Our Health, Our Future - Hauora Pakari, Koiora Roa - The Health of New Zealanders 1999

Our Health, Our Future - Hauora Pakari, Koiora Roa - The Health of New Zealanders 1999
Date of publication: December 1999

This publication is an overview of the health of New Zealanders. It forms part of the Ministry of Health's population health monitoring and forecasting activity, and is intended to contribute to evidence-based policy advice. The report is also of use to a wide range of stakeholders in the health and social services sectors.

Our Health, Our Future includes a description of population health status in terms of the two dimensions of health: quantity and quality of life. The report then integrates these two dimensions using both health expectancy and health gap measures. Finally, the report analyses the remaining scope for health gain.

Variations in health outcomes between generations, genders, ethnic groups, and socioeconomic groups are explored to an extent allowed by the available data. The report draws on recent national health, disability and nutrition surveys, as well as the statistical collections managed by the New Zealand Health Information Service and Statistics New Zealand.

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Contents

Foreword Acknowledgements List of figures List of tables List of boxes Guide for readers	Foreword, Acknowledgements etc (PDF,222kB)
The Health of New Zealanders in Brief The Health of New Zealanders in Detail	Health of New Zealanders, in brief and detail (PDF463k B)
Part I: Adding Years to Life: Patterns and Trends in Mortality Chapter 1: Mortality rates and risks Chapter 2: Life expectancy Chapter 3: Premature and presenescent mortality Part I summary and conclusions	Part One (PDF,636 kiB)
Part II: Adding Life to Years: Patterns and Trends in Morbidity Chapter 4: Self reported health status Chapter 5: Disability Chapter 6: Morbidity Part II summary and conclusions	Part 2 (PDF,586 kB)
Part III: Integrated Perspectives on Health: Health Expectancy and the Burden of Disease Chapter 7: Health expectancy Chapter 8: The burden of disease and injury Part III summary and conclusions	Part 3 (PDF,403 kB)
Part IV: Scope for Health Gain: The Potential for Health Improvement Chapter 9: Benchmarking health Chapter 10: Avoidable mortality and morbidity Chapter 11: Risks to health Part IV summary and conclusions	Part 4 (PDF700 kB)
Glossary References Appendices Appendix 1: Standard ICD groups for use in population health monitoring Appendix 2: New Zealand Burden of Disease Study: Conditions, stages and disability weights Appendix 3: Avoidable causes of mortality and morbidity Index	Glossary, references, appendices etc (PDF,537kB)

Also available are two fact sheets outlining the key findings of the report, and a question and answer sheet.

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