Publicly funded hospital discharges – 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014

About the tables

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 three different 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 text files: 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 information 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 2013/14

• Over 1.1 million publicly funded hospital discharges were reported.
• The age-standardised rate was 225 hospitalisations per 1000 people.
• Over 30% of hospitalisations were for people aged 65 years and over.
• For both males and females, hospitalisation rates were highest in the 85 years and over age group.
• For every 100 hospital discharges, 16 were Māori.
• Hospitalisations were more common among Māori than non-Māori, as the Māori rate was 1.2 times the non-Māori rate.

Publicly funded hospital discharges involving unintentional and intentional injury in 2013/14

• Over 200,000 publicly funded hospital discharges involving unintentional and intentional injury were reported.
• The age-standardised rate was 38 hospitalisations per 1000 people.
• 38% 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.
• For every 100 hospital discharges involving injury, 15 were Māori.
• Hospitalisations involving injury were more common among Māori, as the Māori rate was 1.2 times the non-Māori rate.

Publicly funded hospital procedures in 2013/14

• Over 1.6 million publicly funded hospital procedures were reported.
• The age-standardised rate was 314 procedures per 1000 people.
• 1 in 3 publicly funded hospital procedures performed were for people aged 65 years and over.
• For both males and females, procedure rates increased with age and were highest for the 85+ years age group.
• For every 100 hospital procedures performed, 15 were for Māori.
• Hospital procedures were more common among Māori, as the Māori rate was 1.2 times the non-Māori rate.

Downloads

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• Static tables: Publicly funded hospital discharges (xlsx, 5.54 MB)
• Pivot tables (Excel 2013): Publicly funded hospital discharges (xlsx, 3.98 MB)
• Pivot tables (Excel 2010): Publicly funded hospital discharges (xlsx, 11.46 MB)
• Data text files: Publicly funded hospital discharges (zipped file, 4.52 KB)