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Ngā mana hauora tūtohu: Health status indicators

This section presents a range of indicators relating to health status of an individual. Information in this section:

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Life expectancy
Māori life expectancy at birth was more than eight years less than non-Māori in 2001, for both genders.

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Disability
Adjusting for different age structures of the population, Māori have a higher rate of disability than non-Māori. The most common disability type experienced by Māori children was chronic conditions/health problems.

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Major causes of death
The major sources of death were all chronic diseases. Ischaemic heart disease was the leading cause of death for both Māori and non-Māori.

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Self-rated health
The SF-36 is one of the most widely used questionnaires for reporting self-reported physical and mental health status.

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Cardiovascular disease
Māori had higher mortality rates than non-Māori in cardiovascular disease, stroke, heart failure, rhuematic heart disease, heart disease, ischaemic heart disease.

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Cancer
The most common cancers registered for Māori females were breast, lung, colorectal, cervical and uterine. For Māori men, the most common cancer registration sites and causes of cancer deaths are lung, prostate, colorectal, stomach and liver.

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Respiratory disease
Morbidity and mortality rates for asthma and chronic obstructive pulomonary disease.

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Diabetes
Māori prevalence of diabetes is two and half times higher than non-Māori.

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Infectious disease
These include meningococcal disease, tuberculosis and rheumatic fever notifications.

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Suicide and intentional self-harm
Māori had higher suicide mortality rates than non-Māori, and males of both ethnicities had significantly higher suicide mortality rates then their female counterparts.

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Mental health
The prevalance of having a serious mental disorder and either potentially hazardous drinking or regular marijuana use was similar for both Māori and non-Māori.

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Interpersonal violence
The disaprity rate for interpersonal violence was highest in Māori females with an assault and homicide hospitalisation rate more than five times higher than that of non-Māori females.

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Oral health
Māori children had a higher number of filled or missing teeth regardless of a fluoridated and non fluoridated water supply.

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Infant health
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) mortality rates were five times higher among Māori infants than among non-Māori infants.

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Hearing
Māori children had a higher failure rate on school entry hearing tests than non-Māori.

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Unintentional injury
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.

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