Table 2. Level of functional impairment by non-communicable disease and sociodemographic factors, in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2018.
| Total population | High level of hospitalisation,*n (%) | Elixhauser score 2+,N (%) | Any activity limitation,‡n (%) | Any income support,§n (%) | ||
| Totals | All | 4 789 287 | 80 457 (1.7) | 268 266 (5.6) | 223 539 (6.4) | 478 674 (16.6) |
| Number of NCDs | 0 | 3 411 855 | 19 305 (0.6) | 33 930 (0.9) | 83 208 (3.4) | 250 569 (11.8) |
| 1 | 1 002 618 | 22 800 (2.3) | 89 790 (1.9) | 66 603 (8.6) | 156 177 (25.7) | |
| 2+ | 374 814 | 38 352 (10.2) | 144 546 (38.6) | 73 728 (25.1) | 71 928 (43.3) | |
| Any NCD | 1 377 432 | 61 152 (4.4) | 234 336 (17.0) | 140 331 (13.1) | 228 105 (29.5) | |
| Condition | Cancer | 182 055 | 17 658 (9.7) | 60 609 (33.3) | 26 649 (16.8) | 12 792 (20.1) |
| COPD | 194 589 | 14 838 (7.6) | 52 593 (27.0) | 33 357 (20.5) | 26 235 (28.2) | |
| CHD | 149 424 | 17 379 (11.6) | 76 782 (51.4) | 33 000 (26.1) | 12 153 (29.5) | |
| Dementia | 28 674 | 6045 (21.1) | 12 504 (43.6) | 15 198 (67.8) | 1014 (61.8) | |
| Diabetes | 324 450 | 19 416 (6.0) | 103 110 (31.8) | 45 207 (17.1) | 47 595 (27.3) | |
| Gout | 172 275 | 10 836 (6.3) | 44 682 (25.9) | 23 676 (17.2) | 21 132 (23.9) | |
| Stroke | 42 429 | 7656 (18.0) | 27 114 (63.9) | 14 556 (42.3) | 4914 (44.8) | |
| TBI | 470 163 | 15 303 (3.3) | 43 044 (9.2) | 33 015 (9.7) | 77 121 (29.4) | |
| MH | 349 350 | 25 644 (7.3) | 66 069 (18.9) | 47 211 (19.3) | 117 846 (49.0) | |
| Sex | Male | 2 384 679 | 37 395 (1.6) | 134 349 (5.6) | 106 983 (6.3) | 226 953 (15.7) |
| Female | 2 404 611 | 43 062 (1.8) | 133 917 (5.6) | 116 553 (6.4) | 251 721 (17.4) | |
| Age (years) | 0–14 | 917 448 | 7386 (0.8) | 6273 (0.7) | 13 932 (2.9) | – |
| 15–34 | 1 333 590 | 12 285 (0.9) | 23 604 (1.8) | 31 284 (3.3) | 196 548 (18.0) | |
| 35–54 | 1 228 659 | 12 456 (1.0) | 44 355 (3.6) | 39 108 (4.0) | 185 442 (15.1) | |
| 55–64 | 570 819 | 9492 (1.7) | 44 793 (7.8) | 34 080 (7.1) | 96 687 (16.9) | |
| 65–74 | 425 634 | 12 795 (3.0) | 60 006 (14.1) | 37 509 (10.3) | – | |
| 75+ | 313 146 | 26 040 (8.3) | 89 235 (28.5) | 67 623 (25.9) | – | |
| Ethnicity | Māori | 857 064 | 14 874 (1.7) | 48 477 (5.7) | 39 015 (7.8) | 171 414 (35.9) |
| Pacific | 426 123 | 6660 (1.6) | 23 703 (5.6) | 17 010 (7.5) | 58 485 (25.1) | |
| Asian | 751 587 | 5739 (0.8) | 20 340 (2.7) | 17 907 (3.5) | 37 620 (7.4) | |
| Chinese | 246 753 | 1653 (0.7) | 5727 (2.3) | 6351 (3.5) | 9156 (5.7) | |
| Indian | 251 913 | 2379 (0.9) | 9084 (3.6) | 6174 (3.8) | 12 438 (6.9) | |
| MELAA | 96 894 | 1182 (1.2) | 3465 (3.6) | 2406 (4.4) | 14 091 (21.2) | |
| Other ethnicity | 120 348 | 1719 (1.4) | 6207 (5.2) | 6153 (6.6) | 12 483 (15.5) | |
| European | 3 416 325 | 62 985 (1.8) | 202 890 (5.9) | 174 732 (6.5) | 311 319 (15.7) | |
| NZ Deprivation Index 2018 quintile | Lowest | 909 507 | 10 470 (1.2) | 35 865 (3.9) | 27 639 (3.7) | 36 204 (6.7) |
| Low-middle | 924 678 | 13 596 (1.5) | 44 706 (4.8) | 36 960 (5.1) | 55 185 (9.9) | |
| Middle | 946 758 | 15 717 (1.7) | 51 543 (5.4) | 43 818 (6.1) | 76 830 (13.3) | |
| High-middle | 974 343 | 18 747 (1.9) | 61 974 (6.4) | 53 811 (7.7) | 112 626 (18.9) | |
| Highest | 1 020 246 | 21 900 (2.1) | 74 115 (7.3) | 61 272 (9.8) | 197 643 (32.8) | |
| Missing | 13 764 | 27 (0.2) | 69 (0.5) | 39 (7.1) | 189 (2.0) | |
| Living situation† | Living in one-person household | 360 954 | 15 117 (4.2) | 53 532 (14.8) | 46 107 (13.7) | 49 668 (26.6) |
| Living in multiperson household | 316 269 | 4974 (1.6) | 17 667 (5.6) | 15 750 (6.5) | 52 197 (19.7) | |
| Living in a family/extended family | 3 362 880 | 42 714 (1.3) | 152 205 (4.5) | 144 492 (5.0) | 249 345 (12.8) | |
| Living situation data not available | 749 184 | 17 649 (2.4) | 44 859 (6.0) | 17 187 (38.4) | 127 464 (26.4) |
Online supplemental table 1 records the proportion of the population in each stratum with available data for these measures. Different age structures will affect the comparisons in this table, which have not been age-standardised. Data were provided by Statistics New Zealand.
*
4+ visits/stays or 10+ cumulative days in 2017/2018.
†
For those recorded by the 2018 census.
‡
Denominator is the 2018 census records, aged over 5 years.
§
Data were available in 2017/2018 for 18–64 year olds, and this age group is the denominator for the income support indicator.
CHD, coronary heart disease; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; MELAAMiddle-Eastern Latin-American or AfricanMH, mental healthNCDnon-communicable diseaseTBItraumatic brain injury