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Story: Health and society

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. Health overview

  3. Socio-economic status, ethnicity and health inequality

  4. Lifestyle and environment

  5. Health services

  6. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - Health overview

Quality of life: Working out at the gym, 2007

Quality of life: Working out at the gym, 2007 (1st of 4)

Quality of life: Swimming, 2009

Quality of life: Swimming, 2009 (2nd of 4)

Quality of life: T'ai chi

Quality of life: T'ai chi (3rd of 4)

Quality of life: Orienteering

Quality of life: Orienteering (4th of 4)

Deaths from communicable diseases, 1876–1976

Deaths from communicable diseases, 1876–1976

Death rates by cause, 2015

Death rates by cause, 2015

From page 2 - Socio-economic status, ethnicity and health inequality

Life expectancy and deprivation, 2012-14

Life expectancy and deprivation, 2012-14

Mortality rates by gender and income, 1981–2009

Mortality rates by gender and income, 1981–2009

Doctor Lily Fraser

Doctor Lily Fraser

Life expectancy at birth by gender and ethnicity, 1951–2013

Life expectancy at birth by gender and ethnicity, 1951–2013

Economic restructuring: Closure of the Tōmoana freezing works, 1994

Economic restructuring: Closure of the Tōmoana freezing works, 1994 (1st of 2)

Economic restructuring: Māori and total unemployment, 1986–2016

Economic restructuring: Māori and total unemployment, 1986–2016 (2nd of 2)

From page 3 - Lifestyle and environment

Smoky environment

Smoky environment

Being 'sun smart'

Being 'sun smart'

Heart warrant of fitness

Heart warrant of fitness

Healthy school lunches

Healthy school lunches

Cold houses

Cold houses

From page 4 - Health services

St Helens Hospital, Christchurch, 1909

St Helens Hospital, Christchurch, 1909

Health care and cost

Health care and cost

Preventable hospital admissions by ethnicity, 2011-12

Preventable hospital admissions by ethnicity, 2011-12

Māori health clinic

Māori health clinic

Pacific cervical-screening campaign

Pacific cervical-screening campaign

How to cite this page:

Kerryn Pollock, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/health-and-society/media (accessed 30 March 2023)

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 5 May 2011, reviewed & revised 6 Apr 2018

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