New Zealand Gazette – 1927 – No. 16

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 16

Vital Statistics of Urban Areas.

REPORT on the Vital Statistics of the Urban Areas of the Dominion for the Month of February, 1927:-

Population: Census of 20th April, 1926. Total Births registered, February, 1927. Proportion of Births to the 1,000 of Population. DEATHS REGISTERED IN FEBRUARY, 1927. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, February, 1927.
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 .. 192,176 270 1·41 5 .. 55 3 1 59 123 0·64
Wellington .. 121,324 166 1·37 1 1 33 3 1 28 67 0·55
Christchurch 118,408 165 1·39 6 1 31 3 .. 29 70 0·59
Dunedin .. 85,103 114 1·34 2 .. 31 2 1 19 55 0·65
Hamilton .. 16,070 33 2·05 .. .. 2 3 .. 6 11 0·68
Gisborne .. 14,834 25 1·69 .. .. 4 .. .. 3 7 0·47
Napier .. 17,933 23 1·28 1 .. 4 1 .. 1 7 0·39
Hastings .. 14,638 33 2·25 1 .. 3 .. .. 4 8 0·55
New Plymouth .. 15,938 27 1·69 1 .. 5 .. .. 6 12 0·75
Wanganui .. 26,130 37 1·42 2 1 5 1 .. 8 17 0·65
Palmerston North .. 19,754 36 1·82 1 .. 4 .. .. 4 9 0·46
Nelson .. 11,762 14 1·19 .. .. 4 .. .. 1 5 0·43
Timaru .. 16,817 28 1·66 .. .. 7 .. .. 2 9 0·54
Invercargill .. 21,862 49 2·24 .. .. 5 1 .. 3 9 0·41
Totals .. 692,749 1,020 1·47 20 3 193 17 3 173 409 0·59

The total births registered for the urban areas amounted to 1,020 as against 1,135 in January—a decrease of 115. The deaths in February were 409—a decrease of 37 as compared with the previous month. Of the total deaths males contributed 216, females 193. Forty-three of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 10·51 per cent. of the whole number. Thirty-seven of these were under one year of age.

The equivalent annual rates per 1,000 of mean population for February, and two months ended February, 1927, 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.
February, 1927. Two Months, 1927. February, 1927. Two Months, 1927. February, 1927. Two Months, 1927.
Auckland .. 16·86 19·17 7·68 7·09 2·96 3·42
Wellington 16·42 19·34 6·63 7·37 2·41 3·84
Christchurch 16·72 17·38 7·09 7·25 5·45 4·66
Dunedin .. 16·07 14·52 7·76 8·39 3·51 4·85
Hamilton .. 24·64 23·15 8·21 6·72 9·09 6·45
Gisborne .. 20·22 21·03 5·66 8·09 .. 5·77
Napier .. 15·39 15·06 4·68 7·36 8·70 1·33
Hastings .. 27·05 24·59 6·56 6·15 3·03 5·00
New Plymouth 20·33 22·21 9·03 11·29 3·70 5·08
Wanganui .. 16·99 17·68 7·81 6·66 8·11 5·19
Palmerston North .. 21·87 19·14 5·47 5·47 2·78 1·59
Nelson .. 14·28 20·40 5·10 7·65 .. 2·50
Timaru .. 19·98 19·62 6·42 7·14 .. 1·82
Invercargill 26·90 24·15 4·94 8·23 2·04 3·41
All areas, Feb., and two months, 1927 17·67 18·66 7·08 7·40 3·63 4·22
All areas, Feb., and two months, 1926 17·71 19·40 7·68 7·84 4·04 3·63

The following table shows the deaths in various age-groups occurring in the urban areas during the month of February, 1927:-

Age-group. Auckland. Wellington. Christch’rch. Dunedin. Hamilton. Gisborne. Napier. Hastings. New Plymouth. Wanganui. Palmerston North. Nelson. Timaru. Invercargill. Totals.
Males.
Under 5 years .. 5 2 7 2 1 .. 1 1 1 3 1 .. .. .. 24
5 and under 10 years 1 1 .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3
10 ,, 15 ,, 3 .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 5
15 ,, 20 ,, 3 .. .. 1 .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 6
20 ,, 25 ,, 2 3 1 3 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9
25 ,, 30 ,, 1 4 .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1 1 .. .. .. .. 8
30 ,, 35 ,, .. 3 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 .. .. .. 6
35 ,, 40 ,, 2 .. 2 3 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8
40 ,, 45 ,, 3 .. 2 2 .. .. 1 1 .. .. .. 1 .. .. 9
45 ,, 50 ,, 5 4 1 4 .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 16
50 ,, 55 ,, 5 1 3 .. .. .. .. .. 2 1 .. .. .. .. 12
55 ,, 60 ,, 4 4 4 3 .. .. .. .. 1 1 2 1 .. .. 20
60 ,, 65 ,, 5 5 3 3 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 1 1 18
65 ,, 70 ,, 2 2 3 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 1 .. 11
70 ,, 75 ,, 5 1 4 1 .. 1 .. 1 .. .. .. .. 2 2 16
75 ,, 80 ,, 8 3 3 2 .. 1 2 .. .. .. .. 1 1 1 20
80 ,, 85 ,, 1 2 2 4 1 1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 13
85 ,, 90 ,, 4 .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 .. .. 7
90 ,, 95 ,, 1 .. .. 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 5
95 ,, 100 ,, .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
100 years and over .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals .. 60 35 38 33 2 4 5 4 6 8 5 4 7 5 216


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