Vital Statistics Report




576
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 19

Vital Statistics of Urban Areas.

REPORT on the Vital Statistics of the Urban Areas of the Dominion for the Month of February, 1931 :—

Estimated Population, 1st April, 1930. Live Births registered, February, 1931. Proportion of Live Births to the 1,000 of Population. Still Births registered, February, 1931. DEATHS REGISTERED IN FEBRUARY, 1931. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, February, 1931.
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 .. .. 212,100 230 1·08 7 6 .. 60 2 1 62 131 0·62
Wellington .. .. 138,050 183 1·33 4 3 .. 38 3 .. 34 78 0·57
Christchurch .. .. 125,800 180 1·43 8 4 3 32 1 .. 33 73 0·58
Dunedin .. .. 85,330 109 1·28 3 1 1 29 .. .. 24 55 0·64
Hamilton .. .. 17,680 29 1·64 3 1 1 7 1 .. 4 14 0·79
Gisborne .. .. 15,460 30 1·94 .. .. .. 3 1 .. 3 7 0·45
Napier .. .. 18,940 7 0·37 .. 2 .. 2 .. .. 3 7 0·37
Hastings .. .. 15,760 11 0·70 1 .. .. 2 .. .. 3 5 0·32
New Plymouth .. .. 17,450 24 1·38 1 .. .. 5 .. 1 3 9 0·52
Wanganui .. .. 27,480 36 1·31 1 .. .. 12 .. .. 3 15 0·55
Palmerston North .. .. 21,850 30 1·37 .. .. .. 1 .. .. 5 6 0·27
Nelson .. .. 12,300 23 1·87 .. .. .. 6 .. .. 5 11 0·89
Timaru .. .. 18,020 20 1·11 .. .. .. 6 1 .. 7 14 0·78
Invercargill .. .. 23,540 34 1·44 .. 1 .. 4 1 .. 13 19 0·81
Totals .. .. 749,760 946 1·26 28 18 5 207 10 2 202 444 0·59

NOTE.—All figures relate to registrations. In the cases of Napier and Hastings, registrations of earthquake deaths are incomplete and are not included.

The equivalent annual rates per 1,000 of mean population for February, 1931, and two months ended February, 1931, 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., 1931. Two Months, 1931. Feb., 1931. Two Months, 1931. Feb., 1931. Two Months, 1931. Feb., 1931. Two Months, 1931.
Auckland .. .. 13·01 13·98 7·40 7·61 3·48 3·44 3·04 2·43
Wellington .. .. 15·91 18·52 6·78 7·35 3·28 3·52 2·19 3·29
Christchurch .. .. 17·17 16·98 6·96 7·54 2·78 2·53 4·44 3·93
Dunedin .. .. 15·33 15·05 7·73 7·24 0·92 1·40 2·75 2·80
Hamilton .. .. 19·68 14·93 9·50 9·16 6·90 9·09 10·34 11·36
Gisborne .. .. 23·29 23·29 5·43 5·43 3·33 5·00 .. 1·67
Napier .. .. 4·44 13·31 4·44 5·70 28·57 9·52 .. 2·38
Hastings .. .. 8·38 14·09 3·81 6·48 .. .. 9·09 2·70
New Plymouth .. .. 16·50 19·94 6·19 6·53 .. 3·45 4·17 3·45
Wanganui .. .. 15·72 17·47 6·55 6·55 .. 1·25 2·78 2·50
Palmerston North .. .. 16·48 16·48 3·30 7·14 .. .. .. 5·00
Nelson .. .. 22·44 23·90 10·73 11·22 .. 4·08 .. 2·04
Timaru .. .. 13·32 18·31 9·32 9·32 5·00 3·64 .. ..
Invercargill .. .. 17·33 19·37 9·69 9·43 5·88 5·26 .. 2·63
All areas, February, and two months, 1931 15·14 16·42 7·11 7·51 2·96 3·22 2·96 3·12
All areas, February, and two months, 1930 16·04 17·05 7·43 7·84 2·74 3·43 3·55 3·63

The following table shows the deaths in various age-groups occurring in the urban areas during the month of February, 1931 :—

Age-group. Auckland. Wellington. Christ-church. Dunedin. Hamilton. Gisborne. Napier. Hastings. New Plymouth. Wanganui. Palmerston North. Nelson. Timaru. Invercargill. Totals.
Males.
Under 5 years .. .. 6 3 7 2 .. 2 .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1 23
5 and under 10 years .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 3
10 ,, 15 ,, .. 1 .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2
15 ,, 20 ,, .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 4
20 ,, 25 ,, .. 1 .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 3
25 ,, 30 ,, .. 2 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 4
30 ,, 35 ,, .. 3 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6
35 ,, 40 ,, .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1
40 ,, 45 ,, .. 4 2 1 .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 10
45 ,, 50 ,, .. 5 2 2 4 1 .. 1 .. 2 .. 1 1 1 17
50 ,, 55 ,, .. 1 6 3 1 1 .. .. .. 1 .. 1 1 .. 16
55 ,, 60. ,, .. 3 3 3 2 .. .. .. .. 3 .. .. .. .. 12
60 ,, 65 ,, .. 6 8 4 3 2 .. .. 2 .. .. .. 2 .. 30·
65 ,, 70 ,, .. 7 3 3 4 1 1 .. 1 .. .. 1 1 .. 22
70 ,, 75 ,, .. 11 3 3 4 .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1 .. .. 23
75 ,, 80 ,, .. 6 6 3 4 2 .. .. .. 2 .. 1 .. 1 25
80 ,, 85 ,, .. 5 3 1 1 .. .. .. .. 2 .. .. .. .. 12
85 ,, 90 ,, .. 2 .. 6 1 .. .. 1 1 .. .. 1 .. 1 13
90 ,, 95 ,, .. 3 .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4
95 ,, 100 ,, .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
100 years and over .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals .. .. .. 66 41 39 31 9 3 4 2 5 12 6 6 5 230


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