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.