Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the total population was 631,000 as at end-September 2014, up by 7,000 quarter-to-quarter due to an increase in non-resident workers; female population totalled 319,100, accounting for 50.6% of the total. There were 1,971 live births delivered in the third quarter of 2014, an increase of 305 or 18.3% quarter-to-quarter. Male babies totalled 1,047 and the gender ratio of the newborn stood at 113.4, corresponding to 113.4 male babies per 100 female babies. In the first three quarters of 2014, a total of 5,274 live births were recorded, up by 459 year-on-year. Meanwhile, there were 419 mortality cases, a decrease of 58 quarter-to-quarter; the top three underlying causes of death were Neoplasms (157 cases), Diseases of the Circulatory System (84 cases) and Diseases of the Respiratory System (64 cases). In the first three quarters of 2014, mortality cases went up by 53 year-on-year to 1,445. In the third quarter of 2014, there were 2,656 Chinese immigrants, up by 1,868 quarter-to-quarter. Individuals granted right of abode totalled 538, up by 65 quarter-to-quarter. Non-resident workers totalled 162,877 at the end of the third quarter, an increase of 7,567 over the previous quarter. A total of 957 cases of marriage registration were recorded in the third quarter, up by 12 quarter-to-quarter. In the first three quarters of 2014, there were 3,069 cases of marriage registration, down by 90 year-on-year.
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