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STATISTICAL APPENDIX A.
CERTAIN VITAL STATISTICS, 1953
from figures supplied by Registrar-General.
(Some comparative 1952 figures within brackets.)
Population
Live Births.
Male. Female. Total.
Legitimate 732 705 1,437
(1,469)
Illegitimate 30 23 53
(52)
Stillbirths.
Legitimate 19 14 33
(27)
Illegitimate 2 1 3
(—)
Deaths 583 544 1,127
(1,204)
Adjusted by Area Comparability
Factor of Registrar-General 1.10
Total 129,600
Live birth rate
per 1,000 estimated
population
11.50
(11.69)
Rate per 1,000
total (live and
still) births
11.77 (11.90)
Stillbirth rate
per 1,000 estimated
population
0.28
(0.21)
Death rate per
1,000 estimated
population —
Crude
rate 8.70
(9.25)
Standardised
rate 9.57
(10.73)
Infantile Mortality.
Deaths of infants under one year of age:—
Male. Female. Total.
Legitimate 15 11 26
(32) 30
Illegitimate 1 3 4
(6)
Death rate of infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 20.13 (24.33)
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 18.09 (21.78)
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 live illegitimate
births 75.47 (115.40)
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