Owing to improvement in the quality of life,the mortality rate of the Chinese people dropped to 6.49 per 1,000 in 1994 from 6.67 per 1,000 in 1990,two or more per thousand points lower than some developed Western countries.

• 随着生活质量的提高，中国人口死亡率由1990年的6.；67‰下降为1994年的6