Return showing the Population, Number of Deaths, and the Rate of Mortality at Certain Ages for the Years 1891 and 1901.
| 1891. | 1901. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census Population. | Number of Deaths. | Ratio per 1,000 of the Population. | Census Population. | Number of Deaths. | Ratio per 1,000 of the Population. | |
| QUEENSLAND— North of the Tropic of Capricorn— Under 2 years | 6,426 | 481 | 74·85 | 6,933 | 509 | 73·42 |
| Under 5 years Over 5 years | 15,061 93,925 | 594 1,088 | 39·44 11·58 | 17,166 132,466 | 563 1,448 | 32·80 10·93 |
| All ages | 108,986 | 1,682 | 15·43 | 149,632 | 2,011 | 13·44 |
| South of the Tropic of Capricorn— Under 2 years | 18,598 | 1,308 | 70·33 | 18,454 | 1,199 | 64·97 |
| Under 5 years Over 5 years | 45,264 239,468 | 1,518 1,970 | 33·54 8·23 | 45,460 308,174 | 1,351 2,645 | 29·72 8·58 |
| All Ages | 284,732 | 3,488 | 12·25 | 353,634 | 3,996 | 11·30 |
| Whole State— Under 2 years | 25,024 | 1,789 | 71·49 | 25,387 | 1,708 | 67·28 |
| Under 5 years Over 5 years | 60,325 333,393 | 2,112 3,058 | 35·01 9·17 | 62,626 440,640 | 1,914 4,093 | 30·56 9·29 |
| All Ages | 393,718 | 5,170 | 13·13 | 503,266 | 6,007 | 11·94 |
Note.—Death rates calculated on the estimated mean population of the two years mentioned above and published in the Reports on Vital Statistics were—
| 1891 | 12·77 |
| 1901 | 11·88 |
The utilisation of Census figures in order to quote the age condition at the time is accountable for the slight difference in the total ratio.
Return showing the Population, Number of Deaths, and the Rate of Mortality at Certain Ages for the Years 1891 and 1901—continued:
| 1891. | 1901. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census Population. | Number of Deaths. | Ratio per 1,000 of the Population. | Census Population. | Number of Deaths. | Ratio per 1,000 of the Population. | |
| New South Wales—— Under 2 years | 66,719 | 5,679 | 85·12 | 64,376 | 4,662 | 72·42 |
| Under 5 years Over 5 years | 165,750 966,484 | 6,510 9,776 | 39·28 10·12 | 159,146 1,199,987 | 5,151 10,870 | 32·37 9·06 |
| All ages | 1,132,234 | 16,286 | 14·38 | 1,359,133 | 16,021 | 11·79 |
| Victoria— Under 2 years | 62,102 | 5,822 | 93·75 | 54,669 | 3,817 | 69·82 |
| Under 5 years Over 5 years | 148,359 982,104 | 6,518 12,113 | 43·93 12·33 | 131,986 1,069,355 | 4,251 11,653 | 32·21 10·90 |
| All Ages | 1,130,463 | 18,631 | 16·48 | 1,201,341 | 15,904 | 13·24 |
| South Australia— Under 2 years | 17,875 | 1,180 | 66·01 | 15,988 | 1,059 | 66·24 |
| Under 5 years Over 5 years | 45,166 270,367 | 1,407 2,804 | 39,940 318,568 | 31·15 10·37 | 1,166 2,808 | 29·19 8·81 |
| All Ages | 315,533 | 4,211 | 13·35 | 358,508 | 3,974 | 11·08 |
| Tasmania— Under 2 years | 8,414 | 524 | 62·28 | 8,484 | 492 | 57·99 |
| Under 5 years Over 5 years | 21,466 125,201 | 599 1,635 | 27·90 13·06 | 20,865 151,610 | 531 1,283 | 25·45 8·46 |
| All Ages | 146,667 | 2,234 | 15·23 | 172,475 | 1,814 | 10·52 |
| Western Australia—— Under 2 years | ... | ... | ... | 9,303 | 882 | 94·81 |
| Under 5 years Over 5 years | 6,835 42,947 | 293 576 | 42·87 13·41 | 20,675 163,449 | 957 1,562 | 46·29 9·56 |
| All Ages | 49,782 | 869 | 17·46 | 184,124 | 2,519 | 13·68 |