MACAO, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- The population of Macao reached 672,000 at the end of June 2019, seeing an increase of 1,100 quarter-to-quarter, the special administrative region's statistic service said here on Friday.
The latest report from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that Macao's female population stood at 357,500, accounting for 53.2 percent of the total.
A total of 1,400 live births were delivered in the second quarter of 2019, a decrease of 75 quarter-to-quarter. Male babies totaled 735 and the sex ratio at birth stood at 110.5, corresponding to 110.5 male babies per 100 female babies.
In the first half of 2019, a total of 2,875 live births were recorded, up by 20 year-on-year.
Mortality decreased by 73 quarter-to-quarter to 542 in the second quarter. The top three underlying causes of death were Neoplasms (194), diseases of the circulatory system (150) and diseases of the respiratory system (87).
In the first half of 2019, mortality increased by 158 year-on-year to 1,157.
In the second quarter of 2019, immigrants from the Chinese mainland decreased by 630 quarter-to-quarter to 647, whereas individuals granted right of abode and non-resident workers at the end of the period, increased by 119 and 852 to 285 and 190,367 respectively.
A total of 841 cases of marriage registration were recorded in the second quarter, down by 291 quarter-to-quarter. In the first half of 2019, there were 1,973 cases of marriage registration, down by 162 year-on-year.
