New Zealand Gazette – 1926 – No. 76

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



Nov. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3221

Vital Statistics of Urban Areas.

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

Population: Census of 20th April, 1926. Total Births registered, October, 1926. Proportion of Births to the 1,000 of Population. DEATHS REGISTERED IN OCTOBER, 1926. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, October, 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 .. 192,176 284 1·48 5 2 79 4 .. 49 139 0·72
Wellington .. 121,324 184 1·52 8 4 44 1 1 22 80 0·66
Christchurch .. 118,408 181 1·53 4 1 31 3 2 41 82 0·69
Dunedin .. 85,103 131 1·54 3 .. 24 3 2 26 58 0·68
Hamilton .. 16,070 32 1·99 .. 1 7 .. 1 5 14 0·87
Gisborne .. 14,834 38 2·56 2 .. 4 .. .. 4 10 0·67
Napier .. 17,933 31 1·73 .. 1 11 1 .. 7 20 1·12
Hastings .. 14,638 21 1·43 .. .. 9 .. .. 8 17 1·18
New Plymouth .. 15,938 30 1·88 .. .. 6 1 .. 10 17 1·07
Wanganui .. 26,130 38 1·45 4 .. 14 3 .. 2 23 0·88
Palmerston North .. 19,754 35 1·77 .. .. 9 1 .. 4 14 0·71
Nelson .. 11,762 19 1·62 .. .. 6 .. .. 3 9 0·77
Timaru .. 16,817 23 1·37 1 1 7 .. .. 2 11 0·65
Invercargill .. 21,862 39 1·78 1 .. 2 1 .. 7 11 0·50
Totals .. 692,749 1,086 1·57 28 10 253 18 6 190 505 0·73

The total births registered for the urban areas amounted to 1,086 as against 1,128 in September—a decrease of 42. The deaths in October were 505—a decrease of 104 as compared with the previous month. Of the total deaths males contributed 291, females 214. Sixty-two of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 12·28 per cent. of the whole number. Forty-six of these were under one year of age.

The equivalent annual rates per 1,000 of mean population for October, 1926, and ten months ended October, 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.
October, 1926. Ten Months, 1926. October, 1926. Ten Months, 1926. October, 1926. Ten Months, 1926.
Auckland .. 17·73 18·90 8·68 9·42 3·17 4·66
Wellington 18·20 18·66 7·91 8·86 4·89 4·13
Christchurch 18·30 18·57 8·31 10·22 3·87 5·73
Dunedin .. 18·47 16·05 8·18 9·62 4·58 4·22
Hamilton .. 23·89 22·85 10·45 7·84 .. 3·92
Gisborne .. 30·74 23·86 8·09 11·24 5·26 5·08
Napier .. 20·74 19·07 13·38 11·78 3·23 6·32
Hastings .. 17·32 20·90 14·18 7·54 .. 1·18
New Plymouth 22·59 24·62 12·80 9·79 3·33 3·67
Wanganui .. 17·45 20·39 10·56 7·76 18·42 5·41
Palmerston North .. 21·26 20·11 8·50 8·08 2·86 3·93
Nelson .. 19·38 19·69 9·18 10·51 .. 3·11
Timaru .. 16·41 19·19 7·85 9·92 4·35 2·98
Invercargill 21·41 19·65 6·04 8·23 5·13 3·07
All areas, October, and ten months, 1926 18·81 18·99 8·75 9·41 4·24 4·51
All areas, October, and ten months, 1925 18·85 18·88 9·15 8·87 5·02 4·72

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

Age-group. Auckland. Wellington. Christch’rch. Dunedin. Hamilton. Gisborne. Napier. Hastings. New Plymouth. Wanganui. Palmerston North. Nelson. Timaru. Invercargill. Totals.
Males.
Under 5 years .. 7 12 5 3 1 2 1 .. .. 4 .. .. 2 1 38
5 and under 10 years 2 .. 1 .. .. .. 1 1 .. .. .. .. 1 .. 5
10 ,, 15 ,, 2 .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 3
15 ,, 20 ,, 1 .. 1 .. .. .. 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 4
20 ,, 25 ,, .. 3 1 .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 5
25 ,, 30 ,, 2 2 .. 4 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 1 .. 7
30 ,, 35 ,, 6 1 1 2 1 .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 12
35 ,, 40 ,, 4 1 3 1 1 .. 1 .. .. 2 2 .. .. .. 14
40 ,, 45 ,, 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 10
45 ,, 50 ,, 8 3 2 1 .. 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 16
50 ,, 55 ,, 5 4 4 .. 1 .. 1 .. 2 .. .. 2 1 .. 16
55 ,, 60 ,, 4 5 .. 3 .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 2 .. .. 16
60 ,, 65 ,, 8 4 2 4 .. 1 2 1 .. 2 1 .. .. .. 22
65 ,, 70 ,, 4 1 6 2 3 1 2 1 .. 5 2 .. .. 1 28
70 ,, 75 ,, 13 5 5 1 .. 1 2 1 .. 3 2 .. 1 1 35
75 ,, 80 ,, 7 7 2 4 .. 1 1 1 1 2 1 .. 2 .. 28
80 ,, 85 ,, 6 1 .. .. 1 .. 2 1 2 .. 1 1 .. .. 15
85 ,, 90 ,, 3 4 1 1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 11
90 ,, 95 ,, 1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 3
95 ,, 100 ,, .. 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2
100 years and over .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1
Totals .. 86 56 36 27 8 6 12 9 6 18 9 6 9 3 291

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