Publicly funded hospital discharges – 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019

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 same data is available in different formats:

• Excel tables: Formatted tables so you can view national data easily and read the key findings.
• Data tables: Zip file package containing text files of the underlying data used in the excel tables and a data dictionary. DHB breakdowns are available in this format. 

Key findings

Publicly funded hospital discharges in 2018/19

• More than 1.2 million publicly funded hospital discharges were reported during 2018/19.
• There were 224 hospitalisations per 1000 people (age-standardised) in 2018/19, 2% higher than in 2009/10.
• 1 in 3 hospitalisations in 2018/19 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 males and females remained fairly static over the 10 years to 2018/19.
• For every 100 hospital discharges in 2018/19, 17 were Māori.
• The Māori hospitalisation rate fluctuated between 245 and 269 per 1000 Māori from 2009/10 to 2018/19.
• Māori had a higher hospitalisation rate than non-Māori over the 10 years to 2018/19; the Māori rate was 1.1–1.3 times the non-Māori rate.

Publicly funded hospital discharges involving unintentional and intentional injury in 2018/19

• More than 230,000 publicly funded hospital discharges involving unintentional and intentional injury were reported during 2018/19. 
• There were 39 hospitalisations involving injury per 1000 people (age-standardised) in 2018/19, 8% higher than that for 2009/10.
• Almost 40% of hospitalisations involving injury in 2018/19 were for people aged 65 years and over.
• For both males and females, hospitalisation rates involving injury generally increased with age, and were highest for the 85+ years age group in 2018/19. 
• Males had a higher overall age-standardised rate, and higher age-specific rates in almost all age groups, compared with females in 2018/19.
• The rate for males increased by 2%, while the rate for females increased by 17% from 2009/10 to 2018/19.
• For every 100 hospital discharges involving injury in 2018/19, 17 were Māori.
• The Māori rate in 2018/19 was 16% higher than that in 2009/10.
• Hospitalisations involving injury were more common among Māori than non-Māori; the Māori rate was 1.2–1.3 times the non-Māori rate from 2009/10 to 2018/19.        

Publicly funded hospital procedures in 2018/19

• More than 1.5 million publicly funded hospital procedures were reported during 2018/19. 
• The age-standardised rate for 2018/19 was 271 procedures per 1000 people, 6% lower than that for 2009/10.
• 1 in 3 publicly funded hospital procedures performed in 2018/19 were for people aged 65 years and over.
• For both males and females, procedure 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.
• Procedure rates for males and females showed a similar trend over time. Rates generally increased from 2009/10 and decreased from 2013/14.
• For every 100 hospital procedures performed in 2018/19, 16 were for Māori.
• The Māori rate in 2018/19 was 7% lower than that in 2009/10.
• Hospital procedures were more common among Māori than non-Māori; the Māori rate was 1.1–1.2 times the non-Māori rate from 2009/10 to 2018/19.