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The average age at death of persons of either sex, in each of the ten years 1902-11, was as follows :— iono .I^' 6 *' Females. , Males. Females. ° n ■•■ 41-07 years 34-88 years. 1907 ... 4043 years 36-66 years. 1903 ... 39-56 „ 35-43 „ 1908 ... 42-50 , 39-14" 1904 ... 41-47 „ 38-44 „ 1909 ... 4276 „ 38-78 "„ 1900 ... 43-03 „ 39-13 „ 1910 - 44-47 4225 1906 ... 44-39 I 39-35 „ 1911 "! 4617 "„ 42-37 "„ Deaths and Death-rates in the Four Chief Cities and, their Suburbs. _ _ The total number of deaths registered for the four centres in 1911 was 2 932—viz 2 308 in the cities, and 624 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 ... ... 13-68 " and seven suburban boroughs ... ... 10-93 Wellington City ... ... ... 10-32 n and three suburban boroughs ... ... 10-08 Christehurch City ... ... 10-95 a and three suburban boroughs 10-'^fi Dunedm City ... ... 11-79 a and five suburban boroughs ... ... 10-43 The death-rates for the cities, including suburban boroughs, for five years are as below :— , Deaths per 1,000 of Population. . 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. 1911. Auckland (including suburbs) 11-43 10-41 9-30 9-73 10-93 Wellington „ 11-28 9-10 9-11 8.95 1008 Christehurch „ 14-37 9-52 933 10-41 10-36 Dunedm ,i 12-02 10-50 9-95 1024 10-43 If the number of deaths of infants under one year be excluded, the mortality among the rest of the population is found to have been for 1910 and 1911 in the following ratio to the 1,000 living :— Auckland (including suburbs) ... 7.57 9-21 Wellington „ "[ "; 6 . gl 8 . 1? Christchurch „ 8 . 62 8 . 67 Dunedin v 8-24 9-28 Infantile Mortality. Subjoined is a classified statement of the deaths of infants under one year during 1911 with the ratio of the deaths m each class to the 1,000 births during the year :— '

Sixty-three out of every thousand of male children born, and forty-nine of every thousand females, are found to have died before attaining the age of one year. The mortality was thus one m sixteen of male children and one in twenty-one 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 1911 there were— 100 deaths of males to 72 deaths of females under 1 month of age ; 100 » 71 „ from 1 to 3 months of age ; 100 » 77 „ from 3 to 6 months of age ; 100 " 97 „ from 6 to 12 months of age ; I°° " 77 „ 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.)

Year. Sex. I Under 1 Month. 1 and under 3 Months. 3 and under 6 Months. 6 and _ . , under 12 tal under Months. : 12 Msnths. 911 j Male ( Female Number of Deaths. 447 130 304 87 135 99 147 135 859 625 911 ... [ Male 1 JFemale Deaths to the 1,000 Births. 23-03 9-61 23-71 6-78 998 7-72 10-86 10-53 I I 63-48 48-74