Period | ||||
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1981–4 | 1986–9 | 1991–4 | 1996–9 | |
CVD, cardiovascular diseases; ICD9, International Classification of Diseases ninth revision; IHD, ischaemic heart disease. | ||||
*Table 1 shows the categorisation of cause of death by ICD9 codes. | ||||
†Counts are weighted number of deaths, randomly rounded to multiples of three in accordance with Statistics New Zealand protocol. | ||||
Women | 1 953 768 | 2 234 071 | 2 421 580 | 2 572 537 |
Person-years | ||||
Men | 1 856 059 | 2 131 286 | 2 290 262 | 2 428 016 |
Person-years | ||||
Cause of death* | Deaths (n)† | |||
Women | 12 195 | 13 500 | 12 822 | 11 679 |
All causes | ||||
CVD | 5 262 | 5 334 | 4 521 | 3 312 |
IHD | 3 198 | 3 354 | 2 661 | 1 812 |
Stroke | 1 299 | 1 113 | 1 038 | 714 |
Other CVD | 765 | 867 | 822 | 786 |
Respiratory | 600 | 840 | 828 | 843 |
All cancers | 4 317 | 5 076 | 5 388 | 5 505 |
Lung cancer | 525 | 744 | 864 | 963 |
Colorectal cancer | 753 | 861 | 822 | 765 |
Breast cancer | 975 | 1 110 | 1 113 | 1 146 |
Other cancers | 2 064 | 2 361 | 2 589 | 2 631 |
Injury/suicide/other | 573 | 609 | 546 | 522 |
Injury | 360 | 381 | 324 | 288 |
Suicide | 198 | 198 | 192 | 207 |
Other causes | 15 | 30 | 30 | 27 |
Men | 19 311 | 20 898 | 19 695 | 18 051 |
All causes | ||||
CVD | 9 702 | 9 813 | 8 487 | 6 942 |
IHD | 7 086 | 7 221 | 6 033 | 4 839 |
Stroke | 1 314 | 1 254 | 1 110 | 837 |
Other CVD | 1 302 | 1 338 | 1 344 | 1 266 |
Respiratory | 1 290 | 1 314 | 1 056 | 1 089 |
All cancers | 5 187 | 6 066 | 6 435 | 6 270 |
Lung cancer | 1 617 | 1 779 | 1 674 | 1 521 |
Colorectal cancer | 798 | 915 | 1 056 | 1 032 |
Prostate cancer | 354 | 486 | 558 | 561 |
Other cancers | 2 418 | 2 886 | 3 147 | 3 156 |
Injury/suicide/other | 3 132 | 3 705 | 3 717 | 3 750 |
Injury | 921 | 1 029 | 936 | 882 |
Suicide | 423 | 585 | 657 | 741 |
Other causes | 15 | 51 | 54 | 45 |