Births and Deaths: June 2009 quarter

In the June 2009 year:

• 62,960 live births were registered in New Zealand, down from 64,140 in the June 2008 year.
  
  
• The drop in live births was largely due to fewer births in the Auckland region.
  
  
• The birth rate was 2.1 births per woman.
  
  
• Women aged 30–34 years had the highest fertility rate (123 births per 1,000 women).
  
  
• 28,960 deaths were registered.
  
  
• The age-standardised death rate was 4.0 deaths per 1,000 mean estimated resident population.
  
  
• The infant mortality rate was 4.6 deaths per 1,000 live births.
  
  
• Births exceeded deaths by 34,000.