Neonatal and post-neonatal deaths in New Zealand

1950–2023

The following information applies to all values in the table. Sex: Total
Year	Age group	Number of deaths
1950	Neonatal	879
1950	Post-neonatal	483
1951	Neonatal	855
1951	Post-neonatal	519
1952	Neonatal	846
1952	Post-neonatal	630
1953	Neonatal	813
1953	Post-neonatal	522
1954	Neonatal	810
1954	Post-neonatal	495
1955	Neonatal	819
1955	Post-neonatal	546
1956	Neonatal	795
1956	Post-neonatal	516
1957	Neonatal	858
1957	Post-neonatal	561
1958	Neonatal	885
1958	Post-neonatal	534
1959	Neonatal	900
1959	Post-neonatal	576
1960	Neonatal	933
1960	Post-neonatal	486
1961	Neonatal	951
1961	Post-neonatal	540
1962	Neonatal	825
1962	Post-neonatal	507
1963	Neonatal	828
1963	Post-neonatal	441
1964	Neonatal	774
1964	Post-neonatal	420
1965	Neonatal	729
1965	Post-neonatal	444
1966	Neonatal	675
1966	Post-neonatal	387
1967	Neonatal	684
1967	Post-neonatal	420
1968	Neonatal	738
1968	Post-neonatal	426
1969	Neonatal	675
1969	Post-neonatal	381
1970	Neonatal	642
1970	Post-neonatal	399
1971	Neonatal	687
1971	Post-neonatal	381
1972	Neonatal	639
1972	Post-neonatal	351
1973	Neonatal	594
1973	Post-neonatal	393
1974	Neonatal	555
1974	Post-neonatal	369
1975	Neonatal	546
1975	Post-neonatal	357
1976	Neonatal	429
1976	Post-neonatal	336
1977	Neonatal	429
1977	Post-neonatal	342
1978	Neonatal	375
1978	Post-neonatal	327
1979	Neonatal	342
1979	Post-neonatal	309
1980	Neonatal	294
1980	Post-neonatal	354
1981	Neonatal	282
1981	Post-neonatal	309
1982	Neonatal	264
1982	Post-neonatal	321
1983	Neonatal	282
1983	Post-neonatal	351
1984	Neonatal	228
1984	Post-neonatal	366
1985	Neonatal	240
1985	Post-neonatal	321
1986	Neonatal	264
1986	Post-neonatal	330
1987	Neonatal	228
1987	Post-neonatal	324
1988	Neonatal	270
1988	Post-neonatal	348
1989	Neonatal	258
1989	Post-neonatal	336
1990	Neonatal	246
1990	Post-neonatal	255
1991	Neonatal	258
1991	Post-neonatal	237
1992	Neonatal	216
1992	Post-neonatal	213
1993	Neonatal	216
1993	Post-neonatal	207
1994	Neonatal	192
1994	Post-neonatal	210
1995	Neonatal	177
1995	Post-neonatal	204
1996	Neonatal	213
1996	Post-neonatal	195
1997	Neonatal	195
1997	Post-neonatal	180
1998	Neonatal	171
1998	Post-neonatal	135
1999	Neonatal	165
1999	Post-neonatal	153
2000	Neonatal	201
2000	Post-neonatal	144
2001	Neonatal	156
2001	Post-neonatal	141
2002	Neonatal	189
2002	Post-neonatal	111
2003	Neonatal	162
2003	Post-neonatal	114
2004	Neonatal	180
2004	Post-neonatal	144
2005	Neonatal	183
2005	Post-neonatal	114
2006	Neonatal	159
2006	Post-neonatal	141
2007	Neonatal	171
2007	Post-neonatal	147
2008	Neonatal	189
2008	Post-neonatal	135
2009	Neonatal	177
2009	Post-neonatal	135
2010	Neonatal	204
2010	Post-neonatal	120
2011	Neonatal	165
2011	Post-neonatal	123
2012	Neonatal	159
2012	Post-neonatal	99
2013	Neonatal	159
2013	Post-neonatal	99
2014	Neonatal	234
2014	Post-neonatal	93
2015	Neonatal	159
2015	Post-neonatal	90
2016	Neonatal	135
2016	Post-neonatal	78
2017	Neonatal	147
2017	Post-neonatal	84
2018	Neonatal	141
2018	Post-neonatal	81
2019	Neonatal	171
2019	Post-neonatal	99
2020	Neonatal	150
2020	Post-neonatal	78
2021	Neonatal	174
2021	Post-neonatal	99
2022	Neonatal	117
2022	Post-neonatal	90
2023	Neonatal	132
2023	Post-neonatal	72

Definitions

Neonatal deaths: deaths of children under four weeks of age.
Post-neonatal deaths: deaths of children from four weeks up to one year of age.
Infant deaths: deaths of children under one year of age.

Limitations of the data

Data has been randomly rounded to three to protect confidentiality. Individual figures may not add up to totals, and values for the same data may vary in different tables.

Changes to data collection/processing

Deaths data are based on date of registration (not date of occurrence). Data before 1991 includes New Zealand residents and overseas visitors. Data from 1991 includes New Zealand residents only.

Data provided by

Stats NZ

Dataset name

Births and Deaths: Deaths by age and sex (Annual-Dec) 2023

Webpage:

https://infoshare.stats.govt.nz/

How to find the data

At URL provided, select 'Population > Deaths - VSD > Deaths by age and sex (Annual-Dec)'. All variables were selected to create this dataset.

Import & extraction details

File as imported: Births and Deaths: Deaths by age and sex (Annual-Dec) 2023

From the dataset Births and Deaths: Deaths by age and sex (Annual-Dec) 2023, this data was extracted:

Rows: 4-79
Columns: 2-382
Provided: 28,272 data points

This data forms the table Deaths - Deaths by age and sex 1948–2023.

Dataset originally released on:

February 19, 2024

Purpose of collection

Under the provisions of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 1995, every death occurring in New Zealand must be registered.
Death statistics provide local authorities, health authorities, and research institutions with information needed to plan future and current social services.

Neonatal and post-neonatal deaths in New Zealand

1950–2023

About this data

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