New Zealand Gazette – 1922 – No. 95

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✨ Vital Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 95

The total births registered for the fifteen urban areas amounted to 1,102, as against 1,074 in October—an increase
of 28. The deaths in November were 447, a decrease of 46 as compared with the previous month. Of the total deaths males
contributed 248, females 199. Fifty-eight of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 12·96 per cent. of
the whole number. Fifty of these were under one year of age.
The rates per 1,000 of mean population in November, 1921 and 1922, were as follows:

|Urban Area.|||Birth Rate.||Death Rate.|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||November,|November,|November,|November,|
||1921.|1922.|1921.|1922.|
|Auckland ...|...|...|1·65|1·59|0·63|0·75|
|Wellington ..|...|...|1·66|1·73|0·58|0·59|
|Christchurch|...|...|1·67|1·83|0·92|0·82|
|Dunedin ..|...|...|1·66|1·65|0·80|0·83|
|Hamilton ..|...|...||2·21||0·40|
|Gisborne ..|...|...|2·21|1·27|0·42|0·47|
|Napier ..|...|...|1·80|1·75|0·58|0·74|
|Hastings ..|...|...||2·29||0·52|
|New Plymouth ..|...|...|2·06|2·59|0·63|0·67|
|Wanganui ..|...|...|2·59|1·61|0·72|0·41|
|Palmerston North ..|...|...|2·43|1·66|0·53|0·57|
|Nelson ..|...|...|2·54|2·67|1·32|0·83|
|Grey Valley boroughs ..|...|...|2·27|3·45|0·72|1·31|
|Timaru ..|...|...|1·81|1·25|0·71|0·81|
|Invercargill ..|...|...|1·67|1·58|0·52|0·61|
|Totals for all areas ..|...|...|1·77†|1·75|0·70†|0·71|

Not available. † Exclusive of Hamilton and Hastings urban areas.

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

URBAN AREAS.

Age-group.	Auckland.	Wellington.	Christchurch.	Dunedin.	Others.	Total.
Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.
Under 5 years	6	5	7	3	8	4
5 and under 10 years ..	1	1	2	..	4	2
10 ,, 15 ,, ..	2	1	..	2	2	2
15 ,, 20 ,, ..	..	..	..	..	1	1
20 ,, 25 ,, ..	1	1	..	..	1	..
25 ,, 30 ,, ..	4	1	3	..	..	1
30 ,, 35 ,, ..	3	..	1	2	..	..
35 ,, 40 ,, ..	2	1	..	3	2	..
40 ,, 45 ,, ..	2	..	2	1	2	3
45 ,, 50 ,, ..	1	9	2	..	4	3
50 ,, 55 ,, ..	3	3	2	3	..	..
55 ,, 60 ,, ..	4	4	1	4	4	2
60 ,, 65 ,, ..	4	3	3	3	4	2
65 years and over ..	33	29	13	8	19	19
Totals ..	66	58	36	29	51	39

The deaths of 198 persons of 65 years and upwards were registered for the fifteen urban areas during the month
of November, 1922. The following table shows the classification:

URBAN AREAS.

Age.	Auckland.	Wellington.	Christchurch.	Dunedin.	Others.	Total
Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.
65	1	1	..	..	1	1
66	..	1	..	..	..	..
67	2	2	..	..	..	..
68	..	..	2	..	..	1
69	2	2	3	..	3	..
70	1	2	2	1	2	3
71	..	2	1	..	..	..
72	4	2	..	..	1	1
73	2	1	..	..	1	1
74	2	1	..	1	..	1
75	1	1	..	1	..	1
76	..	1	..	..	1	..
77	3	1	..	2	2	3
78	2	1	1	2	2	1
79	1	2	..	..	1	..
80	2	1	..	..	2	..
81	2	2	..	1	..	1
82	..	..	1	..	3	1
83	1	2	..	1	..	..
84	2	2	..	1	..	..
85	1	..	..	1	1	..
86	1	..	1	..	1	..
87	1	..	..	..	..	..
88	..	..	..	..	1	..
89	..	..	..	..	..	..
90	2	..	..	..	..	2
91	..	..	..	..	1	..
92	..	1	..	..	..	..
94	..	1	..	..	1	..
98	..	..	1	..	..	..
Total ..	33	29	13	8	19	17