Publicly funded hospital discharges – 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015

Published online: 
27 October 2017

Summary

These tables contain summarised data showing publicly funded hospital discharges and procedures by DHB, ethnic group, sex, age group and disease/procedure classification. The data is provided in multiple formats:

Static tables: Formatted tables so you can view national data easily and read the key findings.
Pivot tables: Flexible tables that you can filter, manipulate and transform to do further analyses. DHB breakdowns are available in this format. You can choose to use an Excel 2013 compatible format or an Excel 2010 compatible format.
Data tables: Zip file package containing text files of the underlying data used in the pivot and static tables and a data dictionary.

The ‘Help’ sheet in the pivot tables file includes help on

  • how to choose the right file to use
  • what is the difference between discharges, discharges involving injury, and procedures
  • how to find the right clinical or procedure codes
  • how to get the number of hospital discharges associated with a condition
  • how to get the number of people on which a particular procedure was performed.

Key findings

Publicly funded hospital discharges in 2014/15

  • Over 1.1 million publicly funded hospital discharges were reported during 2014/15.
  • The age-standardised rate for 2014/15 was 227 hospitalisations per 1000 people, 13% higher than that for 2005/06.
  • 1 in 3 hospitalisations in 2014/15 were for people aged 65 years and over.
  • For both males and females, hospitalisation rates were highest in the 85+ years age group.
  • Females had a higher overall age-standardised rate, and higher age-specific rates during child-bearing years, compared with males.
  • Rates for both males and females have had a small but steady increase since 2005/06.
  • For every 100 hospital discharges in 2014/15, 16 were Māori.
  • The Māori rate fluctuated between 259 and 281 per 1000 people from 2005/06 to 2014/15.
  • Māori had a higher rate of hospitalisation than non-Māori each year since 2005/06, the Māori rate being 1.2–1.4 times the non-Māori rate.

Publicly funded hospital discharges involving unintentional and intentional injury in 2014/15

  • Over 200,000 publicly funded hospital discharges involving unintentional and intentional injury were reported during 2014/15.
  • The age-standardised rate for 2014/15 was 38 hospitalisations per 1000 people, the same as that for 2012/13 and 2013/14, and 18% higher than that for 2005/06.
  • 38% of hospitalisations involving injury in 2014/15 were for people aged 65 years and over.
  • For both males and females, hospitalisation rates involving injury increased with age, and were highest for the 85+ years age group.
  • Males had a higher overall age-standardised rate, and higher age-specific rates in almost all age groups, compared with females.
  • Rates for both males and females have had a small but steady increase since 2005/06.
  • For every 100 hospital discharges involving injury in 2014/15, 15 were Māori.
  • The Māori rate in 2014/15 was 18% higher than that in 2005/06.
  • Hospitalisations involving injury were more common among Māori than non-Māori, the Māori rate being 1.2–1.3 times the non-Māori rate from 2005/06 to 2014/15.

Publicly funded hospital procedures in 2014/15

  • Over 1.4 million publicly funded hospital procedures were reported during 2014/15.
  • The age-standardised rate for 2014/15 was 280 procedures per 1000 people, 6% higher than that for 2005/06.
  • 1 in 3 publicly funded hospital procedures performed in 2014/15 were for people aged 65 years and over.
  • For both males and females, procedure rates generally increased with age and were highest in the 85+ years age group for males and the 80–84 years age group for females.
  • Females had a higher overall age-standardised rate, and higher age-specific rates during child bearing years, compared with males.
  • Rates for both males and females had a small but steady increase from 2005/06 to 2013/14. Compared to 2013/14, rates for males and females were around 10% lower.
  • For every 100 hospital procedures performed in 2014/15, 15 were for Māori.
  • The Māori rate in 2014/15 was 6% lower than that in 2005/06.
  • Hospital procedures were more common among Māori than non-Māori, as the Māori rate was 1.2–1.3 times the non-Māori rate from 2005/06 to 2014/15.

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