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Causes of death, 2015

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Move the mouse over the bars on the graph to compare the death rates. Click on a population group in the key to remove that group from the graph; click on that group again to restore it.

These graphs record the major causes of death per 100,000 of the population in 2015. They show higher rates of both cancer and heart disease for men in comparison with women, and also a comparatively high level of diabetes among Māori men.

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Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Source: Mortality 2014 data tables, Ministry of Health

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Robert Beaglehole, Men’s health – Causes of men’s death, disease and injury, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/graph/26954/causes-of-death-2015 (accessed 5 June 2026).

Story by Robert Beaglehole, published 24 February 2011, updated 1 July 2017.

Comments

Niutoni
17 March 2012
Hello im a student working on an essay to do with preventative health care for men in NZ. can you email me the direct link from statistics NZ of this graph (causes of deth 2006)?