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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  New Zealand
NEW ZEALAND		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
68.7
73.9
71.2
6
9
7
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
68.2
74.5
71.3
18
16
14
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
70.0
75.8
72.8
22
21
22
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
72.5
78.4
75.4
21
22
20
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
76.1
81.3
78.6
11
10
11
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
78.5
82.5
80.5
9
18
11
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  New Zealand
NEW ZEALAND		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
78.5
82.5
9
18
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
80.2
84.1
11
23
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
80.3
84.1
11
24
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
80.3
84.2
12
22
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
80.5
84.3
12
22
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
80.8
84.4
12
21
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
81.0
84.6
12
20
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
81.3
84.7
9
20
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
81.5
84.9
9
18
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
81.8
85.1
9
17
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
82.2
85.4
9
17
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
82.8
85.8
8
17
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
83.5
86.3
9
18
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
84.4
87.1
11
16
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
85.6
88.0
12
16
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
87.3
89.3
17
14
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
89.5
90.9
14
21
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
92.2
93.1
18
23
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
95.3
95.8
23
31
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
99.0
99.2
25
37
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
103.1
103.3
35
33
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  New Zealand
NEW ZEALAND		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Coronary Heart Disease
76.51
143
  
68.80
155
2 Stroke
33.32
168
  
36.89
160
3 Lung Cancers
24.26
46
  
30.98
18
4 Breast Cancer
21.49
33
  
23.62
20
5 Lung Disease
20.73
102
  
21.47
98
6 Colon-Rectum Cancers
20.43
10
  
15.49
33
7 Alzheimers/Dementia
15.16
18
  
17.08
14
8 Diabetes Mellitus
12.65
149
  
5.04
185
9 Suicide
11.08
55
  
6.90
101
10 Road Traffic Accidents
10.31
137
  
4.77
180
11 Prostate Cancer
8.72
52
  
8.21
58
12 Lymphomas
8.46
14
  
7.35
36
13 Skin Cancers
6.69
2
  
2.74
32
14 Pancreas Cancer
6.66
42
  
6.81
39
15 Influenza & Pneumonia
5.81
182
  
23.69
125
16 Falls
5.47
52
  
3.51
109
17 Other Injuries
5.25
174
  
5.54
170
18 Leukemia
5.20
31
  
4.39
63
19 Congenital Anomalies
5.13
128
  
3.68
164
20 Stomach Cancer
5.07
126
  
4.81
130
21 Endocrine Disorders
4.88
113
  
3.13
147
22 Kidney Disease
4.19
177
  
3.23
185
23 Hypertension
4.00
182
  
3.67
183
24 Oesophagus Cancer
3.90
69
  
7.62
30
25 Inflammatory/Heart
3.51
136
  
2.97
152
26 Liver Cancer
3.34
155
  
3.07
164
27 Ovary Cancer
3.20
45
  
3.96
20
28 Rheumatic Heart Disease
3.07
37
  
0.90
140
29 Bladder Cancer
2.62
84
  
4.27
28
30 Parkinson Disease
2.54
29
  
3.48
8
31 Low Birth Weight
2.37
154
  
3.39
144
32 Liver Disease
2.24
188
  
9.48
96
33 Other Neoplasms
2.21
123
  
2.95
92
34 Oral Cancer
2.06
135
  
2.39
113
35 Poisonings
1.74
114
  
2.81
89
36 Uterin Cancer
1.63
56
  
1.53
64
37 Drownings
1.37
152
  
0.35
187
38 Violence
1.36
147
  
1.14
160
39 Epilepsy
1.29
128
  
1.57
104
40 Cervical Cancer
1.17
169
  
1.38
161
41 Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.09
164
  
2.54
123
42 Asthma
1.05
156
  
1.09
153
43 Skin Disease
0.92
127
  
1.50
104
44 Multiple Sclerosis
0.82
17
  
1.33
4
45 Diarrhoeal diseases
0.74
145
  
1.95
119
46 Birth Trauma
0.60
169
  
0.64
166
47 Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.51
87
  
0.67
68
48 Meningitis
0.43
147
  
0.41
149
49 Maternal Conditions
0.42
132
  
0.15
151
50 Osteoarthritis
0.39
53
  
0.19
77
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  New Zealand
NEW ZEALAND		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
5,697
23.24
  
92,299
19.77
2 Stroke
2,634
10.75
  
55,919
11.98
3 Lung Disease
1,535
6.26
  
29,069
6.23
4 Lung Cancers
1,531
6.25
  
35,845
7.68
5 Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,345
5.49
  
18,951
4.06
6 Alzheimers/Dementia
1,306
5.33
  
29,116
6.24
7 Diabetes Mellitus
846
3.45
  
6,682
1.43
8 Breast Cancer
673
2.75
  
14,343
3.07
9 Prostate Cancer
644
2.63
  
11,508
2.46
10 Lymphomas
554
2.26
  
8,744
1.87
11 Suicide
489
2.00
  
4,660
1.00
12 Influenza & Pneumonia
474
1.93
  
37,348
8.00
13 Skin Cancers
448
1.83
  
2,947
0.63
14 Road Traffic Accidents
440
1.80
  
3,073
0.66
15 Pancreas Cancer
428
1.75
  
7,954
1.70
16 Falls
427
1.74
  
4,450
0.95
17 Kidney Disease
346
1.41
  
4,804
1.03
18 Leukemia
329
1.34
  
5,077
1.09
19 Stomach Cancer
316
1.29
  
6,006
1.29
20 Hypertension
314
1.28
  
5,191
1.11
21 Endocrine Disorders
296
1.21
  
3,056
0.65
22 Oesophagus Cancer
263
1.07
  
8,762
1.88
23 Other Injuries
239
0.98
  
6,029
1.29
24 Parkinson Disease
203
0.83
  
5,348
1.15
25 Liver Cancer
201
0.82
  
3,470
0.74
26 Inflammatory/Heart
201
0.82
  
3,014
0.65
27 Congenital Anomalies
200
0.82
  
1,950
0.42
28 Rheumatic Heart Disease
198
0.81
  
1,204
0.26
29 Ovary Cancer
197
0.80
  
4,366
0.94
30 Bladder Cancer
185
0.75
  
5,842
1.25
31 Other Neoplasms
170
0.69
  
3,829
0.82
32 Oral Cancer
130
0.53
  
2,428
0.52
33 Liver Disease
128
0.52
  
7,767
1.66
34 Uterin Cancer
104
0.42
  
1,852
0.40
35 Low Birth Weight
78
0.32
  
1,386
0.30
36 Peptic Ulcer Disease
77
0.31
  
3,294
0.71
37 Poisonings
75
0.31
  
1,805
0.39
38 Skin Disease
70
0.29
  
2,188
0.47
39 Cervical Cancer
67
0.27
  
1,322
0.28
40 Epilepsy
64
0.26
  
1,201
0.26
41 Asthma
61
0.25
  
1,260
0.27
42 Diarrhoeal diseases
60
0.24
  
3,081
0.66
43 Drownings
60
0.24
  
233
0.05
44 Violence
57
0.23
  
703
0.15
45 Multiple Sclerosis
47
0.19
  
1,206
0.26
46 Rheumatoid Arthritis
37
0.15
  
905
0.19
47 Osteoarthritis
31
0.13
  
322
0.07
48 Prostatic Hypertrophy
21
0.09
  
193
0.04
49 Alcohol
19
0.08
  
862
0.18
50 Birth Trauma
19
0.08
  
262
0.06
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  New Zealand
NEW ZEALAND		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Lung Cancers
24.26
46
  
30.98
18
2 Breast Cancer
21.49
33
  
23.62
20
3 Colon-Rectum Cancers
20.43
10
  
15.49
33
4 Prostate Cancer
8.72
52
  
8.21
58
5 Lymphomas
8.46
14
  
7.35
36
6 Skin Cancers
6.69
2
  
2.74
32
7 Pancreas Cancer
6.66
42
  
6.81
39
8 Leukemia
5.20
31
  
4.39
63
9 Stomach Cancer
5.07
126
  
4.81
130
10 Oesophagus Cancer
3.90
69
  
7.62
30
11 Liver Cancer
3.34
155
  
3.07
164
12 Ovary Cancer
3.20
45
  
3.96
20
13 Bladder Cancer
2.62
84
  
4.27
28
14 Other Neoplasms
2.21
123
  
2.95
92
15 Oral Cancer
2.06
135
  
2.39
113
16 Uterin Cancer
1.63
56
  
1.53
64
17 Cervical Cancer
1.17
169
  
1.38
161
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  New Zealand
NEW ZEALAND		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
4,213,418
121
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
0.99
102
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
20.7 %
140
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
66.5 %
75
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
12.8 %
41
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
13.94
137
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
7.05
115
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
2.10
111
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
4.92
166
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.05
130
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.05
77
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.00
107
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.84
58
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
2.46
23
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
0.94
118
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
99.0
41
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
99.0
50
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
99.0
41
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
4.0
129
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
80.5
11
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
73.0
20
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$27,900
37
  
$36,600
23
 

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