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New Zealand Population Pyramid
 


New Zealand
NEW ZEALAND LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
        World Rank
  Male Female All M F All
1960
68.7
73.9
71.2
6
9
7
1970
68.2
74.5
71.3
18
16
14
1980
70.0
75.8
72.8
22
21
22
1990
72.5
78.4
75.4
21
22
20
2000
76.1
81.3
78.6
11
10
11
2010
78.5
82.5
80.5
9
18
11
 
 
New Zealand
NEW ZEALAND LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
      World Rank
  Male Female M F
At Birth
78.5
82.5
9
18
Age 5
79.2
83.1
11
23
Age 10
79.3
83.1
11
24
Age 15
79.3
83.2
12
22
Age 20
79.5
83.3
12
22
Age 25
79.8
83.4
12
21
Age 30
80.0
83.6
12
20
Age 35
80.3
83.7
9
20
Age 40
80.5
83.9
9
18
Age 45
80.8
84.1
9
17
Age 50
81.2
84.4
9
17
Age 55
81.8
84.8
8
17
Age 60
82.5
85.3
9
18
Age 65
83.4
86.1
11
16
Age 70
84.6
87.0
12
16
Age 75
86.3
88.3
17
14
Age 80
88.5
89.9
14
21
Age 85
91.2
92.1
18
23
Age 90
94.3
94.8
23
31
Age 95
98.0
98.2
25
37
Age 100
102.1
102.3
35
33
 
 
New Zealand
NEW ZEALAND TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
5,697
23.24
2 Stroke
2,634
10.75
3 Lung Disease
1,535
6.26
4 Lung Cancers
1,531
6.25
5 Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,345
5.49
6 Alzheimers/Dementia
1,306
5.33
7 Diabetes Mellitus
846
3.45
8 Breast Cancer
673
2.75
9 Prostate Cancer
644
2.63
10 Lymphomas
554
2.26
11 Suicide
489
2.00
12 Influenza & Pneumonia
474
1.93
13 Skin Cancers
448
1.83
14 Road Traffic Accidents
440
1.80
15 Pancreas Cancer
428
1.75
16 Falls
427
1.74
17 Kidney Disease
346
1.41
18 Leukemia
329
1.34
19 Stomach Cancer
316
1.29
20 Hypertension
314
1.28
21 Endocrine Disorders
296
1.21
22 Oesophagus Cancer
263
1.07
23 Other Injuries
239
0.98
24 Parkinson Disease
203
0.83
25 Liver Cancer
201
0.82
  Deaths %
26 Inflammatory/Heart
201
0.82
27 Congenital Anomalies
200
0.82
28 Rheumatic Heart Disease
198
0.81
29 Ovary Cancer
197
0.80
30 Bladder Cancer
185
0.75
31 Other Neoplasms
170
0.69
32 Oral Cancer
130
0.53
33 Liver Disease
128
0.52
34 Uterin Cancer
104
0.42
35 Low Birth Weight
78
0.32
36 Peptic Ulcer Disease
77
0.31
37 Poisonings
75
0.31
38 Skin Disease
70
0.29
39 Cervical Cancer
67
0.27
40 Epilepsy
64
0.26
41 Asthma
61
0.25
42 Diarrhoeal diseases
60
0.24
43 Drownings
60
0.24
44 Violence
57
0.23
45 Multiple Sclerosis
47
0.19
46 Rheumatoid Arthritis
37
0.15
47 Osteoarthritis
31
0.13
48 Prostatic Hypertrophy
21
0.09
49 Alcohol
19
0.08
50 Birth Trauma
19
0.08
 
 
New Zealand
NEW ZEALAND TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
1 Coronary Heart Disease
76.51
143
2 Stroke
33.32
168
3 Lung Cancers
24.26
46
4 Breast Cancer
21.49
33
5 Lung Disease
20.73
102
6 Colon-Rectum Cancers
20.43
10
7 Alzheimers/Dementia
15.16
18
8 Diabetes Mellitus
12.65
149
9 Suicide
11.08
55
10 Road Traffic Accidents
10.31
137
11 Prostate Cancer
8.72
52
12 Lymphomas
8.46
14
13 Skin Cancers
6.69
2
14 Pancreas Cancer
6.66
42
15 Influenza & Pneumonia
5.81
182
16 Falls
5.47
52
17 Other Injuries
5.25
174
18 Leukemia
5.20
31
19 Congenital Anomalies
5.13
128
20 Stomach Cancer
5.07
126
21 Endocrine Disorders
4.88
113
22 Kidney Disease
4.19
177
23 Hypertension
4.00
182
24 Oesophagus Cancer
3.90
69
25 Inflammatory/Heart
3.51
136
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
26 Liver Cancer
3.34
155
27 Ovary Cancer
3.20
45
28 Rheumatic Heart Disease
3.07
37
29 Bladder Cancer
2.62
84
30 Parkinson Disease
2.54
29
31 Low Birth Weight
2.37
154
32 Liver Disease
2.24
188
33 Other Neoplasms
2.21
123
34 Oral Cancer
2.06
135
35 Poisonings
1.74
114
36 Uterin Cancer
1.63
56
37 Drownings
1.37
152
38 Violence
1.36
147
39 Epilepsy
1.29
128
40 Cervical Cancer
1.17
169
41 Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.09
164
42 Asthma
1.05
156
43 Skin Disease
0.92
127
44 Multiple Sclerosis
0.82
17
45 Diarrhoeal diseases
0.74
145
46 Birth Trauma
0.60
169
47 Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.51
87
48 Meningitis
0.43
147
49 Maternal Conditions
0.42
132
50 Osteoarthritis
0.39
53
 
 
New Zealand
NEW ZEALAND CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rate World Rank
1 Lung Cancers
24.26
46
2 Breast Cancer
21.49
33
3 Colon-Rectum Cancers
20.43
10
4 Prostate Cancer
8.72
52
5 Lymphomas
8.46
14
6 Skin Cancers
6.69
2
7 Pancreas Cancer
6.66
42
8 Leukemia
5.20
31
9 Stomach Cancer
5.07
126
  Rate World Rank
10 Oesophagus Cancer
3.90
69
11 Liver Cancer
3.34
155
12 Ovary Cancer
3.20
45
13 Bladder Cancer
2.62
84
14 Other Neoplasms
2.21
123
15 Oral Cancer
2.06
135
16 Uterin Cancer
1.63
56
17 Cervical Cancer
1.17
169
 
 
New Zealand
NEW ZEALAND HEALTH RISK FACTORS
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
ALCOHOL LITERS
Total Rank
9.8
44
SMOKING PERCENT
M F Rank
29.7
27.5
82
22
OBESITY PERCENT
M F Rank
30.1
39.7
19
34
HAPPINESS SCORE
Total Rank
247
25

 
New Zealand
NEW ZEALAND DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Value World Rank
Population Total
4,213,418
121
Sex Ratio M / F
0.99
102
Population 0-14
20.7 %
140
Population 15-64
66.5 %
75
Population 65 +
12.8 %
41
Birth Rate / 1000
13.94
137
Death Rate / 1000
7.05
115
Fertulity Rate
2.10
111
Infant Mortality
4.92
166
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.05
77
  Value World Rank
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.00
107
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.84
58
Net Migrattion
2.46
23
Population Growth
0.94
118
Literacy Total
99.0
41
Literacy Male
99.0
50
Literacy Female
99.0
41
Unemployment
4.0
129
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
80.5
11
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
73.0
20
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$27,900
37
 
 
 

Latest WHO data (2010), Death Rates are age-standardized, total deaths are % of population

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