New Zealand Gazette – 1927 – No. 8

Page 421

✨ Vital Statistics Report



FEB. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 421

Vital Statistics of Urban Areas.

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

Population Total Births Proportion of Deaths Registered in January, 1927. Males. Females. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, January, 1927.
Census of 20th April, 1926. registered, January, 1927. Births to the 1,000 of Population. Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 1 Year.
Auckland .. .. .. 192,176 344 1·79 6 1 58
Wellington .. .. .. 121,324 225 1·85 7 2 31
Christchurch .. .. .. 118,408 178 1·50 3 1 28
Dunedin .. .. .. .. 85,103 92 1·08 3 2 37
Hamilton .. .. .. .. 16,070 29 1·80 .. .. 5
Gisborne .. .. .. .. 14,834 27 1·82 2 .. 6
Napier .. .. .. .. .. 17,933 22 1·23 2 .. 6
Hastings .. .. .. .. 14,638 27 1·84 2 1 1
New Plymouth .. .. .. 15,938 32 2·01 2 .. 8
Wanganui .. .. .. .. 26,130 40 1·53 .. .. 5
Palmerston North .. .. 19,754 27 1·37 .. .. 6
Nelson .. .. .. .. .. 11,762 26 2·21 1 .. 5
Timaru .. .. .. .. .. 16,817 27 1·61 .. .. 8
Invercargill .. .. .. .. 21,862 39 1·78 1 .. 10
Totals .. .. .. 692,749 1,135 1·64 29 7 214

The total births registered for the urban areas amounted to 1,135 as against 1,148 in December--a decrease of 13. The deaths in January were 446--a decrease of 119 as compared with the previous month. Of the total deaths males contributed 250, females 196. Sixty-eight of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 15·25 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 January, 1927 and 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.
January, 1927. January, 1926.
Auckland .. .. .. .. 21·48 22·50
Wellington .. .. .. .. 22·25 20·96
Christchurch .. .. .. .. 18·04 22·12
Dunedin .. .. .. .. .. 12·97 16·88
Hamilton .. .. .. .. .. 21·66 19·68
Gisborne .. .. .. .. .. 21·84 22·93
Napier .. .. .. .. .. .. 14·72 24·75
Hastings .. .. .. .. .. 22·13 20·56
New Plymouth .. .. .. .. 24·09 21·87
Wanganui .. .. .. .. .. 18·37 17·58
Palmerston North .. .. .. 16·40 19·96
Nelson .. .. .. .. .. .. 26·52 28·84
Timaru .. .. .. .. .. .. 19·27 20·34
Invercargill .. .. .. .. 21·41 17·15
All areas, January, 1927 and 1926 19·66 21·08

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

Age-group. Males.
Auckland. Wellington.
Under 5 years .. 7
5 and under 10 years .. 1
10 ,, 15 ,, .. 1
15 ,, 20 ,, .. ..
20 ,, 25 ,, .. 4
25 ,, 30 ,, .. ..
30 ,, 35 ,, .. ..
35 ,, 40 ,, .. 3
40 ,, 45 ,, .. 3
45 ,, 50 ,, .. 3
50 ,, 55 ,, .. 2
55 ,, 60 ,, .. 3
60 ,, 65 ,, .. 3
65 ,, 70 ,, .. 8
70 ,, 75 ,, .. 12
75 ,, 80 ,, .. 7
80 ,, 85 ,, .. 5
85 ,, 90 ,, .. 2
90 ,, 95 ,, .. 1
95 ,, 100 ,, .. ..
100 years and over .. ..
Totals .. .. 65


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