New Zealand Gazette – 1927 – No. 21

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 21

Vital Statistics of Urban Areas.

REPORT on the Vital Statistics of the Urban Areas of the Dominion for the Month of March, 1927:—

Population: Census of 20th April, 1926. Total Births registered, March, 1927. Proportion of Births to the 1,000 of Population. DEATHS REGISTERED IN MARCH, 1927. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, March, 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 .. .. .. 192,176 322 1·68 7 1 77 7 1 46
Wellington .. .. .. 121,324 202 1·66 3 .. 37 5 .. 37
Christchurch .. .. 118,408 194 1·64 5 .. 44 .. .. 44
Dunedin .. .. .. 85,103 140 1·65 2 .. 25 1 .. 28
Hamilton .. .. .. 16,070 38 2·36 1 .. 1 2 1 6
Gisborne .. .. .. 14,834 36 2·43 1 .. 5 .. .. 5
Napier .. .. .. 17,933 27 1·41 1 1 10 .. 1 3
Hastings .. .. .. 14,638 29 1·98 3 .. 4 .. .. 5
New Plymouth .. .. 15,938 32 2·01 .. 1 3 .. .. 2
Wanganui .. .. .. 26,130 46 1·76 .. .. 12 2 .. 2
Palmerston North .. .. 19,754 36 1·82 .. .. 4 1 .. 1
Nelson .. .. .. 11,762 27 2·30 1 2 4 .. .. 2
Timaru .. .. .. 16,817 26 1·55 1 .. 5 .. .. 1
Invercargill .. .. .. 21,862 50 2·29 .. .. 5 .. 1 2
Totals .. .. .. 692,749 1,205 1·74 25 5 236 18 4 184

The total births registered for the urban areas amounted to 1,205 as against 1,020 in February—an increase of 185. The deaths in March were 472—an increase of 63 as compared with the previous month. Of the total deaths males contributed 266, females 206. Fifty-two of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 11·02 per cent. of the whole number. Forty-three of these were under one year of age.

The equivalent annual rates per 1,000 of mean population for March, and three months ended March, 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.
March, 1927. Three Months, 1927. March, 1927. Three Months, 1927. March, 1927. Three Months, 1927.
Auckland .. .. .. 20·11 19·48 8·68 7·62
Wellington .. .. 19·98 19·55 8·11 7·62
Christchurch .. .. 19·66 18·14 9·42 7·97
Dunedin .. .. .. 19·74 16·26 7·90 8·23
Hamilton .. .. .. 28·38 28·89 8·23 7·22
Gisborne .. .. .. 29·12 23·73 8·90 8·36
Napier .. .. .. 16·87 16·06 10·71 8·48
Hastings .. .. .. 23·77 24·32 9·84 7·38
New Plymouth .. .. 24·09 22·84 4·52 9·03
Wanganui .. .. .. 21·13 18·83 7·35 6·89
Palmerston North .. .. 21·87 20·05 3·64 4·86
Nelson .. .. .. 27·55 22·79 9·18 8·16
Timaru .. .. .. 18·55 19·27 5·02 6·42
Invercargill .. .. 27·44 25·25 4·39 6·95
All areas, Mar., and three months, 1927 20·88 19·40 8·18 7·66 3·57 3·87
All areas, Mar., and three months, 1926 21·00 19·93 9·00 8·17 3·23 3·50

The following table shows the deaths in various age-groups occurring in the urban areas during the month of March, 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 .. .. 8 3 6 2 1 1 2 3 1 .. 3 1 .. 31
5 and under 10 years .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 2
10 ,, 15 ,, .. 2 1 2 .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1 .. .. 6
15 ,, 20 ,, .. 1 .. 2 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 .. 6
20 ,, 25 ,, .. 5 .. .. 4 .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11
25 ,, 30 ,, .. 2 1 .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 3
30 ,, 35 ,, .. 5 2 .. .. 1 2 .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 10
35 ,, 40 ,, .. 8 1 4 1 1 .. 1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 17
40 ,, 45 ,, .. 2 .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1 .. .. .. 3
45 ,, 50 ,, .. 3 5 2 1 .. .. 1 1 .. 1 1 .. .. 16
50 ,, 55 ,, .. 7 3 6 2 .. 1 .. .. .. 1 2 1 2 23
55 ,, 60 ,, .. 4 4 3 2 .. 2 1 .. .. 1 .. 1 .. 17
60 ,, 65 ,, .. 5 2 1 .. .. 2 1 2 .. 4 .. 1 1 12
65 ,, 70 ,, .. 7 7 3 5 .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 30
70 ,, 75 ,, .. 10 5 6 4 .. 2 1 .. .. 1 .. 1 1 30
75 ,, 80 ,, .. 7 1 4 1 .. 1 1 .. .. 2 .. 1 .. 18
80 ,, 85 ,, .. 3 3 5 3 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 1 1 .. 18
85 ,, 90 ,, .. 5 2 4 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 12
90 ,, 95 ,, .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1
95 ,, 100 ,, .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
100 years and over .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals .. .. 85 40 49 27 2 6 12 7 4 12 4 7 6 5


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