New Zealand Gazette – 1919 – No. 17

Page 436

✨ Vital Statistics Report

Dealing with the four metropolitan areas only, it is found that the inclusion of the suburban portions lowers the death-rate in each case.

Auckland City
Auckland Metropolitan Area
Wellington City
Wellington Metropolitan Area
Christchurch City
Christchurch Metropolitan Area
Dunedin City
Dunedin Metropolitan Area
Including the suburban portions, the rate at Wellington is the highest and at Auckland the lowest. Compared with January, 1918, the results are—

Auckland Metropolitan Area
Wellington Metropolitan Area
Christchurch Metropolitan Area
Dunedin Metropolitan Area
The total births registered for the four metropolitan areas amounted to 670, as against 724 in December—a decrease of 54. The deaths in January were 405—a decrease of 732 as compared with the previous month. Of the total deaths, males contributed 221, females 184. Fifty-three of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 13·09 per cent. of the whole number. Thirty-nine 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 January, 1919:

Age-group.	Auckland.	Wellington.	Christchurch.	Dunedin.	NINE SUBURBAN AREAS.	Total.
Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.
Under 5 years	9	10	7	6	5	3
5 and under 10 years	2	1	4	2	1	1
10	15	1	1	1	1
15	20	2	2	2	1	1
20	25	2	5	3	1	1
25	30	3	2	8	9	1
30	35	2	2	5	7	1
35	40	4	1	13	4	2
40	45	1	1	7	5	3
45	50	1	3	5	2	2
50	55	4	1	5	6	4
55	60	3	2	5	3	2
60	65	2	4	7	4	2
65 years and over	22	13	15	18	19	16
Unknown or not stated
Totals.	53	42	89	77	45	36

The deaths of 179 persons of 65 years and upwards were registered for the four metropolitan and nine suburban areas during the month of January, 1919, as against 223 in the previous month. The following table shows the classification:

METROPOLITAN AREA.	NINE SUBURBAN AREAS.	Total.
Auckland.	Wellington.	Christchurch.
65	1	1
66	1	1
67	1	3
68	1	1
69	1	1
70	2	1
71	2	1
72	3	2
73	2	1
74	1	2
75	2	2
76	1	3
77	1	2
78	3	3
79	2	1
80	1	2
81	2	2
82	1
83	1	2
84	1	1
85	1	1
86	1	2
87	1	1
88	1	2
89	1	2
90	1	1
91	1
92	1	2
Totals	22	13