New Zealand Gazette – 1927 – No. 59

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 59

Vital Statistics of Urban Areas.

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

DEATHS REGISTERED IN JULY, 1927.

Estimated Population, Total Births Proportion Deaths Males. Females. Proportion of
1st April, 1927. registered, of Births to the 1,000 Under 1 & under 5 Years Under 1 & under
July, 1927. of Population. 1 Year. 5 Years. and over. 1 Year. 5 Years.
Auckland . . 201,220 280 1-39 6 3 89 5 3
Wellington . . 126,310 170 1-35 3 3 51 9 3
Christchurch . . 121,780 189 1-55 15 1 51 3 . .
Dunedin . . . . 83,155 106 1-27 . . 1 41 4 . .
Hamilton . . . . 17,080 18 1-05 1 . . 3 1 . .
Gisborne . . . . 15,000 24 1-60 2 . . 6 2 . .
Napier . . . . . 18,410 26 1-41 1 . . 10 2 . .
Hastings . . . . 14,885 22 1-48 1 . . 4 . . . .
New Plymouth . . 16,620 29 1-74 . . . . 4 1 . .
Wanganui . . . . 26,870 43 1-60 3 . . 8 . . 1
Palmerston North 20,480 27 1-32 1 . . 6 2 . .
Nelson . . . . . 11,985 20 1-67 1 . . 5 . . . .
Timaru . . . . . 17,320 32 1-85 1 . . 9 2 . .
Invercargill . . . 22,550 36 1-60 1 . . 8 . . . .
Totals . . . . . 713,665 1,022 1-43 36 8 295 31 7

The total births registered for the urban areas amounted to 1,022, as against 943 in June, an increase of 79. The deaths in July were 639—an increase of 96 as compared with the previous month. Of the total deaths males contributed 339, females 300. Eighty-two of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 12-83 per cent. of the whole number. Sixty-seven of these were under one year of age.

The equivalent annual rates per 1,000 of mean population for July, and seven months ended July, 1927, were as follows. The infantile mortality rate per 100 births for the same period is also given.

Equivalent Annual Rates per 1,000 of Population.

Births. Deaths. Infantile Mortality
Urban Area. July, Seven Months, July, Seven Months, per 100 Births
1927. 1927. 1927. 1927. July, Seven Months,
1927. 1927.
Auckland .. 16.70 17.50 10.38 8.23 3.93 3.57
Wellington 16.15 16.96 10.74 7.06 4.32
Christchurch 18.62 17.21 13.40 8.83 9.52 6.13
Dunedin . . 15.30 15.81 10.24 9.28 3.77 4.43
Hamilton . . 12.65 19.57 3.51 6.02 11.11 5.64
Gisborne . . 19.20 22.63 8.80 8.23 16.67 6.06
Napier . . . 16.95 16.02 14.34 11.17 11.54 8.14
Hastings .. 17.74 21.88 12.09 8.75 4.55 6.31
New Plymouth . 20.94 22.97 5.05 7.12 3.42 3.62
Wanganui . . 19.20 19.52 9.82 7.91 6.98 4.25
Palmerston North 15.82 18.25 7.03 6.11 11.11 4.59
Nelson . . . 20.02 20.17 8.01 9.30 5.00 3.55
Timaru . . . 22.17 19.50 15.93 8.61 9.38 4.06
Invercargill 19.16 21.97 11.17 7.68 2.78 4.15
All areas, July, and seven months, 1927 17-18 17-82 10-74 8-02 6-50 4-34
All areas, July, and seven months, 1926 18-60 21-19 13-92 8-93 6-59 4-35

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

Age-group.

Auckland. Wellington. Christ- church. Dunedin. Hamilton. Gisborne. Napier. Hastings. New Plymouth. Wanganui. Palmerston North. Nelson. Timaru. Invercargill. Totals.
Males.
Under 5 years 9 6 16 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 44
5 and under 10 years 2 . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
10 . . 15 . . 2 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1 5
15 . . 20 . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
20 . . 25 . . 2 3 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
25 . . 30 . . 1 1 . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
30 . . 35 . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
35 . . 40 . . 5 3 1 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
40 . . 45 . . 2 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
45 . . 50 . . 6 2 3 2 . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . 15
50 . . 55 . . 7 5 . . 2 . . 2 . . . . . . 1 1 1 20
55 . . 60 . . 6 2 1 . . . . 1 . . 1 . . 1 . . 1 16
60 . . 65 . . 8 9 5 . . 1 . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . 24
65 . . 70 . . 8 7 5 1 . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 33
70 . . 75 . . 13 6 8 . . . . 2 . . 1 . . . . 2 1 34
75 . . 80 . . 8 5 9 . . 2 3 . . 1 2 . . . . 1 38
80 . . 85 . . 7 6 9 5 1 . . 1 . . 2 . . 1 1 36
85 . . 90 . . 8 3 5 . . 1 . . 1 . . . . . . 2 . . 22
90 . . 95 . . 3 2 . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7
95 . . 100 . . . . 1 . . . . 1 . . 2 . . . . 1 . . . . 5
100 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Totals . . 99 56 67 42 8 11 5 4 11 7 6 10 9 339


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