Mortality and Demographic Data 2011

Published online: 
16 December 2014
Mortality and Demographic Data 2011

Summary

This publication contains facts, mortality rates, trends and major causes of death by age group, sex, ethnicity and district health board for deaths registered in 2011. Cancer, ischaemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, motor vehicle accidents and suicide deaths are analysed and reviewed in more detail. Where possible, time trends from 1950 are included.

Suicide information presented in this publication is the final data for suicide mortality and so differs slightly from the provisional data in the corresponding Suicide Facts publication.

Additional data is available for download from Mortality 2011 online tables.

Key mortality statistics - 2011

  Total Male Female
Number of deaths: 2011 mortality
Māori 3027 1568 1459
Non-Māori 27,262 13,373 13,889
Total 30,289 14,941 15,348
  Total Male Female
Age-standardised rates: 2011 mortality *
Māori 663.2 718.9 609.0
Non-Māori 374.8 437.1 319.4
Total 400.4 464.4 343.2

* Rates per 100,000 population, age-standardised to WHO World Standard Population.

Selected causes of mortality 2011
Condition Total deaths Percentage of deaths by sex Māori rate* Non-Māori rate* Total rate*
Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
All cancer 8891 52.3 47.7 206.4 204.0 137.7 104.2 143.3 112.6
Trachea, bronchus and lung cancer 1682 54.0 46.0 61.1 71.7 25.3 17.1 28.0 21.2
Female breast cancer 636 100.0 27.3 17.4 18.3
Prostate cancer 585 100.0 22.1 16.2 16.5
Cervical cancer 53 100.0 5.4 1.4 1.7
Melanoma of the skin 359 67.7 32.3 1.8 0.3 8.3 3.4 7.8 3.2
Ischaemic heart disease 5534 53.0 47.0 134.5 95.5 81.4 44.1 85.9 47.3
Cerebrovascular disease 2665 38.0 62.0 30.6 38.5 28.1 29.4 28.7 30.6
Diabetes mellitus 835 52.5 47.5 55.5 36.0 10.5 7.6 13.7 9.4
Motor vehicle accidents 305 72.5 27.5 16.2 5.1 8.5 3.0 9.8 3.3
Suicide 493 76.5 23.5 26.3 9.5 14.9 4.0 17.0 5.1

* Rates per 100,000 population, age-standardised to WHO World Standard Population.
...  = Not applicable.

Publishing information

  • Date of publication:
    16 December 2014
  • ISBN:
    978-0-478-44452-0 (online)
  • HP number:
    6080
  • Citation:
    Ministry of Health. 2014. Mortality and Demographic Data 2011. Wellington: Ministry of Health.
  • Ordering information:
    Only soft copy available to download
  • Copyright status:

    Owned by the Ministry of Health and licensed for reuse under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence.

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