New Zealand Gazette – 1918 – No. 12

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

JAN. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 327

Vital Statistics for 1917.

GOVERNMENT STATISTICIAN’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Four Metropolitan Areas and of the Nine Suburban Areas of the Dominion for the Year 1917:—

	Population, Census, 1916.	Total Births registered during 1917.	Proportion of Births to the 1,000 of Population.	DEATHS REGISTERED DURING 1917.							Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in 1917.
				MALES.			FEMALES.			Total Deaths.
				Under 1 Year.	1 & under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Under 1 Year.	1 & under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.
Auckland City ..	64,951	1,448	22·29	58	21	373	45	22	284	803	12·36
Remainder of Metropolitan Area	68,771	1,538	22·36	40	20	260	39	15	220	594	8·64
Total for Auckland Metropolitan Area	133,712	2,986	22·33	98	41	633	84	37	504	1,397	10·45
Wellington City ..	73,305	1,793	24·46	69	25	327	44	14	258	737	10·05
Remainder of Metropolitan Area	21,930	612	27·91	14	7	62	9	7	56	155	7·07
Total for Wellington Metropolitan Area	95,235	2,405	25·25	83	32	389	53	21	314	892	9·37
Christchurch City ..	54,925	1,277	23·25	35	14	274	29	14	300	666	12·13
Remainder of Metropolitan Area	37,808	852	22·53	30	16	165	11	6	130	358	9·47
Total for Christchurch Metropolitan Area	92,733	2,129	22·96	65	30	439	40	20	430	1,024	11·04
Dunedin City ..	55,256	1,192	21·57	34	11	300	16	10	305	676	12·23
Remainder of Metropolitan Area	13,460	352	26·15	7	1	52	5	3	52	120	8·92
Total for Dunedin Metropolitan Area	68,716	1,544	22·47	41	12	352	21	13	357	796	11·58
Gisborne Borough ..	9,174	305	33·25	8	2	43	7	2	31	93	10·14
Remainder of Suburban Area ..	3,486	109	31·27	2	..	4	2	2	5	15	4·30
Total for Gisborne Suburban Area	12,660	414	32·70	10	2	47	9	4	36	108	8·53
Napier Borough ..	12,704	319	25·11	9	3	54	14	3	32	115	9·05
Remainder of Suburban Area ..	2,427	67	27·61	..	1	21	1	..	11	34	14·01
Total for Napier Suburban Area	15,131	386	25·51	9	4	75	15	3	43	149	9·85
New Plymouth Borough ..	8,704	277	31·82	9	2	55	5	..	27	98	11·26
Remainder of Suburban Area ..	1,091	27	24·75	..	1	4	..	..	1	6	5·50
Total for New Plymouth Suburban Area	9,795	304	31·04	9	3	59	5	..	28	104	10·62
Wanganui Borough ..	14,380	368	25·59	15	2	58	13	5	42	135	9·39
Remainder of Suburban Area ..	5,137	137	26·67	6	2	15	2	1	11	37	7·20
Total for Wanganui Suburban Area	19,517	505	25·87	21	4	73	15	6	53	172	8·81
Palmerston North Borough ..	12,829	371	28·92	12	2	54	9	..	37	114	8·89
Remainder of Suburban Area ..	1,177	26	22·09	..	1	5	..	..	9	15	12·74
Total for Palmerston North Suburban Area	14,006	397	28·34	12	3	59	9	..	46	129	9·21
Nelson City ..	8,774	209	23·82	9	4	45	10	1	45	114	12·99
Remainder of Suburban Area ..	1,188	25	21·04	1	1	7	1	..	4	14	11·78
Total for Nelson Suburban Area	9,962	234	23·49	10	5	52	11	1	49	128	12·85
Greymouth Borough ..	4,863	110	22·62	4	..	29	2	1	12	48	9·87
Remainder of Suburban Area ..	3,510	93	26·50	3	1	21	2	..	12	39	11·11
Total for Grey Valley Boroughs Suburban Area	8,373	203	24·24	7	1	50	4	1	24	87	10·39
Timaru Borough ..	12,238	331	27·05	9	1	54	6	1	39	110	8·99
Remainder of Suburban Area ..	1,478	39	26·39	1	..	2	2	..	1	6	4·06
Total for Timaru Suburban Area	13,716	370	26·98	10	1	56	8	1	40	116	8·46
Invercargill Borough ..	14,154	386	27·27	8	2	56	5	1	48	120	8·48
Remainder of Suburban Area ..	3,708	61	16·45	1	1	8	1	..	4	15	4·05
Total for Invercargill Suburban Area	17,862	447	25·03	9	3	64	6	1	52	135	7·56
Grand Totals ..	511,418	12,324	24·10	384	141	2,348	280	108	1,976	5,237	10·24