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linda 
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Posted: 10 May 2009 at 11:27am |
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This was in the DomPost yesterday and thought it was interesting:-
of the 64,340 births registered in the year to December 2008:-
33,100 are boys
31,240 are girls
44,530 are European/Pakeha
18,840 are Maori
10,120 are Pacific Islanders
7,260 are Asian
1,170 are Middle Eastern, Latin American or African
7280 born in Auckland
6,970 born in Wellington
6,420 born in Waikato
(sorry, didn't meantion Auckland!)
Current fertility rate is 2.2 births per womanin her lifetime
Median ago of women having a child is 30
Nearly 7000 more children were born in 2008 than 2005.
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Posted: 10 May 2009 at 12:02pm |
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woah! i was convinced there were more girl babies about thatn boys!
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Posted: 10 May 2009 at 12:15pm |
Wow the european/pakeha is considerably high, more than double the Maori babies born that year  - thought they would have been about equal tbh.
But then I'm basing that only on where I live (South Auck) iykwim.
Very interesting stats. I reckon there will be more boys born in 2009 too.
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Posted: 10 May 2009 at 2:05pm |
I bet 09 is going to be a girl year though
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Posted: 10 May 2009 at 2:17pm |
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Interesting comment BuzzyBee if the baby is both Maori and European wonder which ethnic group the end up belonging too?
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Posted: 10 May 2009 at 2:32pm |
Did it go on to say how many multiple births there were???
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I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived!
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Posted: 10 May 2009 at 3:07pm |
 mrsg1 wrote:
Interesting comment BuzzyBee if the baby is both Maori and European wonder which ethnic group the end up belonging too? |
I ticked both for my girls.
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Posted: 10 May 2009 at 3:15pm |
Maya wrote:
mrsg1 wrote:
Interesting comment BuzzyBee if the baby is both Maori and European wonder which ethnic group the end up belonging too? |
I ticked both for my girls. |
Nerd I am, I just worked out all the ethnic groups and it equals 81920 so a child thats more than one ethnic group ends up in both catagories.
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Posted: 10 May 2009 at 4:32pm |
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woah! i was convinced there were more girl babies about thatn boys! |
Me too.
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Posted: 10 May 2009 at 4:42pm |
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Wonder what the equivalent OHBaby stats would be?
There certainly seems to be more girls around here.
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Posted: 10 May 2009 at 5:10pm |
Geez, 2009 better be a girls year! I remember reading that there were 3000+ more boys born than girls in 2007. Can foresee there'll be a bit of competition for girlfriends in years to come  .
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Posted: 10 May 2009 at 5:42pm |
Dunno about 2009 being the year for girls - in my antenatel group we all had boys... and our friends that have had babies this year have all been boys as well so far
Will be interesting to see the stats at the end of the year!!
My baby is in 3 groups - European, Maori & Samoan......
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Posted: 10 May 2009 at 6:01pm |
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In my antenatal group there were ALOT more girls then boys =)
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Posted: 10 May 2009 at 6:34pm |
mrsg1 wrote:
Interesting comment BuzzyBee if the baby is both Maori and European wonder which ethnic group the end up belonging too? |
Ohh good point! I guess in that respect the stats aren't all that accurate  They should look at having that mixed option on forms tbh, a lot of Europeans with Maori blood in them (and vice versa).
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Posted: 10 May 2009 at 6:37pm |
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We had all boys in my antenatal group too, that was in 2007 though... it's funny how most AN groups tend to mostly end up having the same sex!
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Posted: 10 May 2009 at 7:10pm |
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No, it didn't talk about multiple births (would have been interested in that stat). It went on to talk about how the increased birth rate is putting more strain on our maternity services and the follow on from that will be childcare and then schooling.
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Posted: 10 May 2009 at 7:17pm |
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I believe that statistically you are more likely to have a boy then a girl boys are about 51% and girls 49% it has to do with survival during the first year for some reason baby boys don't survive as well as girls particuly if borm prem. So it even out eventually. However that doesn't account for the so called man drought that is on we all obviously seem to have found a man in our lives.
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Posted: 10 May 2009 at 7:45pm |
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I've heard that Sweetpea - that there are always more boys born, and it's to compensate for the fact that boys have a higher chance of dying during their lifetime (you only have to think of teenage boys in fast cars, for eg.) - eventually it evens out perfectly. I'm not a particularly religious person but I think it proves that there must be some kind of divine force/s at work!
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Posted: 10 May 2009 at 8:05pm |
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my antenatal group had 4 boys and 3 girls and all the boys were born first and the girls within 4 days of each other.
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Posted: 10 May 2009 at 8:49pm |
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That's a big jump between 2005 and 2008!
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