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Deaths of Infants under One Year, and Proportion to Births.

Rate of Infantile Mortality.

The principal causes of mortality in children under one year for New Zealand are given, with the numbers of deaths for five years from such causes. Premature birth stands first in order of importance, congenital debility next, followed by diarrhoea and enteritis. Here it is seen how much mortality is attributed to these causes according to the medical certificates.

Year. Deaths of Infants under 1 Year of Age. 1 Month 3 Months 6 Months Total m iu anl * un^er an d under and under under 1 Month. 3 Months J 6 Months. 12 Months. 12 Months. Total Births Proportion registered of Deaths of in each Year, Infants and Mean of under 1 \ ear 10 Years. *° '**7 1,000 Births 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 669 714 717 763 810 794 786 751 827 830 260 285 247 446 242 285 298 217 188 283 356 290 244 500 347 258 333 234 192 238 331 310 298 519 362 297 343 282 202 302 1,616 1,599 1,506 2,228 1,761 1,634 1,760 1,484 J, 409 1,653 22,766 70-98 23,682 67-52 24,252 62-10 25,094 88-79 25,940 67-89 26,524 61-60 25,984 67-73 26,354 56-31 27,508 51-22 27,935 59- J 7 Means of ten years ... 766 275 299 325 1,665 25,604 6503 Note.—The total number of deaths of infants under 1 year for the period includ id in the table is 16,650.

Bate of [nfantile RirH . couutry or City. Year. Mortality ,'ir' Country ov City. perl,00O| lfttp ' Births. New Zealand . . . . 1013 59 26-1 Norway Auckland .. .. ,, 81 25-9 Christiank Wellington .. .. „ 60 24-7 Sweden Christchurch .. . . ,. 63 24-3 Stockholm . . Dunedin .. .. 73 22-5 Finland Australian Commonwealth 1912 72 28-7 Russia (European) Sydney .. .. 1913 79 28-9 St. Petersburg Melbourne .. .. „ 76 27-2 Moscow Adelaide .. .. ,, 78 31 "9 German Empire Brisbane .. . . „ 79 344 Berlin Perth .. .. „ 84 .. Hamburg Hobart .. . . ,. 81 341 Dresden United Kingdom .. 1910 105 25-0 Breslau England and Wales .. 1911 130 24-4 Munich London .. .. 1912 91 24-5 Switzerland Scotland .. .. 1910 108 26-2 Spain.. Edinburgh .. *.. 1912 113 20-9 Italy .. Glasgow .. ,- . . „ 124 28-1 Milan Ireland .. .. 1911 94 23-2 || Austria Dublin .. .. 1912 140 27-4 Vienna Belfast .. .. .. 129 27-8 Prague France .. .. 1910 111 19-6 Trieste Paris .. .. 1912 103 10-8 Hungary Belgium .. .. 1910 134 23-7 Budapest The Netherlands .. 1911 137 27-8 Servia .. The Hague .. .. 1912 66 23-6 Bulgaria Amsterdam .. .... 64 23-3 Ceylon Rotterdam . . . . ,, 7!> 29-0 Japan Denmark .. .. 1911 106 26-8 Ontario (Canada) Copenhagen .. .. 1912 108 24-9 Jamaica Chile .. Rate of Infantile „■ „ Year. Mortality Blrt '' pur 1.000 rate ' Births. .. 1910 67 26-1 .. 1912 107 22-7 .. 1910 75 24-7 .. 1912 82 210 .. 1911 114 29-1 .. 1904 232 48-5 .. 1912 249 26-5 333 28'9 .. 1911 192 28-6 . . 1912 142 20-4 130 21-8 „ 116 20-2 .. 163 26-3 111 21-9 ... 1910 105 25-0 .. I , JOT 158 33-6 .. 1910 142 33-3 .. 1912 102 23-4 .. 1911 207 31-4 .. 1912 ! 149 19-1 .. ! 139 19-9 184 29-7 ... 1911 207 35-0 .. 1912 141 25-3 . . 1910 j 138 38-5 .. 1908 j 170 40-4 .. 1911 ! 218 37-9 . . 1909 166 34-2 .. 1911 117 21-7 187 39-0 332 38-5