New Zealand Gazette – 1930 – No. 18

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 18

Vital Statistics of Urban Areas.

REPORT on the Vital Statistics of the Urban Areas of the Dominion for the Month of February, 1930:—

Estimated Population, 1st April, 1929. Live Births registered, February, 1930. Proportion of Live Births to the 1,000 of Population. Still-births registered, February, 1930. DEATHS REGISTERED IN FEBRUARY, 1930. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, February, 1930.
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 .. .. 208,580 264 1·27 9 1 3 71 4 2 52 133 0·64
Wellington .. .. 133,320 218 1·64 5 2 1 45 2 .. 29 79 0·59
Christchurch .. .. 125,170 159 1·27 9 5 3 41 4 .. 30 83 0·66
Dunedin .. .. 84,990 83 0·98 5 .. .. 27 1 1 35 64 0·75
Hamilton .. .. 17,400 34 1·95 1 .. .. 1 1 1 1 4 0·23
Gisborne .. .. 15,280 26 1·70 .. 1 .. 7 .. .. 5 13 0·85
Napier .. .. 18,780 31 1·65 1 1 .. 4 .. .. 4 9 0·48
Hastings .. .. 15,330 15 0·98 1 .. .. 7 1 .. 1 9 0·59
New Plymouth .. .. 17,040 25 1·47 1 .. .. 6 .. .. 7 13 0·76
Wanganui .. .. 27,320 42 1·54 1 1 .. 4 .. 1 7 13 0·48
Palmerston North .. .. 21,220 22 1·04 .. .. .. 1 .. .. 3 4 0·19
Nelson .. .. 12,230 15 1·23 .. 1 .. 2 .. .. 5 8 0·65
Timaru .. .. 17,880 23 1·29 .. .. .. 7 .. .. 5 12 0·67
Invercargill .. .. 23,260 30 1·29 2 2 .. 6 .. .. 5 13 0·56
Totals .. .. 737,800 987 1·34 35 14 7 229 13 5 189 457 0·62

The total live births registered for the urban areas amounted to 987 as against 1,109 in January, a decrease of 122. The deaths in February were 457, a decrease of 50 as compared with the previous month. Of the total deaths males contributed 250, females 207. Thirty-nine of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 8·53 per cent. of the whole number. Twenty-seven of these were under one year of age.

The equivalent annual rates per 1,000 of mean population for February, 1930, and two months ended February, 1930, were as follows. The infant-mortality and still-birth rates per 100 births for the same period are also given.

Urban Area. Equivalent Annual Rates per 1,000 of Population. Rate per 100 Births.
Births. Deaths. Infant Mortality. Still-births.
Feb., 1930. Two Months, 1930. Feb., 1930. Two Months, 1930. Feb., 1930. Two Months, 1930. Feb., 1930. Two Months, 1930.
Auckland .. .. .. 15·10 14·27 7·65 7·22 1·89 3·43
Wellington .. .. .. 19·62 20·84 7·11 8·10 1·83 2·37
Christchurch .. .. .. 15·24 16·78 7·96 8·34 5·66 4·57
Dunedin .. .. .. 11·72 14·54 9·04 8·75 1·20 2·43
Hamilton .. .. .. 23·45 19·31 2·76 3·10 2·94 3·57
Gisborne .. .. .. 20·42 22·77 10·21 10·99 3·85 8·62
Napier .. .. .. 19·81 22·68 5·75 6·71 3·23 1·41
Hastings .. .. .. 11·74 16·83 7·04 6·65 6·67 6·98
New Plymouth .. .. .. 17·61 21·48 9·15 7·75 .. ..
Wanganui .. .. .. 18·45 18·29 5·71 6·81 2·38 3·61
Palmerston North .. .. .. 12·44 15·55 2·26 3·39 .. ..
Nelson .. .. .. 14·72 14·23 7·85 9·32 6·67 3·45
Timaru .. .. .. 15·44 21·14 8·05 8·05 .. ..
Invercargill .. .. .. 15·48 15·99 6·71 10·83 6·67 12·90
All areas, February, and two months, 1930 16·04 17·05 7·43 7·84 2·74 3·43
All areas, February, and two months, 1929 15·92 17·75 6·71 7·42 2·88 2·71

The following table shows the deaths in various age-groups occurring in the urban areas during the month of February, 1930:—

Age-group. Auckland. Wellington. Christ- church. Dunedin Hamilton. Gisborne. Napier. Hastings. New Plymouth. Wanganui. Palmerston North. Nelson. Timaru. Invercargill. Totals.
Males.
Under 5 years .. .. 4 3 8 .. 1 1 .. .. 1 .. 1 .. 2 21
5 and under 10 years .. 2 .. .. 2 .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 5
10 ,, 15 ,, .. 2 .. 2 .. .. .. .. .. 2 .. .. .. .. 10
15 ,, 20 ,, .. 2 4 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 3
20 ,, 25 ,, .. 4 1 1 .. 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10
25 ,, 30 ,, .. 2 1 1 .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5
30 ,, 35 ,, .. 4 .. 1 .. .. .. 2 .. .. .. .. 1 .. 5
35 ,, 40 ,, .. 3 3 1 1 1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1 15
40 ,, 45 ,, .. 6 6 7 1 .. .. .. 2 .. .. .. .. 1 23
45 ,, 50 ,, .. 7 5 4 1 .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 18
50 ,, 55 ,, .. 4 1 3 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 11
55 ,, 60 ,, .. 11 7 .. 2 .. 1 .. 1 .. .. 1 1 .. 24
60 ,, 65 ,, .. 5 5 2 1 .. 1 .. 1 .. .. .. 1 1 17
65 ,, 70 ,, .. 8 5 2 5 .. 1 1 1 1 .. .. 1 1 27
70 ,, 75 ,, .. 5 2 8 6 .. 1 2 .. .. .. .. 2 .. 26
75 ,, 80 ,, .. 2 3 4 3 .. 1 1 1 .. 1 1 1 1 17
80 ,, 85 ,, .. 4 1 1 2 .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 9
85 ,, 90 ,, .. 2 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4
90 ,, 95 ,, .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
95 ,, 100 ,, .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
100 years and over .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals .. .. 75 48 49 27 1 8 5 7 6 5 1 3 7 8


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