HONG KONG'S DEMOGRAPHICS: AGE DISTRIBUTION
By Richard Moncure
General Characteristics of Agricultural, Industrial, and Information Age
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Agricultural Age :
Shorter life span: plagues, diseases effected all social classes
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Industrial Age :
Life span increased in developed, industrial countries, but new industrial and social diseases emerged.
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Information Age :
Aging populations in developed North countries, not developing South countries(where population is still more of child bearing age).
Information/Data on Hong Kong's Demographic Age Distribution
Age structure:
0-14 years: 19%
15-64 years: 70%
65 years and over: 11%
Population growth rate: -0.12%
Birth rate: 12.02 births/1000 population
Death rate: 6.02 deaths/1000 population
Infant mortality rate 5.8 deaths/1000 live births
Life expentancy at birth:
Total population: 80.18 years
Male: 76.78
Female: 83.78
Conclusions on Hong Kong (Whether Primarily Agricultural, Industrial, or Information Age Re: the Age Distribution of Its Population:
The data suggest that Hong Kong is in the information age .
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