Baby Stats for 2008
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Topic: Baby Stats for 2008
Posted By: linda
Subject: Baby Stats for 2008
Date 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. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Alex 6 and Harry 8 |
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Posted By: catisla
Date Posted: 10 May 2009 at 12:02pm
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woah! i was convinced there were more girl babies about thatn boys! ------------- |
Posted By: BuzzyBee
Date 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. |
Posted By: _SMS_
Date Posted: 10 May 2009 at 2:05pm
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I bet 09 is going to be a girl year though -------------  
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date 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? ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 10 May 2009 at 2:32pm
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Did it go on to say how many multiple births there were??? ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 10 May 2009 at 3:07pm
I ticked both for my girls. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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mrsg1 wrote:Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 10 May 2009 at 3:15pm
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. |
Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 10 May 2009 at 4:32pm
Me too. -------------  
 
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date 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. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: kakapo
Date Posted: 10 May 2009 at 5:10pm
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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 |
Posted By: DaisyAngel
Date Posted: 10 May 2009 at 5:42pm
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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 My baby is in 3 groups - European, Maori & Samoan...... ------------- 
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Posted By: kellie
Date 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 By: BuzzyBee
Date Posted: 10 May 2009 at 6:34pm
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 By: BuzzyBee
Date Posted: 10 May 2009 at 6:37pm
| 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! |
Posted By: linda
Date 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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Alex 6 and Harry 8 |
Posted By: sweetpea
Date Posted: 10 May 2009 at 7:17pm
| 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. |
Posted By: scribe
Date Posted: 10 May 2009 at 7:45pm
| 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! |
Posted By: NovemberMum
Date 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. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 10 May 2009 at 8:49pm
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That's a big jump between 2005 and 2008! ------------- |
Posted By: Peanut
Date Posted: 11 May 2009 at 11:51am
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A total of 953 mothers gave birth to twins or triplets in 2008, compared with 537 mothers in 1978. Twins were born to 475 first-time mothers, and another six new mothers had triplets.
In 2008, 189 mothers who gave birth to twins or triplets already had at least two other children. Mothers having multiple births tend to be older. While just under half (49 percent) of mothers who had single births in 2008 were aged 30 or over, for multiple births this rose to almost two-thirds (61 percent). Here are the twin stats of the statsnz website. Hope that helps ladies  -------------  
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