Publicly funded hospital discharges – 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019

These tables contain summarised information detailing publicly funded hospital discharges and procedures by DHB, ethnic group, sex, age group and disease/procedure classification. The data is provided as excel tables and text files.

Summary

These tables contain summarised data showing publicly funded hospital discharges and procedures by DHB, ethnic group, sex, age group and disease/procedure classification. The same data is available in different formats:

• Excel tables: Formatted tables so you can view national data easily and read the key findings.
• Data tables: Zip file package containing text files of the underlying data used in the excel tables and a data dictionary. DHB breakdowns are available in this format. 

Key findings

Publicly funded hospital discharges in 2018/19

• More than 1.2 million publicly funded hospital discharges were reported during 2018/19.
• There were 224 hospitalisations per 1000 people (age-standardised) in 2018/19, 2% higher than in 2009/10.
• 1 in 3 hospitalisations in 2018/19 were for people aged 65 years and over.
• For both males and females, hospitalisation rates were highest in the 85+ years age group. 
• Females had a higher overall age-standardised rate, and higher age-specific rates during child-bearing years, compared with males. 
• Rates for males and females remained fairly static over the 10 years to 2018/19.
• For every 100 hospital discharges in 2018/19, 17 were Māori.
• The Māori hospitalisation rate fluctuated between 245 and 269 per 1000 Māori from 2009/10 to 2018/19.
• Māori had a higher hospitalisation rate than non-Māori over the 10 years to 2018/19; the Māori rate was 1.1–1.3 times the non-Māori rate.

Publicly funded hospital discharges involving unintentional and intentional injury in 2018/19

• More than 230,000 publicly funded hospital discharges involving unintentional and intentional injury were reported during 2018/19. 
• There were 39 hospitalisations involving injury per 1000 people (age-standardised) in 2018/19, 8% higher than that for 2009/10.
• Almost 40% of hospitalisations involving injury in 2018/19 were for people aged 65 years and over.
• For both males and females, hospitalisation rates involving injury generally increased with age, and were highest for the 85+ years age group in 2018/19. 
• Males had a higher overall age-standardised rate, and higher age-specific rates in almost all age groups, compared with females in 2018/19.
• The rate for males increased by 2%, while the rate for females increased by 17% from 2009/10 to 2018/19.
• For every 100 hospital discharges involving injury in 2018/19, 17 were Māori.
• The Māori rate in 2018/19 was 16% higher than that in 2009/10.
• Hospitalisations involving injury were more common among Māori than non-Māori; the Māori rate was 1.2–1.3 times the non-Māori rate from 2009/10 to 2018/19.        

Publicly funded hospital procedures in 2018/19

• More than 1.5 million publicly funded hospital procedures were reported during 2018/19. 
• The age-standardised rate for 2018/19 was 271 procedures per 1000 people, 6% lower than that for 2009/10.
• 1 in 3 publicly funded hospital procedures performed in 2018/19 were for people aged 65 years and over.
• For both males and females, procedure rates were highest in the 85+ years age group. 
• Females had a higher overall age-standardised rate, and higher age-specific rates during child-bearing years, compared with males.
• Procedure rates for males and females showed a similar trend over time. Rates generally increased from 2009/10 and decreased from 2013/14.
• For every 100 hospital procedures performed in 2018/19, 16 were for Māori.
• The Māori rate in 2018/19 was 7% lower than that in 2009/10.
• Hospital procedures were more common among Māori than non-Māori; the Māori rate was 1.1–1.2 times the non-Māori rate from 2009/10 to 2018/19.