New Zealand Gazette – 1922 – No. 62

Page 2251

✨ Vital Statistics Report

Aug. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2251

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

Death-rate per 1,000 of Population.

Auckland City .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0·84
Auckland Urban Area .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0·86
Wellington City .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0·87
Wellington Urban Area .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0·86
Christchurch City .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0·88
Christchurch Urban Area .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0·89
Dunedin City .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1·22
Dunedin Urban Area .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1·13

Including the suburban portions, Dunedin is the highest and Auckland and Wellington the lowest.
Compared with the corresponding month of the four preceding years, the results are—

1. 1. 1. 1. Auckland Urban Area .. .. .. .. 1·01 1·15 1·03 1·01 0·86
        Wellington Urban Area .. .. .. .. 0·95 0·93 1·02 0·67 0·86
        Christchurch Urban Area .. .. .. .. 1·13 0·93 1·25 0·91 0·89
        Dunedin Urban Area .. .. .. .. 1·28 1·24 1·28 1·21 1·13

The total births registered for the four principal urban areas amounted to 761, as against 748 in June—an increase of 13. The deaths in July were 416—a decrease of 14 as compared with the previous month. Of the total deaths males contributed 223, females 193. Forty-five of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 10·82 per cent. of the whole number. Thirty-three 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 July, 1922 :—

Age-group.	Urban Areas.	Total.
	Auckland.	Wellington.
	Males.	Females.
Under 5 years ..	4	8
5 and under 10 years..	2	..
10 " 15 " ..	1	..
15 " 20 " ..	2	1
20 " 25 " ..	3	..
25 " 30 " ..	2	..
30 " 35 " ..	3	2
35 " 40 " ..	5	2
40 " 45 " ..	2	3
45 " 50 " ..	6	..
50 " 55 " ..	10	3
55 " 60 " ..	3	4
60 " 65 " ..	2	9
65 years and over ..	35	29
Totals ..	80	61

The deaths of 247 persons of 65 years and upwards were registered for the fifteen urban areas during the month of July, 1922. The following table shows the classification :—

Age.	Urban Areas.	Total.
	Auckland	Wellington.
	Males.	Females.
65	..	2
66	..	1
67	1	..
68	3	..
69	..	3
70	1	..
71	2	..
72	3	1
73	1	2
74	2	1
75	2	2
76	2	1
77	2	2
78	3	1
79	..	2
80	2	3
81	..	..
82	1	1
83	..	1
84	4	..
85	4	2
86	..	..
87	..	1
88	..	1
89	..	..
90	..	1
91	..	..
93	1	..
94	..	..
95	1	..
96	..	1
Total ..	35	29