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Births and Deaths: March 2008 quarter


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Highlights


In the March 2008 year:

 

  • There were 63,250 live births registered in New Zealand.

 

  • The birth rate was 2.1 births per woman.

 

  • Women aged 30–34 years had the highest fertility rate (125 births per 1,000 women).

 

  • The median age of women giving birth was 30 years.

 

  • The median age of women giving birth to their first child was 28 years.

 

  • The infant mortality rate was 5.3 deaths per 1,000 live births.

 

  • There were 28,300 deaths registered.

 

  • Births exceeded deaths by 34,960.



 

 

Geoff Bascand
Government Statistician

14 May 2008
ISSN 1178-0436


There is a companion Media Release published – Births and Deaths: March 2008 quarter.

 



  Births and Deaths: March 2008 quarter (pdf)



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