New Zealand Gazette – 1927 – No. 30

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 30

Vital Statistics of Urban Areas.

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

Population: Census of 20th April, 1926. Total Births registered, April, 1927. Proportion of Births to the 1,000 of Population. DEATHS REGISTERED IN APRIL, 1927. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, April, 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 .. .. .. 192,176 297 1·55 4 2 58 4 1
Wellington .. .. .. 121,324 143 1·18 3 2 41 2 ..
Christchurch .. .. 118,408 182 1·54 4 1 35 3 ..
Dunedin .. .. .. 85,103 102 1·20 2 .. 29 2 ..
Hamilton .. .. .. 16,070 31 1·93 .. .. 6 .. 1
Gisborne .. .. .. 14,834 30 2·02 .. 1 3 1 ..
Napier .. .. .. 17,933 21 1·17 1 1 9 1 ..
Hastings .. .. .. 14,638 28 1·91 1 .. 2 2 ..
New Plymouth .. .. 15,938 33 2·07 1 1 4 .. ..
Wanganui .. .. .. 26,130 51 1·95 2 1 15 1 1
Palmerston North .. .. 19,754 29 1·47 1 .. 5 1 1
Nelson .. .. .. 11,762 18 1·53 .. .. 2 1 1
Timaru .. .. .. 16,817 30 1·84 .. .. 4 .. ..
Invercargill .. .. .. 21,862 27 1·24 2 .. 6 1 ..
Totals .. .. .. 692,749 1,022 1·48 21 9 219 19 4

The total births registered for the urban areas amounted to 1,022 as against 1,205 in March—a decrease of 183. The deaths in April were 464—a decrease of 8 as compared with the previous month. Of the total deaths males contributed 249, females 215. Fifty-three of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 11·42 per cent. of the whole number. Forty of these were under one year of age.

The equivalent annual rates per 1,000 of mean population for April, and four months ended April, 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.
April, 1927. Four Months, 1927. April, 1927. Four Months, 1927. April, 1927. Four Months, 1927.
Auckland .. .. .. 18·55 19·25 7·24 7·52
Wellington .. .. 14·14 18·20 7·22 7·52
Christchurch .. .. 18·44 18·22 7·30 7·80
Dunedin .. .. .. 14·38 15·79 10·29 8·74
Hamilton .. .. .. 23·15 24·46 7·47 7·28
Gisborne .. .. .. 24·27 23·86 8·90 8·49
Napier .. .. .. 14·05 15·56 13·38 9·70
Hastings .. .. .. 22·95 23·98 7·38 7·38
New Plymouth .. .. 24·85 23·34 5·27 8·09
Wanganui .. .. .. 23·42 19·98 14·24 8·73
Palmerston North .. .. 17·62 19·44 6·07 5·16
Nelson .. .. .. 18·36 21·68 6·12 7·65
Timaru .. .. .. 22·12 19·80 7·14 6·60
Invercargill .. .. 14·82 22·64 8·78 5·08
All areas, April, and four months, 1927 17·70 18·98 8·04 7·76 3·52 3·79
All areas, April, and four months, 1926 19·64 19·86 8·17 8·17 3·55 3·51

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

Age-group. Auckland. Wellington. Christchurch. Dunedin. Hamilton. Gisborne. Napier. Hastings. New Plymouth. Wanganui. Palmerston North. Nelson. Timaru. Invercargill. Totals.
Males.
Under 5 years .. .. 6 5 5 2 .. 1 2 1 2 3 1 .. 2 30
5 and under 10 years .. 2 .. .. .. 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 3
10 ,, 15 ,, .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2
15 ,, 20 ,, .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 2
20 ,, 25 ,, .. 2 1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 4
25 ,, 30 ,, .. 2 1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 .. 1 .. .. 6
30 ,, 35 ,, .. 2 1 3 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 8
35 ,, 40 ,, .. 2 2 2 .. .. .. .. .. 2 .. .. .. 1 8
40 ,, 45 ,, .. 1 2 2 1 1 .. .. .. 1 1 .. .. 1 9
45 ,, 50 ,, .. 3 2 3 1 1 .. .. .. 1 1 1 .. .. 12
50 ,, 55 ,, .. 2 3 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 .. .. .. 8
55 ,, 60 ,, .. 3 6 1 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 12
60 ,, 65 ,, .. 5 6 1 3 1 .. 1 1 3 .. .. 1 .. 22
65 ,, 70 ,, .. 6 8 5 5 1 2 1 .. 1 .. .. .. .. 29
70 ,, 75 ,, .. 7 5 4 3 .. 1 1 .. 4 1 .. 1 1 28
75 ,, 80 ,, .. 7 3 4 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 .. .. .. 22
80 ,, 85 ,, .. 6 2 4 5 2 .. 3 .. 1 .. .. 1 .. 25
85 ,, 90 ,, .. 7 .. 1 3 .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 15
90 ,, 95 ,, .. .. .. 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 3
95 ,, 100 ,, .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1
100 years and over .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals .. .. 64 46 40 31 6 4 11 3 6 18 6 2 4 249


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