Table 2.

Overall population and sub-population access to advanced-level hospital care by road and helicopter EMS within specified time periods

Sociodemographic characteristics	Population frequency	Have access to levels 1 or 2 hospital care within each specified period Minutes (row %)
		Within 30	30–45	45–60	60–90	>90
Total population	4 240 791	24	42	17	13	4
Age (years)
0–14	849 192	22	44	19	13	4
15–29	829 182	32	41	15	10	3
30–44	812 718	25	44	17	11	4
45–64	1 065 417	22	42	19	14	4
≥65	605 793	22	40	18	17	4
Sex
Male	2 061 636	24	42	17	13	4
Female	2 176 134	24	42	18	13	4
Ethnicity*
New Zealand European	2 963 721	22	40	19	15	3
Māori	595 170	23	36	19	17	4
Pacific	295 458	26	54	15	5	1
Asian	470 793	32	57	7	3	1
MELAA	46 905	31	52	9	5	2
Other	67 398	24	42	17	13	3
Not stated	235 437	24	42	17	13	3
NZ Depreviation Index
1–2 (least deprived)	873 393	14	54	21	7	4
3–4	85 626	19	45	19	14	4
5–6	837 558	24	39	17	17	4
7–8	829 704	32	35	15	16	4
9–10 (most)	833 169	32	36	15	13	4
Population density (persons per km2)
High (20–<200 000)	3 859 551	26	46	14	58	2
Medium (2–<20)	303 696	0.3	8	37	45	10
Low (0–<2)	77 544	0.015	1	14	57	27

*Multiple ethnic identities possible in census; therefore, ethnic categories will add up to more than the total population.

EMS, emergency medical services; MELAA, Middle Eastern, Latin American, African; NZ, New Zealand.