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Table 32: Unintentional injury indicators

Indicator
Māori
non-Māori
Males
Females
Total
Males
Females
Total
All unintentional injury hospitalisation, 0-14 years, 2002-04, rate per 100,000 1,2 *
2536.2
(2479.7-2593.6)
1793.4
(1744.7-1843.0)
2173.0
(2135.5-2210.9)
2225.3
(2196.2-2254.8
1538.9
(1513.9-1564.2)
1891.0
(1871.7-1910.4)
All unintentional injury hospitalisation, 2002-04, 15-64 years, rate per 100,000 1,2 *
3652.0
(3596.2-3708.4)
2244.5
(2202.7-2286.8)
2916.8
(2882.3-2951.6)
2421.1
(2402.0-2438.3)
1442.9
(1430.4-1455.4)
1925.3
(1914.8-1935.9)
All unintentional injury hospitalisation 65+ years, 2002-04, rate per 100,000 1,2 *
9561.0
(9173.7-9960.4
7755.5
(7441.0-8079.9)
8591.9
(8344.9-8844.3)
6557.1
(6494.9-6619.8)
5575.3
(5528.1-5622.7)
6024.6
(5986.5-6062.8)
All unintentional injury mortality, 0-14 years, 2000-02, rate per 100,000 1,2 *
20.2
(15.4-25.9)
16.1
(11.8-21.4)
18.2
(14.9-21.9)
11.4
(9.4-13.7)
6.2
(4.7-8.1)
8.9
(7.6-10.3)
All unintentional injury mortality, 15-64 years, 2000-02, rate per 100,000 1,2 *
74.6
(66.8-83.1)
24.5
(20.3-29.3)
48.4
(44.0-53.1)
35.8
(33.7-38.1)
9.6
(8.5-10.7)
22.5
(21.3-23.7)
All unintentional injury mortality, 65+ years, 2000-02, rate per 100,000 1,2 *
88.9
(55.0-135.9)
100.1
(67.5-142.9)
95.4
(71.1-125.5)
69.2
(63.2-75.6)
43.2
(39.9-46.8)
55.0
(51.8-58.3)
Notes:
1 Age-standardised to 2001 Census total Māori population
2 Ever-Māori ethnic group - see Methods and Data Sources section for further information.
Source:* New Zealand Health Information Service

Māori children had a slightly higher unintentional injury hospitalisation rate than non-Māori children (RR 1.1, CI 1.1–1.2), and an unintentional injury mortality rate twice that of non-Māori children (RR 2.0, CI 1.6–2.6).

Māori adults in both age groups (15–64 and 65+ years) had unintentional injury hospitalisation rates one-and-a-half times those of non-Māori adults. For adults aged 15 to 64 years, Māori had an unintentional injury mortality rate twice that of non-Māori (RR 2.2, CI 1.9–2.4). For older adults aged 65 years or more, Māori had a mortality rate 1.7 times the non-Māori rate (RR 1.7, CI 1.3–2.3).



Table 33: Top three unintentional injury mortality categories, by age group, ranked by counts, 2000–02

Māori
non-Māori
Males
0-14 years
Suffocation
Motor vehicle traffic
Drowning
0-14 years
Motor vehicle
Drowning
Suffocation
15-64 years
Motor vehicle traffic
Drowning
Fall
15-64 years
Motor vehicle traffic
Fall
Drowning
65+ years
Motor vehicle traffic
Fall
Other transport, Fire/hot object or substance
65+ years
Fall
Motor vehicle traffic
Suffocation
Females
0-14 years
Motor vehicle traffic
Suffocation
Drowning
0-14 years
Motor vehicle traffic
Suffocation
Drowning
15-64 years
Motor vehicle traffic
Poisoning
Fire/hot object or substance
15-64 years
Motor vehicle traffic
Poisoning
Fall
65+ years
Fall
Motor vehicle traffic
Struck by/against
65+ years
Fall
Motor vehicle traffic
Fire/hot object or substance
Note: Ever-Māori ethnic group - see Methods and Data Sources section for further information.
Source: New Zealand Health Information Service

The three most common causes of unintentional injury mortality differ by age group, gender and ethnicity. Motor vehicle traffic was, for all groups, a common cause of unintentional injury causing death. Falls were a common cause of unintentional injury mortality for people aged 15 years or more, and were one of the top three causes of injury resulting in hospitalisation for all groups regardless of age, gender or ethnicity.