New Zealand Gazette – 1923 – No. 16

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✨ Vital Statistics

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The total births registered for the urban areas amounted to 1,101, as against 988 in December—an increase
of 113. The deaths in January were 446, an increase of 26 as compared with the previous month. Of the total deaths males
contributed 257, females 189. Forty-nine of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 10·99 per cent. of
the whole number. Thirty-six of these were under one year of age.
The rates per 1,000 of mean population in January, 1922 and 1923, were as follows:—

Urban Area.	Birth Rate.	Death Rate.
	January, 1922.	January, 1923.
Auckland	1·83	1·64
Wellington	1·88	1·68
Christchurch	1·88	1·61
Dunedin	1·79	1·81
Hamilton	3·04	3·28
Gisborne	2·15	1·68
Napier	1·57	2·21
Hastings	2·08	1·85
New Plymouth	2·85	2·00
Wanganui	2·38	1·99
Palmerston North	1·95	1·88
Nelson	1·88	1·84
Timaru	2·51	1·75
Invercargill	2·55	2·09
Totals for all areas	1·95	1·77

The following table shows the deaths in various age-groups occurring in the urban areas during the month of
January, 1923:—

Age-group.	Urban Areas.	Total.
	Auckland.	Wellington.
	Males. Females.	Males. Females.
Under 5 years	6 6	3 3
5 and under 10 years	.. 1	.. ..
10	.. 2	1 ..
15	2 1	.. 1
20	.. 2	1 2
25	.. ..	1 3
30	1 1	2 2
35	2 2	1 1
40	3 3	3 1
45	2 ..	4 2
50	5 1	1 1
55	4 2	3 4
60	16 3	4 2
65 years and over	34 17	13 9
Totals	75 41	37 31

The deaths of 184 persons of 65 years and upwards were registered for the urban areas during the month
of January, 1923. The following table shows the classification:—

Age.	Urban Areas.	Total.
	Auckland.	Wellington.
	Males. Females.	Males. Females.
65	.. 2	.. ..
66	1 4	1 1
67	.. 1	2 ..
68	2 ..	.. ..
69	3 ..	1 ..
70	2 1	1 ..
71	1 ..	1 2
72	2 ..	2 1
73	2 1	.. ..
74	2 ..	1 1
75	1 1	.. ..
76	4 ..	.. 1
77	.. 2	.. ..
78	4 ..	.. 1
79	2 ..	1 ..
80	.. 2	.. ..
81	2 ..	.. ..
82	.. 1	.. 1
83	.. ..	.. ..
84	3 ..	.. ..
85	.. ..	2 1
86	.. 1	1 ..
87	1 1	.. ..
88	.. ..	.. ..
89	.. ..	.. ..
90	2 ..	.. ..
92	.. ..	.. ..
Total	34 17	13 9