Vital Statistics Report




2970
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 75

Vital Statistics of Urban Areas.

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

Estimated Population, 30th April, 1931. Live Births registered, September, 1931. Proportion of Live Births to the 1,000 of Population. Still Births registered, September, 1931. DEATHS REGISTERED IN SEPTEMBER, 1931. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, September, 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 .. .. 215,730 258 1·20 7 8 3 122 6 4 98 241 1·12
Wellington .. .. 142,540 209 1·47 8 3 .. 80 4 .. 72 159 1·12
Christchurch .. .. 127,070 179 1·41 7 5 .. 65 1 .. 50 121 0·95
Dunedin .. .. 86,410 110 1·27 2 1 1 28 3 1 29 63 0·73
Hamilton .. .. 18,040 27 1·50 .. 3 .. 9 1 .. 8 21 1·16
Gisborne .. .. 15,840 24 1·52 .. .. .. 6 .. .. 2 8 0·51
Napier .. .. 19,000 21 1·11 .. .. .. 10 1 .. 5 16 0·82
Hastings .. .. 16,580 34 2·05 2 .. 1 9 1 1 10 22 1·33
New Plymouth .. .. 18,020 31 1·72 .. 1 .. 8 .. .. 3 12 0·67
Wanganui .. .. 27,530 20 0·73 1 1 .. 4 1 .. 10 16 0·58
Palmerston North .. .. 22,730 37 1·63 2 3 .. 10 .. .. 9 22 0·98
Nelson .. .. 12,480 16 1·28 .. .. .. 8 1 .. 6 15 1·20
Timaru .. .. 18,340 14 0·76 .. .. .. 8 1 .. 4 13 0·71
Invercargill .. .. 23,940 34 1·42 .. .. .. 7 .. .. 6 13 0·54
Totals .. .. 764,250 1,014 1·33 29 25 5 374 20 6 312 742 0·97

The equivalent annual rates per 1,000 of mean population for September, 1931, and nine months ended September, 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.
Sept., 1931. Nine Months, 1931. Sept., 1931. Nine Months, 1931. Sept., 1931. Nine Months, 1931. Sept., 1931. Nine Months, 1931.
Auckland .. .. 14·35 14·68 13·40 8·91 5·43 3·03 2·71 2·48
Wellington .. .. 17·59 18·14 13·38 8·02 3·35 2·63 3·83 3·30
Christchurch .. .. 16·90 16·00 11·42 8·63 3·35 3·15 3·91 3·28
Dunedin .. .. 15·27 14·67 8·75 8·76 3·64 3·47 1·82 1·89
Hamilton .. .. 17·96 20·25 13·97 9·61 14·81 6·57 .. 3·28
Gisborne .. .. 18·18 21·38 6·06 7·83 .. 3·54 .. 3·15
Napier .. .. 13·26 12·14 10·10 16·77 4·76 7·51 .. 4·05
Hastings .. .. 24·61 17·93 15·92 15·28 2·94 4·93 5·88 2·69
New Plymouth .. .. 20·64 20·20 7·99 6·95 3·23 3·30 .. 2·56
Wanganui .. .. 8·72 16·42 6·97 8·77 10·00 6·19 5·00 2·65
Palmerston North .. .. 19·53 17·36 11·61 7·74 8·11 1·69 5·41 3·38
Nelson .. .. 15·38 19·44 14·42 12·93 6·25 4·40 .. 3·42
Timaru .. .. 9·16 16·36 8·51 8·07 7·14 4·89 .. 4·00
Invercargill .. .. 17·04 19·16 6·52 7·63 .. 6·10 .. 2·91
All areas, September, and nine months, 1931 15·92 16·35 11·65 8·93 4·44 3·52 2·86 2·89
All areas, September, and nine months, 1930 17·08 16·54 10·28 8·96 3·94 3·89 2·81 3·12

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

Age-group. Auckland. Wellington. Christchurch. Dunedin. Hamilton. Gisborne. Napier. Hastings. New Plymouth. Wanganui. Palmerston North. Nelson. Timaru. Invercargill. Totals.
Males.
Under 5 years .. .. 11 3 5 2 3 .. .. 1 1 3 .. .. .. 30
5 and under 10 years .. 1 .. 2 .. 1 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 .. .. 6
10 ,, 15 ,, .. 1 1 1 .. .. .. 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. 5
15 ,, 20 ,, .. 1 .. 1 .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3
20 ,, 25 ,, .. 2 2 3 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7
25 ,, 30 ,, .. 1 2 2 .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 7
30 ,, 35 ,, .. 1 3 .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 5
35 ,, 40 ,, .. 1 4 .. 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 8
40 ,, 45 ,, .. 6 3 2 1 .. 1 .. 1 .. 1 .. .. .. 15
45 ,, 50 ,, .. 5 7 4 4 .. 1 .. .. 1 .. 1 1 .. 22
50 ,, 55 ,, .. 13 5 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 28
55 ,, 60 ,, .. 8 6 4 2 .. 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 .. 28
60 ,, 65 ,, .. 15 8 7 3 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 45
65 ,, 70 ,, .. 17 9 9 3 1 1 1 1 .. 1 1 1 1 45
70 ,, 75 ,, .. 16 10 8 2 3 1 .. .. .. .. .. 2 1 44
75 ,, 80 ,, .. 14 5 8 4 1 2 .. 1 1 1 1 1 2 41
80 ,, 85 ,, .. 9 7 9 4 .. 1 1 .. 2 1 .. 1 1 34
85 ,, 90 ,, .. 8 3 3 2 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 20
90 ,, 95 ,, .. 3 2 .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1 .. .. .. 7
95 ,, 100 ,, .. .. 3 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4
100 years and over .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals .. .. .. 133 83 70 30 12 6 10 9 5 13 8 8 7 404


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