Births and Deaths: March 2010 quarter

In the March 2010 year:

• 63,950 live births were registered in New Zealand, down from 64,160 in the March 2009 year.
  
  
• The total fertility rate was 2.2 births per woman.
  
  
• Women aged 30–34 years has the highest fertility rate (126 births per 1,000 women).
  
  
• 28,840 deaths were registered, down from 29,150 in the March 2009 year.
  
  
• The median age at death was 77 years for males and 83 years for females.
  
  
• The infant mortality rate was 5.0 deaths per 1,000 live births.
  
  
• Births exceeded deaths by 35,110.