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The average age at death of persons of either sex, in each of the ten years 1904- 13, was as follows :— Males. Females. Males. Females. 1904 ... 41-47 years 38-44 years. 1909 ... 42-76 years 38 78 years. 1905 ... 43-03 „ 39-13 „ '■ 1910 ... 44-47" „ 4225" „ 1906 ... 44-39 „ 39-35 „ 1911 ... 4617 „ 42-37 „ 1907 ... 4043 „ 36-66 „ 1912 ... 4719 „ 44-91 „ 1908 ... 42-50 „ 39-14 „ 1913 ... 46-26 „ 4304 „ Deaths and Death-rates in the Four Chief Cities awl their Suburbs. The total number of deaths registered for the four centres in 1913 was 3,062 —viz., 2,364 in the cities, and 698 in the suburbs. By including the suburbs the death-rate for last year is lowered at all of the four centres. The rates for the year are, — Death-rates per 1,000 of Mean Population. Auckland City ... ... ... ... ... 11-49 „ and seven suburban boroughs ... ... 10-61 Wellington City ... ... ... ... ... 9-30 „ and three suburban boroughs ... ... 9*oB Christchurch City ... ... ... ... ... 10-40 „ and three suburban boroughs ... ... 10-15 Dunedin City ... ... ... ... ... 1198 and five suburban boroughs ... ... 1103 The death-rates for the cities, including suburban boroughs, for five years are as below :— , Deaths per 1,000 of Population. . 1909. 11)10. 1911. 1912. 1913. Auckland (including suburbs) 930 9-73 1093 9-73 10-61 Wellington „ 9-11 8-95 10-08 9-13 9-08 Christchurch „ 933 1041 1036 1034 1015 Dunedin „ 995 10-24 10-43 10-43 1103 If the number of deaths of infants under one year be excluded, the mortality among the rest ol the population is found to have been for 1912 and 1913 in the following ratio to the 1,000 living :— 1912. 1913. Auckland (including suburbs) ... ... ... ... 8-04 8-74 Wellington „ ... ... ... ... 7-44 7-79 Christchurch „ ... ... ... ... 8-65 8-82 Dunedin „ ... ... ... ... 9-40 8-59 Infantile Mortality. Subjoined is a classified statement of the deaths of infants under one year during I 913. with the ratio of the deaths in each class to the 1,000 births during the year : —

Sixty-five out of every thousand of male children born, and fifty-three of every thousand females. are found to have died before attaining the age of one year. The mortality was thus one in fifteen of male children and one in nineteen of females in New Zealand. It will also be seen from the figures that the chances of living during the first year of age are greater for female than for male infants. Thus during the year 1913 there were, — 11 HI deaths of males to 70 deaths of females under 1 month of age ; 100 ~ 85 ~ from 1 to 3 months of age : 100 ~ 58 ~ from 3 to 6 months of age ; 100 „ 100 „ from 6 to 12 months of age : 100 ~ 75 „ under 12 months of age. Dealing with the result for ten years, the deaths of infants under one year are in the large proportion of three-fourths of the total deaths under five ; as might be expected, the first year being the tenderest period. (See notes to tables.)

So; Sex. x. Under 1 1 tut 4-u under d Month - Months. Under 1 Month. 3 and under G Months. 6 and under 12 Months. Total under 12 Months. i I Number of Deaths. dale female 187 153 343 130 151 87 151 151 942 711 Deaths to the 1,000 Births. dale 33-74 10-60 25-40 9-63 1046 6-45 10-46 11-18 I 65-26 52-66