New Zealand Gazette – 1932 – No. 6

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



JAN. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 121

Vital Statistics of Urban Areas.

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

Estimated Population, 30th April, 1931. Live Births registered, December, 1931. Proportion of Live Births to the 1,000 of Population. Still Births registered, December, 1931. DEATHS REGISTERED IN DECEMBER, 1931. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, December, 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 .. 215,790 228 1·06 10 2 1 85 1 73 163 0·76
Wellington .. 142,540 197 1·38 4 4 1 43 5 2 91 0·64
Christchurch .. 127,070 160 1·26 2 1 1 48 2 1 69 0·78
Dunedin .. 86,410 115 1·33 5 3 37 1 69 0·80
Hamilton .. 18,040 20 1·11 2 3 2 10 0·55
Gisborne .. 15,840 22 1·39 5 1 11 0·69
Napier .. 19,000 26 1·37 1 1 5 9 0·47
Hastings .. 16,580 25 1·51 7 12 0·72
New Plymouth .. 18,020 28 1·55 1 6 1 14 0·78
Wanganui .. 27,530 28 1·02 2 1 8 14 0·51
Palmerston North .. 29,730 32 1·41 2 10 1 1 22 0·97
Nelson .. 12,480 8 0·64 1 4 2 11 0·88
Timaru .. 18,340 24 1·31 1 8 1 12 0·65
Invercargill .. 23,940 35 1·46 1 1 6 13 0·54
Totals .. 764,250 948 1·24 28 17 3 275 15 6 550 0·72

The equivalent annual rates per 1,000 of mean population for December, 1931, and twelve months ended December, 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.
Dec., 1931. Twelve Months, 1931. Dec., 1931. Twelve Months, 1931. Dec., 1931. Twelve Months, 1931. Dec., 1931. Twelve Months, 1931.
Auckland .. 12·68 14·44 9·07 8·97 1·32 2·05 4·39 2·79
Wellington .. 16·58 17·85 7·66 8·02 4·57 3·03 2·03 3·81
Christchurch .. 15·10 15·76 9·34 8·86 1·88 3·09 1·25 3·09
Dunedin .. 15·97 14·74 9·58 8·90 3·48 3·61 4·35 2·12
Hamilton .. 13·30 19·73 6·05 9·09 10·00 6·46 3·09
Gisborne .. 16·67 21·15 8·33 8·27 4·54 3·58 2·09
Napier .. 16·42 13·11 5·08 13·89 3·85 6·02 3·85 3·61
Hastings .. 18·09 18·03 8·69 13·51 4·36 2·01
New Plymouth .. 18·65 20·64 9·32 7·94 7·14 4·30 2·96
Wanganui .. 12·20 16·16 6·10 8·46 3·57 4·94 7·14 2·92
Palmerston North .. 16·89 17·77 11·61 8·01 3·13 1·93 6·25 3·47
Nelson .. 7·69 17·71 10·58 12·02 37·50 4·08 4·52
Timaru .. 15·70 16·63 7·85 7·74 4·17 4·26 4·17 4·26
Invercargill .. 17·54 19·17 6·62 7·14 2·86 5·23 2·86 2·40
All areas, December, and twelve months, 1931 14·88 16·20 8·63 8·87 3·38 3·50 2·95 3·07
All areas, December, and twelve months, 1930 18·02 16·72 9·44 9·03 4·35 3·87 2·58 3·22

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

Age-group. Auckland. Wellington. Christchurch. Dunedin. Hamilton. Gisborne. Napier. Hastings. New Plymouth. Wanganui. Palmerston North. Nelson. Timaru. Invercargill. Total.
Males.
Under 5 years .. 3 5 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 20
5 and under 10 years 2 1 1 2 6
10 " 15 " 1 2 1 1 7
15 " 20 " 2 1 1 2 5
20 " 25 " 2 2 2 2 1 1 9
25 " 30 " 4 1 2 1 1 9
30 " 35 " 1 2 1 1 5
35 " 40 " 4 2 1 2 1 12
40 " 45 " 4 4 1 2 1 12
45 " 50 " 6 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 16
50 " 55 " 9 6 5 3 1 1 2 28
55 " 60 " 6 1 3 1 1 19
60 " 65 " 16 6 3 3 1 3 1 1 1 30
65 " 70 " 7 3 5 4 1 1 2 1 2 26
70 " 75 " 6 4 8 7 1 1 2 1 2 36
75 " 80 " 8 2 10 2 1 1 27
80 " 85 " 3 1 2 2 2 11
85 " 90 " 3 2 1 2 2 1 1 12
90 " 95 " 1 2 1 4
95 " 100 " 1
100 years and over ..
Totals .. 88 48 50 40 5 5 6 7 9 10 5 8 7 295


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