (ii) List of regulated products that are no longer exempted from the Human Organ Transplant Ordinance (Cap. 465)

Influenza surveillance data including sentinel surveillance, laboratory surveillance, influenza-like illness outbreak, hospital surveillance and severe influenza case during influenza season

Health Manpower Survey

HIV Antibody Testing by Public Health Laboratory Services Branch 2013 to 2024

HIV/AIDS yearly statistics in Hong Kong 1984 - 2025

The following data is updated on a quarterly basis. Please visit the website of the Centre of Health Protection, Department of Health, for the latest data.

Inpatient Statistics (i) Inpatient Discharges and Deaths in All Hospitals Classified by Disease, 2023 (ii) Inpatient Discharges and Deaths in Hospitals and Registered Deaths in Hong Kong by Disease, 2023 (iii) Number of Inpatient Discharges and Deaths in Hospitals by International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) 10th Revision Chapter, 2012 to 2024 (iv) Number of Inpatient Discharges and Deaths in Hospitals and Registered Deaths by Disease Group, 2012 to 2024

Life Expectancy at Birth by Sex for the Period from 1971 to 2024

List showing the product name, trademark text, product holder (pCm wholesaler/ pCm manufacturer), pCm registration number/application number and active ingredients displayed on the pCm label etc.

Section 47A (3) of the Offences Against the Person Ordinance (Cap. 212) provides that any treatment for the termination of pregnancy must be carried out in a hospital or clinic maintained by the Government or declared by the Director of Health by notice published in the Gazette to be an approved hospital or clinic. This requirement does not apply to the termination of a pregnancy by a registered medical practitioner if 2 registered medical practitioners are of the opinion, formed in good faith, that the termination is immediately necessary to save the life or to prevent grave permanent injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman.

List of clinics registered under Medical Clinics Ordinance (Cap. 343) with address information of the private healthcare institutions.

List of day procedure centres licensed under Private Healthcare Facilities Ordinance (Cap. 633) and its contact information.

List showing the name of company, address of company, licence type, district and telephone number of each licensed drug dealer

List showing the name, address, district and telephone number of each licensed pharmacy (Authorized Seller of Poisons)

List of private hospitals licensed under Private Healthcare Facilities Ordinance (Cap. 633) and its contact information.