New Zealand Gazette – 1918 – No. 12

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✨ Vital Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 12

There were 1,998 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards in the four metropolitan and nine suburban areas during 1917. The following table shows the classification :—

Age.	Metropolitan Area.								Nine Suburban Areas.		Total.
	Auckland.		Wellington.		Christchurch.		Dunedin.
	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.
65 ..	14	9	8	10	5	7	4	7	11	7	42	40
66 ..	15	8	5	5	6	3	8	4	8	8	42	28
67 ..	16	11	9	8	9	11	9	1	11	6	54	37
68 ..	15	6	11	5	14	7	10	4	12	5	62	27
69 ..	13	6	10	5	6	10	10	8	14	6	53	35
70 ..	14	9	5	4	13	13	7	11	13	8	52	45
71 ..	7	15	1	4	7	10	4	7	14	5	33	41
72 ..	9	11	8	8	14	8	8	7	9	7	48	41
73 ..	8	13	3	3	10	12	5	11	8	4	34	43
74 ..	17	13	10	7	6	12	9	9	14	8	56	49
75 ..	23	14	4	4	8	11	4	10	12	13	51	52
76 ..	14	14	11	6	13	21	12	7	16	11	66	59
77 ..	11	11	6	1	13	9	4	3	18	4	52	28
78 ..	15	9	8	5	9	10	7	9	9	7	48	40
79 ..	13	9	7	4	8	3	8	9	9	7	45	32
80 ..	22	10	5	5	8	8	6	13	10	9	51	45
81 ..	9	5	6	3	2	6	9	5	6	3	32	22
82 ..	14	11	6	5	10	13	14	8	12	4	56	41
83 ..	5	9	3	3	9	4	8	5	13	7	38	28
84 ..	10	6	7	3	6	6	14	6	18	5	55	26
85 ..	8	6	4	2	5	6	5	5	12	2	34	21
86 ..	13	4	6	2	6	5	6	5	8	..	39	16
87 ..	5	6	..	4	5	4	3	7	5	5	18	26
88 ..	5	3	2	..	3	3	3	1	5	5	18	12
89 ..	4	3	..	1	1	1	1	2	4	1	10	8
90 ..	3	3	1	2	1	3	2	1	2	2	9	11
91 ..	2	1	..	..	1	2	2	1	2	1	7	5
92 ..	1	..	1	2	1	1	..	1	..	1	3	5
93 ..	..	2	1	..	..	..	1	1	..	1	2	4
94 ..	..	1	..	1	1	1	1	1	1	..	3	4
95 ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	2	1	..	2	2
96 ..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	..	1	1
97 ..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
98 ..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
99 ..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	3
101	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
Totals..	306	231	148	113	200	212	185	173	278	152	1,117	881

TABLE showing the Causes of the Deaths of Persons at the Four Metropolitan Areas, and Total for Nine Suburban Areas, registered during the Year, 1917.

Causes of Death.	Auckland Metropolitan Area.		Wellington Metropolitan Area.		Christchurch Metropolitan Area.		Dunedin Metropolitan Area.		Nine Suburban Areas.		Total.
	Under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.
I.—GENERAL DISEASES.
(a.) Epidemic Diseases.
1. Typhoid Fever ..	..	1	5	..	2	..	1	..	..	2	11
6. Measles	..	6	2	1	..	..	..	..	1	..	10
7. Scarlet Fever ..	..	1	..	..	1	..	2	5	..	3	12
8. Whooping-cough	..	8	..	2	..	..	3	..	3	..	20
9. Diphtheria	..	11	3	14	10	22	37	4	..	6	17
10. Influenza	..	1	5	..	4	..	..	1	1	2	14
13. Cholera Nostras..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
14. Dysentery	..	2	7	1	2	1	2	..	..	..	15
18. Erysipelas	..	..	2	..	1	1	..	1	1	3	10
19. Chicken-pox	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1
(b.) Other General Diseases.
20. Purulent Infection—Septicæmia ..	..	..	1	..	4	..	1	..	3	..	2
24. Tetanus	..	..	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..
25. Mycoses	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
28. Pulmonary Tuberculosis ..	..	..	77	..	67	..	56	..	61	..	53
29. Acute Miliary Tuberculosis	..	..	2	..	2	..	1	..	2	..	1
30. Tuberculous Meningitis ..	..	3	1	3	1	2	1	11	3	6	34
31. Abdominal Tuberculosis ..	..	3	5	..	2	..	4	2	..	2	18
32. Pott’s Disease ..	..	1	..	..	2	..	1	3	..	3	10
33. White Swellings	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	1	..	1	4
34. Tuberculous Glands of Neck	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
34. Tuberculosis of the Kidney	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	2
34. Tuberculous Lymphadenitis	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1
34. Tuberculous Epididymitis	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1
34. Tuberculous Salpingitis ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
34. Lupus of Neck ..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
34. Lupus (unqualified)	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
35. Disseminated Tuberculosis	..	..	2	..	2	..	3	..	4	..	4
36. Rickets	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
37. Syphilis	..	3	2	1	3	4	2	1	..	1	..
38. Gonococcus Infection	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	2
39. Cancer and other Malignant Tumours of the Bucca Cavity, &c.	..	..	8	..	7	..	4	..	4	..	6