Births and Deaths: September 2009 quarter

In the September 2009 year:

• 63,160 live births were registered in New Zealand, down from 64,540 in the September 2008 year.
  
  
• The total fertility rate was 2.1 births per woman.
  
  
• Women aged 30–34 years had the highest fertility rate (124 births per 1,000 women).
  
  
• 28,680 deaths were registered, down from 29,130 in 2008.
  
  
• The median age at death was 77 years for males and 83 years for females.
  
  
• The infant mortality rate was 4.5 deaths per 1,000 live births.
  
  
• Births exceeded deaths by 34,480.