Skip to main content
. 2013 Dec 23;11:25. doi: 10.1186/1478-7954-11-25

Table 1.

Results for key indicators by ethnicity from year 1 of the survey

Indicator
All ethnicities
Māori
Pacific
  Prevalence (%) (a) SE (%) (b) Intra-class correlation (c) Design effect (d) Prevalence (%) (a) SE (%) (b) Intra-class correlation (c) Design effect (d) Prevalence (%) (a) SE (%) (b) Intra-class correlation (c) Design effect (d)
Excellent, very good, or good self-rated health
89.3
0.37
0.02
1.80
83.4
0.93
0.02
0.99
86.6
1.68
0.02
1.77
Current smoking
18.4
0.49
0.04
1.97
40.6
1.42
0.04
1.32
26.2
1.83
0.04
1.27
Meets vegetable (3+ servings) and fruit (2+ servings) daily intake guidelines
44.2
0.87
0.06
3.84
37.1
1.25
0.06
1.06
29.9
2.49
0.06
2.16
Physically active
54.4
1.27
0.21
8.15
58.1
1.71
0.21
1.88
47.4
2.60
0.21
1.97
Obese
28.4
0.62
0.03
2.03
44.2
1.34
0.03
0.98
61.7
2.78
0.03
2.03
High blood pressure (medicated)
15.8
0.40
0.01
1.48
13.2
0.83
0.01
0.96
10.9
1.10
0.01
0.91
Diagnosed depression, bipolar disorder, and/or anxiety disorder
16.2
0.46
0.02
1.98
16.1
1.02
0.02
1.23
6.8
1.05
0.02
1.27
Diagnosed diabetes
5.5
0.24
0.02
1.35
7.4
0.66
0.02
1.00
10.3
1.14
0.02
1.03
Visited a GP in the past 12 months
78.5
0.49
0.02
1.79
75.2
1.35
0.02
1.56
75.7
2.04
0.02
1.65
Experienced unmet need for primary health care in the past 12 months
26.6
0.61
0.07
2.42
39.1
1.44
0.07
1.38
30.3
2.33
0.07
1.87
Visited a dental health care worker in past 12 months (dentate adults) 48.6 0.67 0.04 2.00 37.6 1.59 0.04 1.49 32.8 2.07 0.04 1.24

a: calculated using survey weights.

b: calculated using jack-knife replicate weights reflecting complex sample design and weighting, as used in production of standard errors in survey publications.

c: estimated by fitting a linear mixed model using the lme4 package in the R statistical environment.

d: calculated by dividing b by the estimated variance under simple random sampling from the whole adult population.