New Zealand Gazette – 1918 – No. 140

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

                                                            THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.                                                              [No. 140

Dealing with the four metropolitan areas only, it is found that the inclusion of the suburban portions lowers the death-rate in Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin.

Auckland City .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1·20
Auckland Metropolitan Area .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1·26
Wellington City .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0·98
Wellington Metropolitan Area .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0·94
Christchurch City .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1·09
Christchurch Metropolitan Area .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1·07
Dunedin City .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1·47
Dunedin Metropolitan Area .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1·35

Including the suburban portions, the rate at Dunedin is the highest and at Wellington the lowest.

Compared with September, 1917, the results are—

Auckland Metropolitan Area .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1918. 1917.
1·26 0·76
Wellington Metropolitan Area .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0·94 0·84
Christchurch Metropolitan Area .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1·07 0·90
Dunedin Metropolitan Area .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1·35 1·08

The total births registered for the four metropolitan areas amounted to 658, as against 716 in August—a decrease of 58. The deaths in September were 450—a decrease of 35 as compared with the previous month. Of the total deaths, males contributed 245, females 205. Seventy-four of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 16·44 per cent. of the whole number. Forty-seven of these were under one year of age.

The following table shows the deaths in various age-groups occurring in the four metropolitan, and total of nine suburban, areas during the month of September, 1918:—

Age-group.	METROPOLITAN AREA.	NINE SUBURBAN AREAS.	Total.
	Auckland.	Wellington.	Christchurch.
	Males. Females.	Males. Females.	Males. Females.
---------------------	-------------------	--------------------	--------------------
Under 5 years	18 16	7 8	5 6
5 and under 10 years	.. 1	.. ..	2 ..
10	2 ..	.. 1	.. 1
15	3 1	2 1	.. 1
20	2 1	1 ..	2 ..
25	1 4	2 2	5 ..
30	2 ..	1 1	2 2
35	1 2	3 3	.. 5
40	3 5	3 3	2 2
45	8 9	3 3	.. ..
50	7 3	4 1	1 1
55	6 ..	3 3	1 1
60	1 6	5 ..	4 4
65 years and over	35 31	19 11	28 24
Totals..	89 79	53 37	52 47

There were 227 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards in the four metropolitan and nine suburban areas during the month of September, 1918, as against 272 in the previous month. The following table shows the classification:—

Age.	METROPOLITAN AREA.	NINE SUBURBAN AREAS.	Total
	Auckland.	Wellington.	Christchurch.
	Males. Females	Males. Females.	Males. Females.
---------------------	-------------------	--------------------	--------------------
65	1 1	3 ..	2 ..
66	1 1	1 ..	.. ..
67	1 3	2 ..	1 ..
68	.. 1	.. ..	.. 1
69	2 1	1 1	3 ..
70	2 4	1 2	3 1
71	3 ..	.. ..	2 1
72	2 1	.. ..	3 2
73	3 ..	.. ..	1 2
74	2 3	.. ..	1 ..
75	1 1	1 1	.. 1
76	1 1	1 1	2 5
77	.. ..	1 ..	2 2
78	7 2	.. 1	1 1
79	1 1	.. ..	2 1
80	1 2	3 1	.. 1
81	.. ..	1 ..	1 1
82	.. ..	.. 1	.. 2
83	1 1	.. ..	1 1
84	.. ..	.. ..	.. 1
85	1 2	2 1	.. ..
86	2 ..	1 ..	1 1
87	1 1	.. ..	.. ..
88	.. ..	1 1	.. ..
89	1 1	.. ..	.. ..
90	1 1	.. ..	1 ..
91	.. 1	.. ..	1 ..
92	.. 1	.. ..	.. ..
94	.. ..	.. 1	.. ..
95	.. 1	.. ..	.. ..
Totals ..	35 31	19 11	28 24