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Population record

The number of Hangzhou permanent residents surpassed the 9 million mark last year, reaching 9.018 million, an increase of 126,000 from the previous year, the local statistics bureau said.

Xiaoshan District leads the city with 1.39 million permanent residents, followed by Yuhang with 1.25 million and Xihu with 809,000.

In the 12 months before November 2015, Hangzhou recorded a birth rate of 0.106 percent, a death rate of 0.052 percent and a natural population growth rate of 0.054 percent.

The average life span of Hangzhou residents reached 81.85 years last year, 0.29 years longer than in 2014, according to local health officials.

The city’s top five causes of death are cancer, cerebrovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, heart diseases, injuries and poisoning.




 

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