Births and Deaths: March 2008 quarter

In the March 2008 year:

• There were 63,250 live births registered in New Zealand.
• The birth rate was 2.1 births per woman.
• Women aged 30–34 years had the highest fertility rate (125 births per 1,000 women).
• The median age of women giving birth was 30 years.
• The median age of women giving birth to their first child was 28 years.
• The infant mortality rate was 5.3 deaths per 1,000 live births.
• There were 28,300 deaths registered.
• Births exceeded deaths by 34,960