According to the 'Xiamen Annual Health Report 2013' issued by the Xiamen Municipal Health Bureau, Xiamen's average life expectancy rate in 2013 was 79.68 years, which is up 6 months over the previous year and is 6 years higher than the national average.
厦门人的平均寿命比全国百姓平均寿命多六岁.
Analysing the data by gender, the male average life expectancy rate in Xiamen for 2013 was 76 years 11 months, while the female average life expectancy rate was 82 years 4 months.
The city's maternal mortality rate was 3.85 per 100,000. The under-5 mortality rate was 4.5%, the infant mortality rate was 3.46%, and the neonatal mortality rate was 2.04%. According to the report, malignant tumors remained the top cause of death for Xiamen residents in 2013.
It is notable that Xiamen's gender ratio in 2013 stood at 98.8 males for 100 females, while the normal gender ratio is somewhere between 103-105 males for every 100 females.