New Zealand Gazette – 1927 – No. 1

Page 85

✨ Vital Statistics Report



Jan. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 85

Vital Statistics of Urban Areas.

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

Population: Census of 20th April, 1926. Total Births registered, December, 1926. Proportion of Births to the 1,000 of Population. DEATHS REGISTERED IN DECEMBER, 1926. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, December, 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 .. 192,176 311 1·62 5 2 84 7 1 66 165 0·86
Wellington .. 121,324 210 1·73 9 .. 42 3 .. 42 96 0·79
Christchurch .. 118,408 188 1·59 7 2 42 3 .. 37 91 0·77
Dunedin .. 85,103 134 1·58 2 1 33 4 .. 37 77 0·91
Hamilton .. 16,070 38 2·37 2 .. 10 .. .. 5 17 1·06
Gisborne .. 14,834 28 1·89 1 .. 6 .. .. 1 8 0·54
Napier .. 17,933 37 2·06 .. 1 6 1 .. 3 11 0·62
Hastings .. 14,638 16 1·09 .. .. 9 .. .. 6 15 1·03
New Plymouth .. 15,938 26 1·63 .. .. 8 1 .. 2 11 0·69
Wanganui .. 26,130 48 1·84 1 .. 10 1 .. 11 23 0·88
Palmerston North .. 19,754 33 1·67 2 .. 4 2 .. 4 12 0·61
Nelson .. 11,762 15 1·28 1 2 2 .. .. 4 9 0·77
Timaru .. 16,817 31 1·84 .. .. 5 1 .. 5 11 0·65
Invercargill .. 21,862 33 1·51 1 .. 12 .. 1 5 19 0·87
Totals .. 692,749 1,148 1·66 31 8 273 23 2 228 565 0·82

The total births registered for the urban areas amounted to 1,148 as against 1,229 in November—a decrease of 81. The deaths in December were 565—an increase of 92 as compared with the previous month. Of the total deaths males contributed 312, females 253. Sixty-four of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 11·33 per cent. of the whole number. Fifty-four of these were under one year of age.

The equivalent annual rates per 1,000 of mean population for December, 1926, and twelve months ended December, 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.
December, 1926. Twelve Months, 1926. December, 1926. Twelve Months, 1926. December, 1926. Twelve Months, 1926.
Auckland .. 19·42 19·07 10·30 9·42 3·85 4·34
Wellington 20·77 19·03 9·49 8·95 5·71 4·50
Christchurch 19·05 18·82 9·21 9·92 5·31 5·43
Dunedin .. 18·90 16·50 10·86 9·59 4·47 4·09
Hamilton .. 28·38 23·14 12·69 8·28 5·26 4·03
Gisborne .. 22·65 23·53 6·46 10·38 3·57 5·73
Napier .. 24·76 20·35 7·36 11·26 2·70 5·75
Hastings .. 13·12 20·28 12·30 7·51 .. 1·01
New Plymouth 19·57 23·90 8·28 9·47 3·84 4·19
Wanganui .. 22·04 20·89 10·56 7·92 4·16 5·13
Palmerston North .. 20·04 20·80 7·28 7·85 1·21 4·62
Nelson .. 15·30 19·21 9·18 10·37 6·66 3·54
Timaru .. 22·12 19·26 7·85 9·57 3·22 3·09
Invercargill 18·11 20·81 10·43 8·50 3·03 2·64
All areas, December, and twelve months, 1926 19·88 19·24 9·79 9·33 4·70 4·45
All areas, December, and twelve months, 1925 19·19 18·95 9·06 8·85 3·63 4·47

The following table shows the deaths in various age-groups occurring in the urban areas during the month of December, 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 9 9 3 2 1 1 .. .. 1 2 3 .. 1 39
5 and under 10 years .. 2 .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3
10 ,, 15 ,, .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 2 2
15 ,, 20 ,, .. 4 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8
20 ,, 25 ,, .. 4 .. .. 1 1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1 .. 8
25 ,, 30 ,, .. 3 2 1 2 .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 10
30 ,, 35 ,, .. 2 1 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4
35 ,, 40 ,, .. 5 1 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 9
40 ,, 45 ,, .. 8 5 1 3 1 2 1 1 .. 1 .. .. .. 1 23
45 ,, 50 ,, .. 4 3 2 1 .. .. .. 1 1 2 .. .. .. .. 14
50 ,, 55 ,, .. 7 .. 2 3 .. 1 .. .. 1 .. 1 .. 1 .. 15
55 ,, 60 ,, .. 8 5 4 3 2 1 2 .. .. 2 .. .. .. 2 27
60 ,, 65 ,, .. 11 7 3 3 1 .. 1 1 2 .. 1 1 .. 1 30
65 ,, 70 ,, .. 7 2 6 2 2 1 1 1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 25
70 ,, 75 ,, .. 4 5 6 3 1 .. 1 2 3 1 .. .. 2 .. 27
75 ,, 80 ,, .. 5 7 6 3 1 1 1 .. 1 2 .. .. .. 2 29
80 ,, 85 ,, .. 6 2 6 4 1 .. 1 .. .. 2 1 .. .. 2 25
85 ,, 90 ,, .. 22 1 2 3 .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 .. 1 11
90 ,, 95 ,, .. 1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2
95 ,, 100 ,, .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1
100 years and over .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals .. 91 51 51 36 12 7 7 9 8 11 6 5 5 13 312


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