Report of the Commissioner of Public Health / Western Australia.

  • Western Australia. Public Health Department.
Date:
[1973]
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Credit: Report of the Commissioner of Public Health / Western Australia. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VITAL STATISTICS FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA (a) 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 Mean Population— Males 489 531 509 875 529 371 541 158 548 876 Females 466 129 484 326 502 243 515 350 523 804 Births— Males 10 595 11 172 12 493 11 337 10 557 Females .... 10 159 10 446 11 741 10 840 9 953 Total 20 754 21 618 24 239 22 177 20 510 Birth rate per 1 000 of Mean Population .... 21-72 21-74 23-50 20-99 19-12 Deaths— Males 4 313 4 392 4 536 4 317 4 586 Females 3 037 3 151 3 270 3 124 3 259 Total 7 350 7 543 7 806 7 441 7 845 Death rate per 1 000 of Mean Population 7-69 7-59 7-57 7-04 7-31 Natural increase rate per 1 000 of Mean Population 14-03 14-16 15-93 13-95 11-81 Infant Mortality per 1 000 Live Births— Perth Statistical Division .... 18-3 18-1 17-0 13-1 16-0 Rest of State 27-8 27-0 23-2 20-6 25-1 Whole of State 21-8 21-2 19 -1 15*7 19-2 Stillbirths (b)— Perth Statistical Division 165 184 194 173 173 Whole State 250 295 298 258 270 Stillbirth rate per 1 000 total births 11-90 13-46 12-15 11-50 12-99 (a) Includes events among the total population, including Aborigines. (b) The term “ stillbirth ” for registration purposes refers to a child of at least 20 weeks gestation, not born alive.