VITAL STATISTICS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 30, 5 February 1925, Page 3

VITAL STATISTICS.

j INTERESTING FIGURES. j UIRTII- AND DEATHS, 1024. J_ Full statistics of births and death. • tor the whole Dominion for ihe year 11024, are not yet available, but fi".,re_ for the fourteen urban areas, which, contain approximately ."V0 per cent of the total population' of the Dominion, give a good indication of the general results. The urban areas, in the arrcrrepnte invariably have a ,-omcwhat lower birthrate, ami somewhat higher rates of death and of infantile mortality than ; the Dominion as a whole. The (mures I for the live years 1010-23. with those 'for the urban areas for IP2I are ai

The 'birth figures for urban areas for 1024, taken in conjunction with tho Dominion totals for the lirst nine months of the year, indicate that the general birth-rate will be slight! v lower jthan that for 10-2."!, antl will' in all probability approximate that for tho year 1019, which is the lowest on record. The urban figures for deaths and infantile mortality on the other band, however, indicate that the Dominion rates for 10-24 will be the lowest on record.

tollows: — T1IRTII BATE. Ter 3000 of Population. _. Prban Year. Dominion. Arra,. >f>m 21.42 20 ss i orJD 2,-,.n'.i •>..-n 1»21 2„.». 21 n_ iri22 ris.i; 20«_; 1923 opp I m.'s 1824 -- 19 .5s DEATH RATE. Per lt.00 Births. l"1o P..6 10.SB '020 10.1.1 ll.ifi i"2i s.7.i a.ss O'-- s.77 P.2B 1023 |) 03 0 .T 1»24 - M.85 INFANTILE MORTALITY RATE. min 4.-.2B 50.6* JS?" tin.r.T Bti.oi H>-'1 47.S2 r.S.46 1922 41.KSI 4W.74 IwJ-'l 4.'I..SU 50.18 1»2_ - 4i. S! ,