Kōrero: Women’s health

Avoidable deaths among Pacific Island people

This interactive chart shows the top five causes of avoidable deaths (where effective prevention or treatment is available) among Pacific Island people from 2004 to 2008, by age and sex. Lack of access to prevention, effective treatment and health-care technology had a major effect on death rates among Pacific girls and women.

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Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

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Source: Ministry of Health, Tupu ola moui: the Pacific health chart book 2012 , table 17, pp. 31-32

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Megan Cook, 'Women’s health - Pacific Island women’s health', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/table/31486/avoidable-deaths-among-pacific-island-people (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Megan Cook, i tāngia i te 5 May 2011