Ngā tauwehe tūpono me te marumaru: Risk and protective factors

Differences in socioeconomic position between Māori and non-Māori are likely to contribute to differences in individual risk and protective factors, which in turn impact on health outcomes.

This section presents data on individual risk and protective factors comprising tobacco smoking, alcohol use, nutrition, body size and physical activity.

In this section

Tobacco smoking

Māori had a higher smoking rate that non-Māori in the same age group. Read more
Alcohol use

Māori adult drinkers were less likely than non-Māori adult drinkers to have drunk alcohol 4 or more times a week in the past year, but twice as likely as non‑Māori to have consumed a large amount of alcohol at least weekly. Read more
Nutrition

Māori adults were less likely than non-Māori adults to meet the recommended daily intake of 3 or more servings of vegetables and 2 or more servings of fruit per day. Read more
Body size

Māori adults were less likely than non-Māori adults to be overweight. However, Māori adults were more than 1.5 times as likely to be obese as non-Māori adults. Read more
Physical activity

Māori and non-Māori adults, regardless of gender, reported similar levels of physical activity in the 2013/14 New Zealand Health Survey. Read more