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VII. POPULATION Detailed figures of the estimated population as at the 31st March, 1947, are given in the table below

Infant-mortality Deaths (Cook Islanders) at Different Ages, Year ended 31st March, 1947

The following table shows the infant-mortality rate :

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Island. Males. Females. Totals. Europeans. Natives. Europeans. Natives. | Rarotonga Mangaia Mauke Mitiaro Atiu Aitutaki .. Palmerston Suwarrow Pukapuka Manihiki .. Rakahanga Penrhyn Manuae Totals 112 6 7 1 3 12 5 5 1 2,988 955 446 140 679 1,256 ~ 33 3 337 215 171 357 18 81 1 3 2 7 1 4 2,642 939 430 120 584 ' 1,183 31 330 231 151 321 10 5,823 1,901 886' 261 1,268 2,458 673 455 322 679 28 '152 7,598 99 6,972 14,821 7,750 , 7,071

. "v J Number of Deaths. Percentage of Total Deaths. Under 1 week 1 week to 1 month 1 month to 3 months 3 months to 6 months 6 months to 12 months 1 year to 2 years 2 years to 3 years 3 years to 4 years 4 years to 5 years 5 years to 10 years Over 10 years r—I - GO-6-89^ 3-73 | 2-87 23-27 4-89 i 4 • 89-j 6-03 1-44 1-44 1-15 2-01 64-66 Totals .. ' ' ■> : : 348 100-00

, . / Year. Total Number of Deaths under One Year. Total Number of Births. Death-rate per 1,000 Births. 1938-39 . 58 ' 536 108-22 1939-40 50 504 99-2 1940-41 40 541 73-92 1941-42 74 553 123-27 1942-43 78 599 130-18 1943-44 68 525 129-45 1944-45 .-. 63 564 111-7 1945-46 65 567 114-59 1946-47 81 574 141-1