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The average age at death of persons of either sex , in each of the ten years 1900-9, was as follows :- Males. Ppmaloo „» 1900 ... 40-31 years. 36 lfvears 1905 Females - -1901 ... 41-64 S7-R8 tone " - ? d '° 3 years ' 39-13 years. 1902 41-07 " S-S8 " horn — M ' 39 " 39-35 „ 1903 "■' 39-56 J 35.43 " HSE KS " 36 6 6 - : 2-S : ISBS ::: £S : ITS ;; Z)e«<fo a»rf Death-rates of the Four Principal Cities and their Suburbs "**""* *" * he f ° Ur » 19 ° 9 2>123 in the forth B By;™e y ;™ t he SUbUrbS the death - rate fOT kst 1S lo — d at *oi the four centres. The rate, Death-rates per 1,000 Auckland City • of Mean Population. rr 7 „." ,-. and seven suburban boroughs .. oQn Wellington Guy ... '" Jii{) „,./'. , „ and three suburban boroughs .'" Qlll Chnstchurch City ... '" 9 'll r. " „. an< s three suburban boroughs Q . QQ Dunedin City ... ... "" _ 933 . and six suburban boroughs n nr -" •*• 9-y5 Too- -Deaths per 1,000 of Population. D ° he,ii " ■ ">■" 11-85 12-02 1050 »M Auckland (including suburbs) o 1 ??!' 1909 - Wellington ■•; 7 7-60 Christohuroh " '" •" °' 83 6-89 Dunedin "" •" •■■ 7 6 6 7-60 ... 8-66 8-67 I

Ages. i iiges. Males. Females. Total. 1 year 2 vears 3 ■'■„ 4 » 126 56 39 19 !_ 116 59 36 25 242 115 75 44 Total under 5 years 5 years and under 10 years 1! - 15 - •'•' 15 >, 20 „ 20 „ 25 , 25 » 30 30 ,, 35 „ 35 >, 40 ,. *0 „ 45 „ 45 „ 50 , 50 „ 55 ,. 55 „ 60 „ 60 „ 65 „ 65 „ 70 „ 70 » 75 ; 75 » 80 „ 80 „ 85 „ 85 „ 90 90 „ 95 95 „ 100 " 100 years 105 " „ ■•' ! ■ • i • • I i ■ ■ i .. i — 1,192 96 63 130 173 201 221 222 187 j 210 240 271 295 436 468 461 234 94 40 II 1 918 98 65 83 146 193 175 207 159 J 39 I 160 J 78 178 286 .272 217 128 76 27 7 2,110 194 128 213 319 394 396 429 346 349 400 449 473 722 740 678 362 170 67 18 1 1 1 Totals ..r 5,246 5,246 8,959 3,713