New Zealand Gazette – 1922 – No. 29

Page 1057

✨ Vital Statistics Report



APRIL 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1057

Dealing with the four principal urban areas only, it is found that the inclusion of the suburban portions lowers the death-rate, except in the case of Dunedin.

Death-rate per 1,000 of Population.
Auckland City .. 0·87
Auckland Urban Area .. 0·70
Wellington City .. 0·80
Wellington Urban Area .. 0·77
Christchurch City .. 0·83
Christchurch Urban Area .. 0·71
Dunedin City .. 0·91
Dunedin Urban Area .. 0·91

Including the suburban portions, Dunedin is the highest and Auckland the lowest.

Compared with the corresponding month of the four preceding years, the results are—

1918. 1919. 1920. 1921. 1922.
Auckland Urban Area 0·66 0·65 0·75 0·72 0·70
Wellington Urban Area 0·74 0·79 0·76 0·83 0·77
Christchurch Urban Area 0·60 0·72 0·77 0·75 0·71
Dunedin Urban Area 0·70 0·74 1·08 0·83 0·91

The total births registered for the four principal urban areas amounted to 835, as against 739 in February—an increase of 96. The deaths in March were 334—an increase of 49 as compared with the previous month. Of the total deaths males contributed 166, females 168. Forty-eight of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 14·34 per cent. of the whole number. Thirty-two of these were under one year of age.

The following table shows the deaths in various age-groups occurring in the fifteen urban areas during the month of March, 1922 :—

Age-group. Auckland. Males. Auckland. Females. Wellington. Males. Wellington. Females. Christchurch. Males. Christchurch. Females. Dunedin. Males. Dunedin. Females. Others Males. Others Females. Total. Males. Total. Females.
Under 5 years 7 11 5 8 4 6 5 2 8 13 29 40
5 and under 10 years.. 1 1 .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1 2
10 ” 15 ” ” 1 .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 .. 3 ..
15 ” 20 ” ” 2 .. .. 2 .. .. 1 3 3 .. 6 5
20 ” 25 ” ” .. 1 2 1 .. 1 2 .. 1 1 5 4
25 ” 30 ” ” .. .. 2 3 .. 1 .. .. 3 .. 5 6
30 ” 35 ” ” 3 .. .. 3 .. 1 .. 1 1 1 4 6
35 ” 40 ” ” 1 3 1 2 3 5 2 3 1 2 8 15
40 ” 45 ” ” 4 3 5 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 14 9
45 ” 50 ” ” 4 3 1 .. .. 1 2 .. 2 6 9 11
50 ” 55 ” ” 5 3 4 .. 4 4 2 1 3 6 18 14
55 ” 60 ” ” 5 3 6 3 3 1 2 5 4 4 18 13
60 ” 65 ” ” 4 2 3 3 2 3 1 3 4 8 14 19
65 years and over 25 21 16 11 11 20 14 15 24 13 90 80
Totals .. 60 50 45 38 29 46 32 34 58 56 224 224

The deaths of 170 persons of 65 years and upwards were registered for the fifteen urban areas during the month of March, 1922. The following table shows the classification :—

Age. Auckland Males. Auckland Females. Wellington. Males. Wellington. Females. Christchurch. Males Christchurch. Females. Dunedin Males Dunedin Females. Others. Males. Others. Females. Total Males. Total Females.
65 3 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 4 2
66 1 .. .. .. 2 1 2 1 .. 1 5 3
67 .. .. .. .. 1 1 .. .. 1 .. 2 1
68 1 1 1 .. 1 2 .. 1 2 1 5 5
69 2 1 1 .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 3 2
70 .. 1 2 1 .. .. .. 1 2 1 4 4
71 .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 1 .. 1 2
72 2 2 .. 1 2 1 .. .. 1 .. 5 4
73 .. 1 1 1 .. 1 .. 1 .. 1 1 5
74 1 1 .. 1 1 1 .. 1 1 1 3 5
75 1 3 2 .. .. 1 1 .. .. .. 4 4
76 2 1 1 .. 1 .. .. 2 .. .. 4 3
77 .. 1 .. .. .. 2 1 .. .. .. 1 3
78 1 1 2 .. 1 1 1 2 .. .. 5 4
79 1 2 1 .. .. 1 .. .. 3 .. 5 3
80 3 1 .. .. 1 1 .. 1 4 .. 8 3
81 1 .. 1 1 1 1 1 .. 1 1 5 3
82 2 .. 2 1 .. .. 2 .. 3 .. 9 1
83 .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 1 .. .. 1 2
84 1 1 1 .. 1 .. 1 1 1 1 5 3
85 1 .. .. .. .. 2 1 .. .. 3 2 5
86 .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 .. 2
87 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 2 .. 3 1
88 .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1
89 .. 1 .. 1 .. 2 1 .. .. 1 1 5
90 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 ..
91 .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 ..
92 .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1
93 .. .. .. 1 .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 2
94 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1
95 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1 ..
96 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 ..
Total .. 25 21 16 11 11 20 14 15 24 13 90 80

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