New Zealand Gazette – 1928 – No. 33

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



1146 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. No. 33

Vital Statistics of Urban Areas.

REPORT on the Vital Statistics of the Urban Areas of the Dominion for the Month of March, 1928 :—

Urban Area Estimated Population, 1st April, 1927. Live Births registered, March, 1928. Proportion of Births to the 1,000 of Population. Still-births registered, March, 1928. Deaths Registered in March, 1928: Males Under 1 year Males 1 & under 5 years Males 5 years and over Females Under 1 year Females 1 & under 5 years Females 5 years and over Total Deaths. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, March, 1928.
Auckland 201,220 294 1.46 6 6 2 70 3 5 52 138 0.69
Wellington 126,310 207 1.64 4 4 6 38 2 2 31 83 0.68
Christchurch 121,780 207 1.70 8 4 1 44 2 1 28 80 0.66
Dunedin 83,155 100 1.20 2 3 .. 23 1 1 29 57 0.69
Hamilton 17,080 43 2.52 1 .. .. 3 .. .. 4 7 0.41
Gisborne 15,000 28 1.87 .. .. .. 7 .. 1 3 11 0.73
Napier 18,410 34 1.85 1 2 .. 6 .. 1 9 18 0.98
Hastings 14,885 26 1.75 .. .. .. 4 .. 3 3 10 0.67
New Plymouth 16,620 35 2.11 .. .. .. 7 .. .. 9 16 0.96
Wanganui 26,870 49 1.82 3 1 .. 10 .. 1 8 20 0.74
Palmerston North 20,480 33 1.61 1 1 .. 7 .. 1 4 13 0.62
Nelson 11,985 20 1.67 1 1 .. 8 .. .. 4 13 1.08
Timaru 17,320 31 1.79 .. .. .. 6 .. .. 2 8 0.46
Invercargill 22,550 31 1.37 .. .. 1 7 .. 2 4 14 0.62
Totals 713,665 1,138 1.59 28 22 11 240 13 12 190 488 0.63

The total live births registered for the urban areas amounted to 1,138 as against 1,052 in February, an increase of 86. The deaths in March were 488—a figure exactly the same as that for the previous month. Of the total deaths males contributed 273, females 215. Fifty-eight of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 11.89 per cent. of the whole number. Thirty-five of these were under one year of age.

The equivalent annual rates per 1,000 of mean population for March, 1928, and three months ended March, 1928, were as follows. The infantile mortality and still-birth rates per 100 births for the same period are also given.

Urban Area. Births: March, 1928. Births: Three Months, 1928. Deaths: March, 1928. Deaths: Three Months, 1928. Infantile Mortality: March, 1928. Infantile Mortality: Three Months, 1928. Still-births: March, 1928. Still-births: Three Months, 1928.
Auckland 17.53 18.44 8.23 8.19 3.06 2.78 2.04 2.57
Wellington 19.67 19.41 7.89 8.71 2.90 3.42 1.93 2.61
Christchurch 20.40 18.16 7.88 8.01 2.90 3.08 3.86 5.07
Dunedin 14.43 12.89 8.23 8.85 4.00 4.48 2.00 2.24
Hamilton 30.21 25.76 4.92 5.62 .. 1.82 2.33 0.91
Gisborne 22.40 19.20 8.80 8.00 3.57 2.78 .. 1.39
Napier 22.16 20.64 11.73 8.04 8.82 4.21 2.94 2.11
Hastings 20.96 18.27 8.06 4.84 3.85 4.41 .. 1.47
New Plymouth 25.27 22.14 11.55 11.31 .. .. .. 2.17
Wanganui 21.88 22.78 8.93 8.04 2.04 1.96 6.12 3.27
Palmerston North 19.34 18.75 7.50 8.20 3.03 1.04 3.03 3.13
Nelson 20.02 24.03 13.02 11.35 5.00 1.39 5.00 1.39
Timaru 21.48 20.09 5.54 6.93 .. 1.15 3.23 1.15
Invercargill 16.50 19.69 7.45 8.29 .. 5.41 .. 1.80
All areas, March, and three months, 1928 19.13 18.59 7.53 8.29 3.08 2.97 2.46 2.79
All areas, March, and three months, 1927 20.88 19.40 8.18 7.66 3.57 3.87 2.57 2.38

The following table shows the deaths in various age-groups occurring in the urban areas during the month of March, 1928 :—

Age-group. Auckland. Wellington. Christchurch. Dunedin. Hamilton. Gisborne. Napier. Hastings. New Plymouth. Wanganui. Palmerston North. Nelson. Timaru. Invercargill. Totals.
Males.
Under 5 years 8 10 5 3 .. .. 2 1 1 1 1 .. .. 1 33
5 and under 10 years 3 2 .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 7
10 and under 15 years .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1
15 and under 20 years 1 2 3 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7
20 and under 25 years 2 2 2 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7
25 and under 30 years 2 3 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7
30 and under 35 years 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2
35 and under 40 years 2 3 1 1 .. .. .. .. 1 2 .. .. .. .. 10
40 and under 45 years 7 1 3 1 .. 2 .. .. 1 .. 2 .. .. .. 17
45 and under 50 years 5 1 3 1 .. 1 .. .. 1 1 .. 2 .. .. 15
50 and under 55 years 5 2 4 1 .. .. 1 .. 1 1 1 3 .. 1 20
55 and under 60 years 5 5 5 3 .. .. 2 .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 22
60 and under 65 years 7 4 5 2 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1 21
65 and under 70 years 5 4 5 2 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 1 .. .. 1 20
70 and under 75 years 9 6 2 2 .. .. 1 1 .. 1 1 1 1 .. 25
75 and under 80 years 6 2 5 4 .. .. 1 2 .. .. 2 2 1 1 26
80 and under 85 years 5 2 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 1 12
85 and under 90 years 3 1 3 2 1 1 .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 1 14
90 and under 95 years 1 .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 3
95 and under 100 years .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
100 years and over .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals 78 48 49 26 3 7 8 5 7 11 8 9 6 8 273


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