Published data
Data on various health topics is available in numerous publications regularly released by the Ministry of Health and can be accessed under subject headings in the Publications section.
National collections
The latest data and statistics from the National Collections are now published in the Data and statistics section on the Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora website.
Ministry of Health population surveys
Data from Ministry of Health population surveys is reported by Health & Disability Intelligence in the following publications:
- New Zealand Health Survey
- Alcohol and Drug Use Survey
- Tobacco Use Survey
- Adult Nutrition Survey
- Child Nutrition Survey
- Oral Health Survey
View more information in the Surveys section.
Data not previously published
Specific information, not normally available within Ministry of Health publications, can also be provided. These requests are categorised as ‘customised’ requests that require additional data from the Ministry of Health databases. The policy for accessing additional data varies according to whether it comes from the National Collections or Ministry of Health population surveys.
National collections
Some requests incur a charge. Details of this charge can be obtained by contacting the Analytical Services team (email [email protected]), with the specification of the information required.
For more detailed information, the Current Data Access Policy document contains details of the data available and the ways in which access can be obtained.
Ministry of Health population surveys
Confidentialised unit record files (CURFs) of Ministry of Health population surveys are placed with Stats NZ. They may be available to bona fide researchers after the key survey results have been released.
Find out more at Access to survey microdata
