Table 1. Population distribution by age, ethnicity and socioeconomic group in New Zealand and surveillance population.
| Characteristics |
Percentage of total (%) | Ratio† |
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
New Zealand* |
Study area* |
||
| Age group (years) | |||
| < 1 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.1 |
| 1–4 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 1.1 |
| 5–19 | 22.2 | 22.7 | 1.0 |
| 20–34 | 19.6 | 23.3 | 1.2 |
| 35–49 | 22.6 | 22.8 | 1.0 |
| 50–64 | 16.5 | 14.6 | 0.9 |
| 65 & above | 12.3 | 9.2 | 0.7 |
| Ethnic group | |||
| Asian | 8.5 | 19.2 | 2.3 |
| European | 66.9 | 46.9 | 0.7 |
| Maori | 14.0 | 11.6 | 0.8 |
| Pacific peoples | 5.6 | 15.3 | 2.7 |
| Other | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| Unknown | 4.2 | 5.5 | 1.3 |
| NZDep2006‡ | |||
| 1 | 10.3 | 9.6 | 0.9 |
| 2 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 1.0 |
| 3 | 10.2 | 9.8 | 1.0 |
| 4 | 10.0 | 8.6 | 0.9 |
| 5 | 9.9 | 8.2 | 0.8 |
| 6 | 9.9 | 7.9 | 0.8 |
| 7 | 9.9 | 8.3 | 0.8 |
| 8 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 1.0 |
| 9 | 10.0 | 11.3 | 1.1 |
| 10 | 9.8 | 16.2 | 1.6 |
| Unknown | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
| Total (n) |
100.0 (4 027 929) |
100.0 (837 696) |
|
* New Zealand population census 2006
† Ratio – percentage study area over percentage New Zealand
‡ NZDep 2006 Index of Deprivation is an area-based, census-derived measure of socioeconomic status which divides the population into deciles, where 10 represents areas with the most deprived population and 1 is the least deprived.
Note: Some columns may not add up to 100% due to the rounding off of decimal places.