BIRTH RATE
COMPARATIVE FIGURES In a short address to the Plunket Society recently, Mr F. W. Doidge, gave statistics which show interesting comparisons. In 1914 with a population of 1,090,000, births numbered 28,338. In 1938 the population numbered 1,519,000, and births 27,249. Sexes, Boys 13„929; Girls 13,320. In comparison, 50 years ago (1890), the population was 620,000, and births 18,278. If the birth rate of 1890 had ab-; tained last year, said Mr Doidge, it would have been 47,000, instead tof 27,000. Last year's figures show that there were 296 cases of twins, and j1164 children were illegitimate. Most popular ages for motherhood was 25 to 30, there being ' 8546 mothers of this age. There were more mothers of 30 to 35, than there were of 21 to 25. Uncler 21 there were 1651 mothers. Infant mortality.—New Zealand has the lowest infant mortality rate in the world, but in 1938 there was quite a big rise, when 971 infants under one year of age (fied.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 162, 20 May 1940, Page 5
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