Health in New Zealand

1,253 indicators covering health for New Zealand.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Japanese encephalitis - number of reported cases 0 2025 19th
Health statistics - Regions (for 'Developer API') — Age-adjusted 8.37 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2023 down 0.9% 27th
Number of pregnant women living with HIV who received antiretrovirals 13 2025 up 85.7% 96th
Deaths in road incidents 375 deaths 2022 up 21.8% 40th
Hospital discharges by diagnostic categories 723,581 Discharges 2023 up 8.6% 26th
Mean systolic blood pressure 120.6 2009 down 2.3% 159th
Mean fasting blood glucose (mmol/l) 5.5 2009 up 1.9% 47th
Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status 91 2025 up 23.0% 46th
Percentage of people living with HIV who know their status receiving 97 2025 up 1.0% 27th
Most sold brand of cigarettes - price in PPP$ 20.44 2020 up 201.5% 2nd
Most sold brand of cigarettes - price in currency reported 29.9 2020 up 199.0% 102nd
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - total tax 0.8% 2020 up 2.5% 10th
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - ad valorem 0.0% 2020 109th
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - import duties 0.0% 2020 34th
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - other taxes 0.0% 2020 42nd
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - value added 0.1% 2020 up 18.2% 83rd
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - specific 0.7% 2020 unchanged 3rd
Most sold brand of cigarettes - price in US$ at official exchange 20.04 2020 up 176.8% 2nd
Number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against Streptococcus pneumoniae 15,918 one-year-olds 2023 up 269.9% 77th
Health risks - Regions — Respiratory system diseases mortality crude 55.06 Per 100 000 inhabitants 2022 down 10.0% 28th
Health risks - Regions — Circulatory system diseases mortality crude 211.6 Per 100 000 inhabitants 2022 down 3.7% 27th
Avoidable mortality 8,444 Deaths 2020 up 4.2% 32nd
Avoidable mortality — Preventable mortality 5,297 Deaths 2020 up 5.1% 34th
Avoidable mortality — Treatable mortality 3,147 Deaths 2020 up 2.8% 32nd
Number of non-autochthonous leprosy cases 0 2022 down 100.0% 47th
Proportion of births delivered in a health facility (Facility births) 95.8% 2021 down 0.9% 71st
Period versus cohort life expectancy 82.3 years 2021 up 1.8% 13th
Annual death rate by age group 4.6 deaths per 1,000 people 2021 up 0.4% 7th
Crude death rate 6.79 deaths per 1,000 people 2021 down 0.5% 38th
Birth rate and death rate 6.79 deaths per 1,000 people 2021 down 0.5% 38th
HPV immunization coverage estimates among primary target cohort (9-14) 70.0% 2025 up 25.0% 60th
Pharmaceutical consumption 351.1 Defined daily dose per 1 000 inhabitants per day 2025 down 0.9% 7th
Life expectancy 82.3 years 2021 up 1.6% 14th
How many health warnings are approved by the law for cigarette 14 2022 unchanged 40th
Risk factors for health — Tobacco consumption 9.3 Cigarettes per smoker per day 2025 down 12.3% 19th
Tuberculosis - new and relapse cases 305 2011 down 19.1% 150th
Physiotherapists 7,816 2023 up 79.2% 29th
Perceived health status 2 Percentage of population in the same age 2025 down 16.7% 28th
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 87.5 2022 up 45.8% 7th
Share of adolescent girls vaccinated against human papillomavirus 54.0% 2024 up 20.0% 49th
Generalist medical practitioners 6,849 2024 up 25.7% 44th
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 75 2022 up 150.0% 12th
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 100 2022 up 11.1% 1st
New cases: pulmonary smear-negative 88 2012 up 8.6% 143rd
Average death rate due to natural disasters 0.3704 2021 down 91.3% 68th
Number of full-time equivalent staff in national agency 12 2022 up 50.0% 30th
Total number of notified TB cases 302 2014 down 18.6% 150th
Specialist medical practitioners 12,484 2024 up 86.7% 41st
Acute care — Acute myocardial infarction 30 day mortality 4.2 Per 100 admissions 2022 down 32.3% 23rd
Acute care — Ischaemic stroke 30 day mortality 6.1 Per 100 admissions 2022 down 23.8% 16th
Acute care — Haemorrhagic stroke 30 day mortality 19.8 Per 100 admissions 2022 down 28.0% 17th
New cases: pulmonary smear unknown/not done 11 2012 down 78.0% 91st
Smear-positive tuberculosis treatment-success rate 56.0% 2011 up 522.2% 171st
How many health warnings are approved by the law for other smoked 14 2022 unchanged 42nd
Insufficiently active 88.74 2016 up 1.2% 9th
Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against rotavirus 84.0% 2024 up 27.3% 51st
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 75 2022 up 150.0% 10th
Primary care — Congestive heart failure hospital admission 227.2 Per 100 000 inhabitants 2014 up 0.8% 7th
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 75 2022 up 114.3% 12th
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 75 2022 up 200.0% 10th