New Zealand Gazette – 1931 – No. 37

Page 1465

✨ Vital Statistics Report



MAY 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1465

Vital Statistics of Urban Areas.

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

Estimated Population, 1st April, 1930. Live Births registered, April, 1931. Proportion of Live Births to the 1,000 of Population. Still Births registered, April, 1931. DEATHS REGISTERED IN APRIL, 1931. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, April, 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 .. .. 212,100 277 1·31 7 3 1 53 4 2 47 110 0·52
Wellington .. .. 138,050 217 1·57 6 4 .. 42 2 1 16 65 0·47
Christchurch .. .. 125,800 161 1·28 3 3 2 41 1 .. 34 81 0·64
Dunedin .. .. 85,330 96 1·13 4 .. 3 18 2 1 29 53 0·62
Hamilton .. .. 17,680 32 1·81 .. 1 .. 7 3 .. 3 14 0·79
Gisborne .. .. 15,460 31 2·01 2 .. .. 5 .. .. 3 8 0·52
Napier .. .. 18,940 15 0·79 .. 1 .. 3 .. .. .. 4 0·21
Hastings .. .. 15,760 18 1·14 .. 2 .. 2 .. .. 6 10 0·63
New Plymouth .. .. 17,450 27 1·55 1 3 .. 2 .. .. 2 7 0·40
Wanganui .. .. 27,480 42 1·53 1 3 .. 12 1 .. 9 25 0·91
Palmerston North .. .. 21,850 28 1·28 1 .. .. 9 .. 1 5 15 0·69
Nelson .. .. 12,300 19 1·54 1 1 .. 5 .. 1 1 8 0·65
Timaru .. .. 18,020 23 1·28 2 .. .. 7 2 .. 2 11 0·61
Invercargill .. .. 23,540 34 1·44 2 .. .. 4 1 .. 2 7 0·30
Totals .. 749,760 1,020 1·36 30 21 6 210 16 6 159 418 0·56

The equivalent annual rates per 1,000 of mean population for April, 1931, and four months ended April, 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.
April, 1931. Four Months, 1931. April, 1931. Four Months, 1931. April, 1931. Four Months, 1931. April, 1931. Four Months, 1931.
Auckland .. .. 15·67 14·80 6·22 7·58 2·53 3·06 2·53 2·29
Wellington .. .. 18·86 18·80 5·65 6·87 2·76 2·66 2·76 3·93
Christchurch .. .. 15·36 16·53 7·72 7·56 2·48 2·31 1·86 3·61
Dunedin .. .. 13·50 14·87 7·45 7·73 2·08 2·36 4·17 2·60
Hamilton .. .. 21·72 20·36 9·50 10·35 12·50 7·50 .. 5·83
Gisborne .. .. 24·06 22·32 6·21 6·79 .. 3·48 6·45 2·61
Napier .. .. 9·50 11·25 2·53 26·93 6·67 9·86 .. 2·82
Hastings .. .. 13·71 15·04 7·61 21·51 11·11 5·06 5·56 2·53
New Plymouth .. .. 18·57 20·29 4·81 6·70 11·11 5·08 3·70 2·54
Wanganui .. .. 18·34 18·34 10·92 7·75 9·52 6·55 2·38 1·79
Palmerston North .. .. 15·38 17·16 8·24 7·41 .. .. 3·57 4·80
Nelson .. .. 18·54 21·95 7·80 10·00 5·26 4·44 5·26 2·22
Timaru .. .. 15·32 17·98 7·33 8·32 8·70 5·56 8·70 2·78
Invercargill .. .. 17·33 19·24 3·57 7·39 2·94 3·97 5·88 3·97
All areas, April, and four months, 1931 .. 16·33 16·70 6·69 8·33 3·63 3·31 2·94 3·12
All areas, April, and four months, 1930 .. 15·46 16·57 7·87 7·78 3·26 3·16 2·42 3·14

The following table shows the deaths in various age-groups occurring in the urban areas during the month of April, 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 .. .. 4 4 5 3 1 .. 1 2 3 .. 1 .. .. 27
5 and under 10 years .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 2
10 ,, 15 ,, .. 1 .. 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3
15 ,, 20 ,, .. 1 1 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 6
20 ,, 25 ,, .. .. 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. 2 1 .. 1 .. 7
25 ,, 30 ,, .. 1 2 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1 .. 5
30 ,, 35 ,, .. 2 1 .. 1 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 7
35 ,, 40 ,, .. 1 .. 2 .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1 .. .. .. 5
40 ,, 45 ,, .. 2 2 1 1 .. .. .. .. 1 1 1 .. .. 9
45 ,, 50 ,, .. 5 2 2 .. 1 1 .. .. .. 1 1 1 1 15
50 ,, 55 ,, .. 4 4 5 .. 1 .. .. .. 1 1 .. .. .. 16
55 ,, 60 ,, .. 6 3 4 2 1 2 .. .. 2 .. .. .. .. 20
60 ,, 65 ,, .. 8 5 3 3 .. 1 .. .. 3 1 .. .. 1 25
65 ,, 70 ,, .. 5 7 4 1 1 1 .. .. 1 .. 2 .. .. 22
70 ,, 75 ,, .. 4 5 5 2 1 .. 1 .. .. 1 .. 1 .. 19
75 ,, 80 ,, .. 5 5 6 3 .. .. .. 1 .. 1 1 1 1 24
80 ,, 85 ,, .. 4 1 1 3 2 .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1 .. 13
85 ,, 90 ,, .. 4 .. 4 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 10
90 ,, 95 ,, .. .. 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2
95 ,, 100 ,, .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
100 years and over .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals .. .. 57 46 46 21 8 5 4 5 15 9 6 7 4 237


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