nz.births.reg {demdata} | R Documentation

## Registered births in New Zealand by age, sex, and region, 1997-2016.

### Description

The `"age"` variable refers to the age of the mother, and the `"sex"` variable refers to the sex of the child.

### Usage

    nz.births.reg

### Format

An array with dimensions "age", "sex", "region", and "year"

### Details

The years are June years. For instance, the year "1997" runs from 1 July 1996 to 30 Jun 1997.

All births to mothers aged less than 20 (included those to mothers aged less than 15) have been included in age group `"15-19"`, and all births to mothers aged 45 or higher (including those to mothers aged 50+) have been included in age group `"45-49"`.

### Source

Custom tabulation from Statistics New Zealand.

### See Also

`nz.popn.reg`, `nz.deaths.reg`, `nz.int.mig.reg`, `nz.ext.mig.reg`.

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