New Zealand Gazette – 1919 – No. 6

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

Auckland City ..
Auckland Metropolitan Area
Wellington City
Wellington Metropolitan Area
Christchurch City
Christchurch Metropolitan Area
Dunedin City ..
Dunedin Metropolitan Area ..

Death-rate per 1,000 of Population.
9·73
7·44
1·65
1·95
5·07
4·40
3·06
3·11

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

Compared with November, 1917, the results are—

Auckland Metropolitan Area
Wellington Metropolitan Area
Christchurch Metropolitan Area
Dunedin Metropolitan Area

  1. 0·91
    0·70
    0·75
    0·92

  2. 7·44
    1·95
    4·40
    3·11

The total births registered for the four metropolitan areas amounted to 597, as against 704 in October—a decrease of 107. The deaths in November were 1,803—an increase of 1,404 as compared with the previous month. Of the total deaths, males contributed 1,090, females 713. One hundred and twelve of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 6·21 per cent. of the whole number. Fifty-two 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 November, 1918 :—

Age-group. METROPOLITAN AREA. NINE SUBURBAN AREAS. Total.
Auckland. Wellington. Christchurch. Dunedin.
Males. Females. Males. Females. Males. Females. Males. Females. Males. Females. Males. Females
Under 5 years .. 30 26 14 8 6 15 5 8 16 14 71 71
5 and under 10 years.. 5 4 1 1 3 3 2 3 4 6 13 17
10 ,, 15 ,, .. 8 3 .. 1 3 3 8 6 9 5 19 13
15 ,, 20 ,, .. 12 12 6 3 13 3 11 6 25 13 48 33
20 ,, 25 ,, .. 38 30 6 9 21 12 13 11 44 21 101 70
25 ,, 30 ,, .. 74 50 11 3 37 21 17 15 62 31 179 106
30 ,, 35 ,, .. 109 54 23 8 38 21 16 10 45 23 249 129
35 ,, 40 ,, .. 99 30 13 7 35 16 16 5 29 21 208 86
40 ,, 45 ,, .. 66 36 16 3 21 8 4 2 20 10 136 73
45 ,, 50 ,, .. 42 30 9 2 11 7 3 9 11 8 85 51
50 ,, 55 ,, .. 24 26 4 4 12 7 4 2 13 8 55 54
55 ,, 60 ,, .. 15 17 7 3 6 4 2 3 13 8 43 35
60 ,, 65 ,, .. 21 13 2 3 5 5 3 6 11 6 42 33
65 years and over .. 57 50 11 7 32 38 23 18 33 32 156 145
Unknown or not stated 10 4 1 .. 2 .. .. .. 1 1 14 5
Totals.. .. 610 385 124 62 245 163 111 103 329 208 1,419 921

The deaths of 301 persons of 65 years and upwards were registered for the four metropolitan and nine suburban areas during the month of November, 1918, as against 200 in the previous month. 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 4 7 2 2 2 1 1 .. 1 3 10 13
66 1 3 1 .. .. 1 .. 2 .. .. 2 6
67 .. 5 .. .. 2 .. 1 .. 2 .. 5 5
68 3 4 1 .. 2 1 .. 1 .. 2 6 8
69 3 1 .. .. .. 2 .. .. 1 1 4 4
70 2 2 .. .. 5 .. 1 .. 1 2 9 4
71 3 1 1 .. .. 3 3 1 1 1 8 6
72 1 1 .. .. .. 2 .. 1 4 3 5 7
73 4 2 1 .. 1 2 1 1 1 .. 8 5
74 .. 1 1 .. 2 3 2 1 .. 2 5 5
75 4 2 1 .. 4 1 5 .. 2 .. 16 5
76 2 2 .. .. .. 3 .. 1 4 .. 6 6
77 2 4 1 .. .. 3 .. 1 1 3 4 11
78 4 .. 1 .. 1 2 4 2 1 1 6 4
79 1 .. 1 1 1 2 .. 1 2 4 7 9
80 4 3 .. 1 1 2 .. 1 .. 1 5 7
81 3 1 .. .. 2 3 .. .. 1 2 8 7
82 2 2 .. 1 4 2 1 .. 1 .. 3 2
83 1 .. .. 1 1 .. .. 1 2 1 6 1
84 1 .. .. .. 1 .. 2 .. 2 .. 1 5
85 1 2 .. .. .. 1 .. 2 .. 1 8 5
86 3 2 .. .. 1 2 1 .. 3 1 7 2
87 3 1 .. .. 2 .. .. .. 2 1 7 4
88 1 1 .. .. 1 1 .. .. 1 2 3 1
89 .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2
90 .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 .. 1 2
91 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 ..
92 2 .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1 2 2
93 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1 1 2
95 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1 .. 2 ..
98 .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1
104 .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1
Totals .. 57 50 11 7 32 38 23 18 33 32 156 145


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Vital Statistics, Births, Deaths, Metropolitan Areas, Suburban Areas, November 1918