Taking the Pulse - The 1996/97 New Zealand Health Survey

Taking the Pulse - the 1996/97 New Zealand Health Survey
Date of publication: May 1999

This report presents an overview of the 1996/97 New Zealand Health Survey, the second nationally representative survey of the health status and health service utilisation of New Zealand adults and children.

The survey was conducted over a one-year period (October 1996 to October 1997) by Statistics New Zealand and funded by the Ministry of Health and the former Central Regional Health Authority. The analysis reported here was carried out by Ministry of Health staff, in conjunction with the Statistics Research and Consulting Centre, Massey University.

The 1996/97 New Zealand Health Survey
The 1996/97 New Zealand Health Survey provides a detailed picture of how health status and health service utilisation differ across subgroups within the population, defined by a range of demographic, socioeconomic and other variables. This survey, together with the periodic survey programme of which it is part, is a cornerstone of the Ministry of Health's population health monitoring function.

The information the survey provides on health outcomes constitutes a critical evidential base for the Ministry's role in providing strategic health policy advice.

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Taking the Pulse - The 1996/97 New Zealand Health Survey		Further Analysis of Data Collected in the 1996/97 New Zealand Health Survey
Foreword (includes Contributors, Acknowledgements, Table of Contents, List of Figures and List of Tables) (178 Kb)

Executive Summary (169 Kb)

Section 1: Introduction
Chapter 1: The Survey (199 Kb)

Section 2: Health-Related Risk Factors (1.05 Mb)
Chapter 2: Smoking (388 Kb)		Smoking Data Analysis (136 Kb)
Chapter 3: Physical Activity (368 Kb)		Physical Activity Data Analysis (100 Kb)
Chapter 4: High Blood Pressure (279 Kb)		High Blood Pressure Data Analysis (27 Kb)
Chapter 5: Alcohol Use (446 Kb)
Chapter 6: Combined Cardiovascular Risk Factors (301 Kb)		Cardiovascular Data Analysis (26 Kb)

Section 3: Health Status (1.34 Mb)
Chapter 7: Diabetes (277 Kb)		Diabetes Data Analysis (28 Kb)
Chapter 8: Asthma (323 Kb)		Asthma Data Analysis (20 Kb)
Chapter 9: Injuries (346 Kb)		Injury Data Analysis (97 Kb) Child Injury Data Analysis (24 Kb)
Chapter 10: SF-36 Health Status Questionnaire: Demographic and Socioeconomic Variables (594 Kb)		SF-36 Data Analysis
Health Risk Behaviours, Specific Conditions and Health Service Utilisation (580 Kb)		SF-36 Data Analysis

Section 4: Health Service Utilisation (873 Kb)
Chapter 12: General Practitioner Use (412 Kb)		General Practitioner Use Data Analysis (145 Kb)
Chapter 13: Use of Other Health Professionals (165 Kb)		Other Health Professional Use Data Analysis (196 Kb)
Chapter 14: Prescription Item Use (388 Kb)		Adult Prescription Item Use Data Analysis (109 Kb) Child Prescription Item Use Data Analysis (47 Kb)
Chapter 15: Hospital Use (458 Kb)		Hospital Use Data Analysis (122 Kb) Child Hospital Use Data Analysis (51 Kb)

Section 5: Appendices (530 Kb)
Appendix 1: Demographic Characteristics of Sample Appendix 2: Notes to Figures and Tables Appendix 3: Psychometric Properties of SF-36 (225 Kb)
Appendix 4: Survey Forms (446 Kb)
New Zealand Health Survey 1996-97 Adult Questionnaire (276 Kb)
New Zealand Health Survey 1996-97 General Health Questionnaire (113 Kb)
New Zealand Health Survey 1996-97 Child Questionnaire (197 Kb)
Index (77 Kb)
1996/97 New Zealand Health Survey Statistical Methodology (108 Kb)

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