New Zealand Gazette – 1921 – No. 12

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✨ Vital Statistics

Feb. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 437

VITAL STATISTICS OF METROPOLITAN AND SUBURBAN AREAS, 1917-1920—continued.

Deaths.

Metropolitan or Suburban Area.	Number of Deaths.				Rate per 1,000 of Mean Population.
	1917.	1918.	1919.	1920.	1917.	1918.	1919.	1920.
Metropolitan Areas
Auckland .. .. ..	1,397	2,416	1,428	1,636	10·45	18·07	10·68	11·13
Wellington .. .. ..	892	1,496	1,061	1,081	9·37	15·71	11·14	10·64
Christchurch .. .. .	1,024	1,435	999	1,242	11·04	15·47	10·77	11·83
Dunedin .. .. ..	796	1,113	778	910	11·58	16·20	11·32	12·34
Totals .. .. ..	4,109	6,460	4,266	4,869	10·53	16·55	10·93	11·39
Suburban Areas—
Gisborne .. .. ..	108	138	114	118	8·53	10·90	9·00	8·05
Napier .. .. ..	149	254	161	210	9·85	16·79	10·64	12·65
New Plymouth .. ..	104	137	84	124	10·62	13·99	8·58	11·21
Wanganui .. .. ..	172	276	213	222	8·81	14·14	10·91	10·00
Palmerston North ..	129	236	148	152	9·21	16·85	10·57	9·92
Nelson .. .. ..	128	134	95	131	12·85	13·45	9·54	12·50
Grey Valley Boroughs ..	87	115	97	97	10·39	13·73	11·58	11·28
Timaru .. .. ..	116	159	125	145	8·46	11·59	9·11	9·65
Invercargill .. ..	135	361	173	190	7·56	20·21	9·68	9·95
Totals .. .. ..	1,128	1,810	1,210	1,389	9·32	14·96	10·00	10·44
Grand totals .. ..	5,237	8,270	5,476	6,258	10·24	16·17	10·71	11·17

Infantile Mortality.—Deaths under One Year of Age.

Metropolitan or Suburban Area.	Number of Deaths under One Year of Age.				Rate per 1,000 Births.
	1917.	1918.	1919.	1920.	1917.	1918.	1919.	1920.
Metropolitan Areas—
Auckland .. .. ..	182	168	128	158	60·95	57·71	49·17	48·47
Wellington .. .. ..	136	157	120	177	56·55	71·20	59·64	73·69
Christchurch .. ..	105	99	95	168	49·32	52·80	51·77	71·28
Dunedin .. .. ..	62	59	56	95	40·16	45·95	45·42	59·30
Totals .. .. ..	485	483	399	598	53·51	58·37	51·93	62·16
Suburban Areas—
Gisborne .. .. ..	19	20	19	20	45·89	57·97	57·58	57·31
Napier .. .. ..	24	28	12	42	62·18	75·88	32·70	92·92
New Plymouth .. ..	14	8	10	12	46·05	30·08	37·74	30·77
Wanganui .. .. ..	36	30	37	39	71·29	65·36	76·92	65·00
Palmerston North ..	21	11	16	19	52·90	30·64	48·93	47·26
Nelson .. .. ..	21	13	9	10	89·74	59·36	42·06	44·44
Grey Valley Boroughs ..	11	11	6	9	54·19	69·18	34·48	39·65
Timaru .. .. ..	18	9	10	13	48·65	29·32	34·48	37·36
Invercargill .. ..	15	26	11	19	33·56	54·28	29·73	39·83
Totals .. .. ..	179	156	130	183	54·91	52·67	46·13	52·74
Grand totals .. ..	664	639	529	781	53·88	56·87	50·38	59·66

Infantile Mortality.—Deaths under Five Years of Age.

Metropolitan or Suburban Area.	Number of Deaths under Five Years of Age.				Percentage of Total Deaths.
	1917.	1918.	1919.	1920.	1917.	1918.	1919.	1920.
Metropolitan Areas—
Auckland .. .. ..	260	277	177	234	18·61	11·47	12·39	14·30
Wellington .. .. ..	189	226	158	240	21·19	15·11	14·90	22·20
Christchurch .. ..	155	154	123	222	15·14	10·73	12·31	17·87
Dunedin .. .. ..	87	92	94	134	10·93	8·27	12·08	14·73
Totals .. .. ..	691	749	552	830	16·82	11·59	12·94	17·05
Suburban Areas—
Gisborne .. .. ..	25	28	25	27	23·15	20·29	21·93	22·88
Napier .. .. ..	31	38	18	52	20·81	14·96	11·18	24·76
New Plymouth .. ..	17	11	14	16	16·35	8·03	16·67	12·90
Wanganui .. .. ..	46	40	49	46	26·74	14·49	23·00	20·72
Palmerston North ..	24	23	22	25	18·60	9·75	14·86	16·45
Nelson .. .. ..	27	16	11	15	21·09	11·94	11·58	11·45
Grey Valley Boroughs ..	13	16	9	10	14·94	13·91	9·28	10·31
Timaru .. .. ..	20	11	19	24	17·24	6·92	15·20	16·55
Invercargill .. ..	19	49	19	32	14·07	13·57	10·98	16·84
Totals .. .. ..	222	232	186	247	19·68	12·82	15·37	17·78
Grand totals .. ..	913	981	738	1,077	17·43	11·86	13·48	17·21