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Table A. —Deaths from All Causes: Average Yearly Number of Deaths per 10,000 of Population by Sex and in Each Age-group.

In Table B the death-rates during the six quinquennial periods 1904-1933 are given as percentages of those for the same age and sex groups in the period 1899-1903. The marked percentage decrease in the death-rate of infants is a reflection of the infant-welfare activities carried on during the period as well as of the improvement in the social conditions of the community generally. The even more marked, though less consistent, decrease in the death-rate of the next age-group, 1 year and under 5 years, may be ascribed to improved social conditions, the lessened incidence and virulence of the common infectious diseases, which take their heaviest toll at this period of life, and to the better physical condition in which children enter this period as a result of the care and attention given them as infants. The effect of environmental conditions appears to be greater in this period of life than in the earlier and later ones.

Table B. —Death-rates at various Ages from all Causes during the Six Quinquennial Periods 1904-1933 as Percentages of those for the same Sex and Age Groups in the Period 1899-1903.

STII.I..RIRTIIS. A still-born child is defined as one " which has issued from its mother after the expiration of the twenty-eighth week of pregnancy and which was not alive at the time of such issue." Still-births have been compulsorily registrable in New Zealand since March, 1913. In 1934 still-births numbering 687 were registered, a reduction of 35 on the figure for the previous year. It is interesting to note that

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Males. Females. a„p ! 1809- I 1.904- 1909- 1914- ! 1919- 1924- I 1929- 1899- I 1904- 1909- 1914- ; 1919- 1924- 1929i 1903. I 1908. 1913. ! 1918. j 1923. 1928. | 1933. 1903. 1908. 1913. 1918. | 1923. 1928. 1933. _J I I ■ I ' I I 'I J . 0-1 .. 879 792 660 557 514 437 374 739 635 518 436 402 340 279 1-5 • • 76 57 51 55 48 37 31 71 54 48 49 43 - 37 27 5-10 .. 25 21 19 23 20 16 15 20 17 17 20 17 14 12 10-15 .. 18 17 15 16 15 13 11 18 16 13 14 12 10 8 15-20 .. 29 26 24 32 21 19 20 27 29 22 24 20 16 14 20-25 . . 41 36 30 67 31 27 24 37 35 31 38 29 26 21 25-30 . . 45 39 35 71 35 29 26 47 44 38 52 37 29 26 30-35 . . 47 47 44 77 43 35 27 50 47 44 54 41 33 30 35-40 . . 66 55 58 83 51 43 40 64 54 55 57 48 38 36 40-45 .. 74 69 67 89 62 54 50 70 63 58 62 52 44 41 45-50 . . 99 98 93 100 84 76 71 84 81 72 75 69 64 60 50-55 .. 142 126 125 131 116 110 102 121 100 99 105 96 92 80 55-60 .. 194 177 179 182 163 157 145 157 147 148 148 137 124 120 60-65 .. 258 259 255 250 254 247 233 228 217 202 211 203 189 186 65-70 .. 415 392 407 402 384 394 366 358 326 330 322 316 305 296 70-75 .. 684 655 615 665 630 585 577 554 549 539 546 530 509 473 75-80 . . 1,067 1,027 1,000 979 1,005 952 967 903 914 910 855 922 851 852 80 and over .. 1,806 1,883 1,881 1,859 1,924 1,871 1,867 1,728 1,718 1,651 1,691 1,698 1,664 1,711 All ages 113 108 104 122 102 93 88 90 87 83 87 82 76 75

I Males. " I Females. Age. | ~~j i 1809- 1004- 1909- I 1914- 1919- 1929- 1899- : 1904- 1909- 1914- 1919- 1924- 19291903. 1908. 1913. 1918. 1923. 1928. 1933. 1903. i 1908. 1913. 1918. 1923. 1928. 1933. 0-1 •• •• 90-1 75-0 63-3 58-4 49-7 42-5 I ,. 86-0 70-2 59-0 54-4 46-0 37-8 1-5 •• 74-6 i 66-9 72-4 63-5. 49-3 41-1 .. 75-5 66-8 68-9 60-9 51-8 37-4 5-10 .. .. 84'5 74-7 91-7 80-0 65-9 58-3 i .. 83-8 84-2 100-4 84-6 69-6 58-8 10-15 .. .. 97-0 86-7 91-4 82-7 71-3 61-3! .. 91-4 70-7 75-2 69-0 58-1 44-4 15-20 .. .. 88 • 82-4 110-3 72-9 63-9 68-1 .. 90-5 78-8 87-4 72-9 59-0 50-2 20-25 .. .. 88-0 74-4 163-3 75-0 66-8 57-8 .. 94-8 82-4 102-9 78-9 68-8 57-4 25-30 .. .. 87-« 78-5 158-3 78-7 65-6 58-0: .. 93-7 80-7 110-1 78-8 60-5 55-7 30-35 .. .. 99-7 93-6 163-6 90-5 74-1 56-6 .. 93-0 87-5 106-5 80-4 64-5 60-1 35-40 .. .. 83-5 80-7 125-0 77-0 65-1 59-8 i .. 85-1 86-4 89-5 75-7 58-6 56-0 40-45 .. .. 92-2 89-3 119-1 83-8 72-0 67-3! .. 89-4 83-0 88-5 74-4 62-8 58-8 45-50 .. .. 99-3 94-1 101-0 85-6 77-6 71-6' .. 97-0 86-4 89-9 82-4 75-9 71-2 50-55 .. .. 89; 2 88-4 92-6 81-8 77-5 71-6 .. 82-5 81-5 86-6 79-4 75-8 65-9 55-60 .. .. 91-0 92-2 93-6 84-1 80-9 74-5 .. 94-0 94-6 94-5 87-7 79-5 76-5 60-65 .. .. 100-5 98-7 96-8 98-4 95-6 90-5 .. 95-1 88-7 92-4 88-9 83-1 81-8 65-70 .. - 94-6 98-2 96-9 92-7 95-1 88-2 .. 91-1 92-1 89-9 88-2 85-2 82-7 70-75 .. .. 95-8 S9-9 97-3 92-1 85-5 84-4 .. 99-1 97-4 98-6 95-8 91-9 85-4 75-80 .. .. 96-3 93-7 91-8 94-2 89-2 90-6 .. 101-3 100-8 94-6 102-1 94-3 94-4 80 and over 104-3 104-1 102-9 106-5 103-6 103-4 .. 99-4 95-5 97-8 98-3 96-3 99-0 All ages .. .. 95-9 92-4 108-3 90-2 82-8 77-7; .. 96-3 92-0 96-9 90-9 84-3 83-5