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On-going health problems

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On-going health problems

Many forms of ill health don’t kill the sufferer. This graph shows a range of common health problems and the rate at which women and men suffer from them.

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Megan Cook, Women’s health – Women’s health, 1950s to 2000s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/graph/31483/on-going-health-problems (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Megan Cook, published 3 May 2011.