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Table 1 Sample size and age-sex demographics of the last three rounds of THS

From: Under-reporting of inpatient services utilisation in household surveys – a population-based study in Hong Kong

 

Sept – Nov 1999

Jan – May 2001

May – July 2002

No. of households successfully enumerated

10,057

10,046

10,015 (and 2,111 institutional residents)

Response rate

77%

76%

78% (97%)

 

No. of individuals

No. of individuals

No. of individuals

Age (years)

   

Less than 5

1,506

1,298

1,108

5 – 14

4,682

4,385

3,849

15 – 24

4,875

4,808

3,974

25 – 34

5,471

5,418

4,360

35 – 44

6,684

6,472

5,774

45 – 54

4,420

4,856

4,551

55 – 64

2,514

2,493

2,524

65 or above

3,611

3,879

5,532

Sex

   

Male

16,601

16,484

15,321

Female

17,162

17,125

16,351

Total

33,763

33,609

31,672