New Zealand Gazette – 1925 – No. 25

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 25
Vital Statistics of Urban Areas.
REPORT on the Vital Statistics of the Urban Areas of the Dominion for the Month of March, 1925:
| | Estimated | Total Births | Proportion of | DEATHS REGISTERED IN MARCH, 1925. | Proportion of |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | Population. | registered | Births to the 1,000 | Males. | Females. | Deaths |
| | lst April, 1924 | March, 1925. | of Population | Under | 1 & under | 5 Years | Under | 1 & under | 5 Years | to the 1,000 of |
| | | | | 1 Year. | 5 Years. | and over | 1 Year. | 5 Years. | and over | Population, |
| | | | | | | | | | | March, |
| Auckland | 172,935 | 285 | 1·65 | 10 | 3 | 52 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 116 | 0·67 |
| Wellington | 114,510 | 169 | 1·48 | 2 | . | 26 | .. | .. | 25 | 53 | 0·46 |
| Christchurch | 115,360 | 180 | 1·56 | 7 | 1 | 28 | 8 | .. | 29 | 73 | 0·63 |
| Dunedin | 75,755 | 117 | 1·54 | 2 | 2 | 27 | .. | .. | 22 | 53 | 0·70 |
| Hamilton | 16,120 | 39 | 2·42 | .. | .. | 8 | 1 | .. | 4 | 13 | 0·81 |
| Gisborne | 15,365 | 23 | 1·50 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 5 | 0·33 |
| Napier | 18,205 | 27 | 1·48 | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | 4 | 10 | 0·55 |
| Hastings | 14,035 | 26 | 1·85 | .. | 1 | 8 | .. | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0·86 |
| New Plymouth | 14,410 | 30 | 2·08 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 0·35 |
| Wanganui | 24,985 | 51 | 2·04 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | .. | 5 | 18 | 0·72 |
| Palmerston North | 18,310 | 43 | 2·35 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | 8 | 14 | 0·76 |
| Nelson | 11,400 | 19 | 1·67 | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 3 | 8 | 0·70 |
| Timaru | 16,710 | 25 | 1·50 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | .. | 7 | 17 | 1·02 |
| Invercargill | 20,520 | 41 | 2·00 | 1 | .. | 8 | .. | .. | 6 | 15 | 0·73 |
| Total | 648,620 | 1,075 | 1·66 | 29 | 10 | 190 | 18 | 3 | 162 | 412 | 0·64 |

The total births registered for the urban areas amounted to 1,075, as against 996 in February—an increase of 79. The deaths in March were 412, an increase of 8 as compared with the previous month. Of the total deaths males contributed 229, females 183. Sixty of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 14·56 per cent. of the whole number. Forty-seven of these were under one year of age.

The equivalent annual rates per 1,000 of mean population for March, 1925, and three months ended March, 1925, were as follows. The infantile mortality rate per 100 births for the same period is also given.

Urban Area.	Equivalent Annual Rates per 1,000 of Population.	Infantile Mortality
	Births.	Deaths.
	March,	Three Months.
	1925.	1925.
Auckland	19·77	20·31
Wellington	17·71	18·76
Christchurch	18·72	18·41
Dunedin	18·53	17·11
Hamilton	29·03	30·27
Gisborne	17·96	19·79
Napier	17·79	19·34
Hastings	22·23	22·80
New Plymouth	24·98	22·48
Wanganui	24·49	24·65
Palmerston North	28·18	24·03
Nelson	20·00	18·60
Timaru	17·95	18·44
Invercargill	23·97	24·56
All areas, March, and three months,	19·89	19·96
1925
All areas, March, and three months,	20·29	20·65
1924

The following table shows the deaths in various age-groups occurring in the urban areas during the month of March, 1925:

Age-group.	Males.
	Auckland.
Under 5 years	13
5 and under 10 years	1
10 "	15 "
15 "	20 "
20 "	25 "
25 "	30 "
30 "	35 "
35 "	40 "
40 "	45 "
45 "	50 "
50 "	55 "
55 "	60 "
60 "	65 "
65 "	70 "
70 "	75 "
75 "	80 "
80 "	85 "
85 "	90 "
90 "	95 "
95 "	100 "
100 years and over	..
Totals	65