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Table 27: Interpersonal violence indicators

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Indicator	Māori			non-Māori
Indicator	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
Assault & homicide mortality, 2000-02, rate per 100,000 ^{1,2 *}	4.9 (3.4-6.7)	3.1 (2.1-4.6)	4.0 (3.1-5.1)	1.4 (1.1-1.7)	1.1 (0.8-1.4)	1.2 (1.0-1.4)
Assault & homicide hospitalisations, 2002-04, rate per 100,000 ^{1,2 *}	288.4 (276.4-300.8)	123.2 (115.8-131.1)	202.4 (195.5-209.6)	110.0 (106.8-113.2)	23.5 (22.1-25.0)	66.3 (64.6-68.1)
Bullied at school (self-reported) 13-17 years, percent ^{3,4 **}	7.5 (5.9-9.1)	5.9 (4.6-7.3)	- ⁵	10.1 (9.0-11.1)	5.1 (4.4-5.8)	- ⁵
Feel safe at school (self-reported), 13-17 years, percent ^{3,4 **}	76.8 (74.3-79.4)	74.8 (72.4-77.3)	- ⁵	77.8 (76.3-79.2)	80.5 (79.2-81.7)	- ⁵

Notes:
¹ Age-standardised to 2001 Census total Māori population.
² Ever-Māori ethnic group - see Methods and Data Sources section for further information.
³ Prioritised Māori ethnic group - see Methods and Data Sources section for further information.
⁴ Adjusted for sampling design but not age.
⁵ Total results not provided.
Sources:
^* New Zealand Health Information Service
^**Youth 2000 Survey

Māori adults were more likely than non-Māori adults to suffer adverse health effects as the victims of violence. Mortality rates from assault and homicide were three times higher for Māori than for non-Māori (RR 3.3, CI 2.5–4.5).

Māori hospitalisation rates as the result of assault or attempted homicide were higher than those for non-Māori for both males and females. The disparity is largest for females: Māori females had an assault and homicide hospitalisation rate more than ﬁve times higher than that of non-Māori females (RR 5.2, CI 4.8– 5.7).

The association between bullying and gender is different for Māori and non-Māori. There were no signiﬁcant differences between Māori males and females in terms of feeling unsafe or being bullied at school, but non-Māori males were more likely to be bullied and feel unsafe than non-Māori females.

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