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Summary of indicators
Health
| Indicators |
Current level of updated indicators (most recent year) and the change from the previous result
 better  same
 worse  not updated
 not comparable |
Longer- term change |
Variation within the population |
Comparison with the OECD |
| Health expectancy |
Males 67.5 years Females 69.2 years (2006) |
Improved, faster for males than females |
Lower for males and Māori |
No comparison available |
| Life expectancy |
Males 78.1 years
Females 82.2 years (2005–2007) |
Improved, faster for males than females |
Lower for males, Māori and those living in deprived areas |
Average |
| Suicide |
13.2 deaths per 100,000 (three-year moving average age-standardised rate for all
ages) (2003–2005)
Youth 15–24 years, 18.1 deaths per 100,000 (three-year moving average) (2003–2005) |
Improved since 1998
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Suicide deaths higher for males, youth, young adults and Māori; attempted suicide higher for females |
Average for all ages, poor for youth |
| Cigarette smoking |
22 percent of population aged 15–64 years (2006/2007) |
15+ years population: improved to 1991, steady to 2003, improved to 2005; 15–64 years population: improved between 2006 and 2006/2007 |
Higher rates among younger adults, Māori, Pacific peoples and those living in deprived areas |
Good for males, poor for females |
| Obesity |
25 percent of population aged 15+ years (age-standardised rate) (2006/2007) 8 percent of children 5–14 years (2006/2007)
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Increased since 1997 but no statistically significant increase in age-adjusted rate between 2002/2003 and 2006/2007 |
Higher for Pacific peoples,
Māori, and people in deprived areas |
Poor |
| Potentially hazardous drinking |
22.9 percent of drinkers aged 15 years and over (2006/2007)
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Similar to levels in 1996/1997 and 2002/2003
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Higher among males, young people, Māori and Pacific people
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Alcohol consumption average |
Knowledge and Skills
| Indicators |
Current level of updated indicators (most recent year) and the change from the previous result
better same
worse not updated
not comparable |
Longer-term change |
Variation within the population |
Comparison with the OECD |
| Participation in early childhood education |
"Apparent" participation rate: 97 percent for 3 year olds and 102 percent for 4 year olds (2007) |
Improved |
Māori and Pacific rates lower than European |
No robust comparison available |
| School leavers with higher qualifications |
66 percent of school leavers with NCEA Level 2 or above (2007) |
No comparable trend available |
Proportions lower for males, Māori and Pacific school leavers |
No comparison available |
| Participation in tertiary education |
13.3 percent of population aged 15 years and over enrolled in tertiary education institutions (2007) |
Improved |
Lower rates for males, higher for Māori at ages under 18 and over 25 years |
No direct comparison available for total population aged 15 years and over, good
for 20–29 year olds |
| Educational attainment of the adult population |
76 percent of the population aged 25–64 years with at least an upper secondary qualification (2007)
22 percent of the population aged 25–64 years with tertiary (bachelor degree+) qualifications (2007) |
Improved |
Proportions lower for older people, women, Māori and Pacific peoples; Other adults had the highest proportion with tertiary qualifications |
Good for upper secondary and average for tertiary |
Paid Work
| Indicators |
Current level of updated indicators (most recent year) and the change from the previous result
better same
worse not updated
not comparable |
Longer-term change |
Variation within the population |
Comparison with the OECD |
| Unemployment |
3.6 percent of the labour force (2007) |
Improved since 1998, to below mid-1980s levels |
Higher rates for young people, Māori, Pacific peoples and Other ethnic groups |
Very good |
| Employment |
75.4 percent of the population aged 15–64 years (2007) |
Improved since 1998 to above mid-1980s levels |
Lower rates for young people, women, Māori, Pacific peoples and Other ethnic groups |
Very good |
| Median hourly earnings |
$18.00 per hour for wage and salary earners ($19.10 for males; $16.78 for females) (2007) |
Improved |
Lower for Māori, Pacific peoples, youth and females over 30 |
No comparison available |
| Workplace injury claims |
126 claims per 1,000 full-time equivalent employees (2006, provisional) |
Improvement since 2001 |
Higher rates for men,
Māori and Pacific peoples |
No comparison available |
| Satisfaction with work-life balance |
75 percent of employed people say they are satisfied with their work-life balance (2006) |
Data not comparable |
Māori and people aged 25–49 years are less likely to be satisfied with their work-life balance |
No comparison available |
Economic Standard of Living
| Indicators |
Current level of updated indicators (most recent year) and the change from the previous result
better same
worse not updated
not comparable |
Longer-term change |
Variation within the population |
Comparison with the OECD |
| Market income per person |
RGNDI of $30,255 per capita (in constant 1995/1996 dollars) (year to December 2007) |
Improved |
Not measured |
Poor |
| Income inequality |
The equivalised disposable income of a household at the 80th percentile was 2.6 times larger than the income of a household at the 20th percentile (2007) |
Around the same as the mid-1990s |
Not relevant |
Higher inequality than OECD median around 2004 |
| Population with low incomes |
13 percent of population lives in households with incomes below 60 percent of the median (2007) |
Improved considerably since mid-1990s |
Higher rates among children, people aged 18-24 years, sole-parent families and large families |
Average |
| Housing affordability |
26 percent of households spend more than 30 percent of income on housing (2007) |
Improved from 1998 to 2004 but worsened between 2004 and 2007 |
Higher proportions among low-income households,
Māori, Pacific peoples and Other ethnic groups |
No comparison available |
| Household crowding |
10 percent of individuals live in households requiring one or more additional bedrooms (2006) |
Improved |
More common among families with young children, youth, people in rental housing, Māori and Pacific peoples and in South Auckland |
No comparison available |
Civil and Political Rights
| Indicators |
Current level of updated indicators (most recent year) and the change from the previous result
better same
worse not updated
not comparable |
Longer-term change |
Variation within the population |
Comparison with the OECD |
Voter turnout (general elections)
Voter turnout (local authority elections) |
77 percent of the population eligible to vote (2005)
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Fallen |
Non-voters more likely to be on lower incomes, younger people, Māori or Pacific peoples |
Above average for general election |
| 44 percent of enrolled electors (2007) |
Fallen |
| Representation of women in government |
32 percent of seats in Parliament (2005 general election)
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Improved |
Not relevant |
Very good for central government |
| 32 percent of elected members (2007 local authority elections) |
Improved |
| Perceived discrimination |
Asians most common group perceived to be subject to discrimination (2007) |
Improved |
Since 2001, perceptions of discrimination lower for all groups |
No comparison available |
| Perceived corruption |
New Zealand ranked first equal as least corrupt nation with a Corruption Perceptions Index score of 9.4 (2007) |
Steady |
Not relevant |
Very good |
Cultural Identity
| Indicators |
Current level of updated indicators (most recent year) and the change from the previous result
better same
worse not updated
not comparable |
Longer-term change |
Variation within the population |
Comparison with the OECD |
| Local content programming on New Zealand television |
43 percent of the prime-time schedule (2007) |
Improved |
Not relevant |
Below average |
| Māori language speakers |
24 percent of Māori report ability to converse in Māori (2006) |
Slightly lower in 2006 than in 1996 |
Speakers more likely to be older |
Not relevant |
| Language retention |
Varied from 16 percent of Cook Islands Māori to 84 percent of Koreans (2006) |
Little change for most ethnic groups |
Not relevant |
No comparison available |
Leisure and Recreation
| Indicators |
Current level of updated indicators (most recent year) and the change from the previous result
better same
worse not updated
not comparable |
Longer-term change |
Variation within the population |
Comparison with the OECD |
| Satisfaction with leisure time |
73 percent of the population are satisfied overall with their leisure time (2006) |
No trend available |
Those aged 25–49 years report lower satisfaction rates |
No comparison available |
| Participation in physical activity |
51 percent of the population aged 15 years and over were physically active (age-standardised rate) (2001/2002) |
Steady |
Women and older people were less likely to be physically active than men and young people |
No comparison available |
| Participation in cultural and arts activities |
93 percent of the population aged 15 years and over took part in cultural activities (2001/2002) |
No trend available |
Higher participation rates among young people |
No comparison available |
Physical Environment
Safety
| Indicators |
Current level of updated indicators (most recent year) and the change from the previous result
better same
worse not updated
not comparable |
Longer-term change |
Variation within the population |
Comparison with the OECD |
| Assault mortality |
All ages: Age-standardised rate of 1.7 deaths per 100,000 people (2005, provisional)
Children under 15 years: five-year average annual rate of 0.8 per 100,000 (2001–2005) |
Improved since early 1990s |
Highest among males, youth aged 15–24 years and Māori |
Below average for males, above average for females |
| Criminal victimisation |
39 percent of population aged 15 years and over were victims of criminal offending, either as individuals or members of households (2005) |
No trend available |
Younger people, Māori and Pacific peoples more likely to have been a victim of crime |
No reliable comparison available |
| Fear of crime |
40 percent of adults said that fear of crime had a moderate or high impact on their quality of life (2005) |
No trend available |
Fear higher among females, Māori, Pacific peoples and those in socio-economically deprived areas |
No comparison available |
| Road casualties |
10.0 deaths per 100,000 population (2007)
376 injuries per 100,000 population (2007, provisional) |
Improved
Improved since mid-1980s |
High rates among men, young people, Māori and those aged 65 years and over |
Average for road deaths |
Social Connectedness
| Indicators |
Current level of updated indicators (most recent year) and the change from the previous result
better same
worse not updated
not comparable |
Longer-term change |
Variation within the population |
Comparison with the OECD |
| Telephone and internet access in the home |
Telephone 98 percent (2006)
Internet access 66 percent (2006) |
Big improvement for
internet access |
Access less likely among Māori and Pacific families, families with unemployed adults and sole-parent families |
Above average for internet |
| Regular contact with family/friends |
70 percent of adults had family or friends over for dinner at least once a month in the previous year (2004) |
Steady |
Sharing a meal at home less common among those not in full-time employment |
No comparison available |
| Trust in others |
76 percent of people aged 15 years and over reported that people can be trusted (2006) |
No trend available |
Māori, Pacific peoples and those with incomes less than $20,000 reported lower levels of trust |
Good |
| Loneliness |
18 percent of people aged 15 years and over reported having felt lonely in the past 12 months (2006) |
No trend available |
People of Other ethnicity, young people, people whose incomes are less than $20,000, unemployed people, and people living in South Auckland reported higher levels of loneliness |
No comparison available |
| Contact between young people and their parents |
63 percent of male and 61 percent of female students spent enough time with Mum and/or Dad (2001) |
No trend available |
Māori students more likely to report not getting enough time with their Mum and/or Dad |
No comparison available |
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