New Zealand Gazette – 1926 – No. 63

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 63

Vital Statistics of Urban Areas.

REPORT on the Vital Statistics of the Urban Areas of the Dominion for the Month of August, 1926:—

Population: Census of 20th April, 1926. Total Births registered. August, 1926. Proportion of Births to the 1,000 of Population. DEATHS REGISTERED IN AUGUST, 1926. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, August, 1926.
Males. Females. Total Deaths.
Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over.
Auckland .. 192,176 319 1·66 11 4 90 4 1 63 173 0·90
Wellington .. 121,324 186 1·53 9 1 33 8 .. 40 91 0·75
Christchurch 118,408 196 1·65 8 1 69 9 5 49 141 1·19
Dunedin .. 85,103 125 1·46 5 1 52 4 1 37 100 1·17
Hamilton .. 16,070 41 2·55 2 .. 4 .. .. 3 9 0·56
Gisborne .. 14,834 25 1·68 1 1 14 1 2 4 23 1·55
Napier .. 17,933 32 1·78 1 .. 13 1 .. 6 21 1·17
Hastings .. 14,638 35 2·39 .. 1 8 .. .. 3 12 0·81
New Plymouth .. 15,938 31 1·94 .. .. 8 .. 1 1 10 0·62
Wanganui .. 26,130 41 1·56 2 2 6 2 .. 5 17 0·65
Palmerston North .. 19,754 29 1·46 .. .. 5 1 1 8 15 0·75
Nelson .. 11,762 18 1·53 .. .. 7 .. .. 9 16 1·36
Timaru .. 16,817 34 2·02 .. .. 7 1 1 4 13 0·77
Invercargill .. 21,862 37 1·69 1 1 13 .. .. 16 31 1·41
Totals .. 692,749 1,149 1·65 40 12 329 31 12 248 672 0·97

The total births registered for the urban areas amounted to 1,149, as against 1,086 in July—an increase of 63. The deaths in August were 672—a decrease of 134 as compared with the previous month. Of the total deaths males contributed 381, females 291. Ninety-five of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 14·13 per cent. of the whole number. Seventy-one of these were under one year of age.

The equivalent annual rates per 1,000 of mean population for August, 1926, and eight months ended August, 1926, 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 per 100 Births.
Births. Deaths.
August, 1926. Eight Months, 1926. August, 1926. Eight Months, 1926. August, 1926. Eight Months, 1926.
Auckland .. 19·92 18·97 10·80 9·27 4·39 4·64
Wellington 18·36 18·57 9·00 8·74 9·14 3·88
Christchurch 19·80 18·34 14·28 10·38 8·67 5·43
Dunedin .. 17·52 16·03 14·04 9·86 7·20 4·50
Hamilton .. 30·60 22·40 6·72 7·09 4·95 3·83
Gisborne .. 20·16 22·65 18·60 11·83 8·00 5·80
Napier .. 21·36 19·15 14·04 11·71 6·25 6·46
Hastings .. 28·68 22·33 9·72 6·55 .. 1·37
New Plymouth .. 23·28 24·18 7·44 8·84 .. 3·10
Wanganui .. 18·72 20·66 7·80 7·40 9·75 4·17
Palmerston North .. 17·52 19·66 9·00 8·12 3·44 4·25
Nelson .. 18·36 20·15 16·32 10·92 .. 3·23
Timaru .. 24·24 19·89 9·24 9·45 2·94 3·13
Invercargill .. 20·28 17·18 16·92 8·43 2·70 2·51
All areas, August, and eight months, 1926 19·80 21·10 11·64 9·35 6·17 4·23
All areas, August, and eight months, 1925 17·64 18·89 10·35 7·69 5·47 4·67

The following table shows the deaths in various age-groups occurring in the urban areas during the month of August, 1926:—

Age-group. Auckland. Wellington. Christchurch. Dunedin. Hamilton. Gisborne. Napier. Hastings. New Plymouth. Wanganui. Palmerston North. Nelson. Timaru. Invercargill. Totals.
Males.
Under 5 years .. 15 10 9 6 2 2 1 1 .. 4 .. .. .. 2 52
5 and under 10 years 2 .. 3 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8
10 ,, 15 ,, 1 2 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2
15 ,, 20 ,, 1 2 4 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8
20 ,, 25 ,, 1 .. .. 2 .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 1 3
25 ,, 30 ,, 1 2 2 2 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 11
30 ,, 35 ,, 3 .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4
35 ,, 40 ,, 5 2 .. .. .. 2 .. .. 2 1 .. .. .. .. 12
40 ,, 45 ,, 2 1 1 2 .. 1 .. 2 .. 1 .. .. .. 1 11
45 ,, 50 ,, 5 2 3 4 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 14
50 ,, 55 ,, 9 1 2 3 .. 1 .. .. .. 1 1 .. .. 1 18
55 ,, 60 ,, 5 4 4 2 .. 1 1 .. .. .. 1 1 .. 2 21
60 ,, 65 ,, 8 1 5 4 1 .. 1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 22
65 ,, 70 ,, 10 3 6 4 .. 1 3 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 3 31
70 ,, 75 ,, 12 9 11 8 .. 2 1 2 3 .. .. .. 2 .. 52
75 ,, 80 ,, 14 1 8 8 1 3 3 .. 1 1 .. 2 1 .. 41
80 ,, 85 ,, 7 4 13 5 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 45
85 ,, 90 ,, 1 1 6 4 .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 3 18
90 ,, 95 ,, 3 .. .. 1 .. 1 1 1 .. .. .. .. 2 .. 7
95 ,, 100 ,, 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1
100 years and over .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals .. 105 43 78 58 6 16 14 9 8 10 5 7 7 15 381


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