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Population:- The Registrar-General's Estimate of the home
population at mid-year, 1962, is 108,190, a decrease of 670
on the previous year. The steady decline continues.
This figure has been used for the calculation of the
following statistics: -
Live Births:
Number 1566
Rate per 1,000 population 14.4
Illegitimate Live Births per cent of total live births 6.3
Stillbirths:
Number 24
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths 15.1
Total Live and Stillbirths 1590
Infants Deaths (deaths under 1 year) 25
Infant Mortality Rates:
Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births 16.0
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live-
births 15.0
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate
live births 30.0
Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 4 weeks per 1,000
total live births) 12.7
Early Neo-natal Mortality Rate (death under 1 week per
1,000 total live births) 12.7.
Perinatal Mortality Rate (stillbirths and deaths under 1
week combined per 1,000 total live and stillbirths) 27.6
Maternal Mortality (including abortion):
Number of deaths 1
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths 0.6
Deaths. The Registrar-General's classification of causes
of death by sex totals is given on page 10.