NEW ZEALAND HEALTH INFORMATION SERVICE
Current publications
The following publications are currently available and can be ordered from NZHIS. All publications are also presented here in PDF format.
As well as the statistics included in these publications, more recent data can often be found in the Health Statistics section of this site, or can be made available (contact data-enquiries@moh.govt.nz for details).
Statistical publications:
Cancer
Publications in the series Cancer: New Registrations and Deaths 2005 are now published on the main Ministry of Health website: (www.moh.govt.nz). A link to the latest publication in the series is provided below:
- Cancer: New Registrations and Deaths 2005 - Revised edition (tables also available in Excel spreadsheet format)
Previous publications in the series remain on this site:
- Cancer: New Registrations and Deaths 2004 (tables also available in Excel spreadsheet format)
- Cancer: New Registrations and Deaths 2003 (tables also available in Excel spreadsheet format)
- Cancer Patient Survival Covering the Period 1994 to 2003 (tables also available in Excel spreadsheet format)
Drug statistics
Fetal and infant deaths
- Fetal and Infant deaths 2005
- Fetal and Infant Deaths 2003 and 2004 (tables also available in Excel spreadsheet format)
- Fetal and Infant Deaths 2002 (PDF, 537 KB)
Hospital events
- Selected Privately Funded Morbidity Data 2003/04: Summary Tables
- Selected Morbidity Data for Publicly Funded Hospitals 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004:
Summary Tables (Word, 1 MB),
Detailed Tables (Excel, 5 MB) - Selected Privately Funded Morbidity Data 2003 (tables also available in Excel spreadsheet format)
- Selected Morbidity Data for Publicly Funded Hospitals 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003 (tables also available in Excel spreadsheet format)
- Fracture of Neck of Femur Services in New Zealand Hospitals 1999/2000
Maternity and newborn
- Report on Maternity: Maternal and Newborn Information 2004 (tables also available in Excel spreadsheet format)
- Statistical Information on Hospital-based Maternity Events 2005 (PDF, 737 KB)
Mental health
Publications in the series Mental Health Service Use in New Zealand are now published on the main Ministry of Health website: (www.moh.govt.nz). A link to the latest publication in the series is provided below:
Previous publications in the series remain on this site:
- Mental Health: Service Use in New Zealand 2004 (tables also available in Excel spreadsheet format)
Mortality
Publications in the series Mortality and Demographic Data 2005 are now published on the main Ministry of Health website: (www.moh.govt.nz). A link to the latest publication in the series is provided below:
- Mortality and Demographic Data 2006
- Mortality and Demographic Data 2005 (tables also available in Excel spreadsheet format)
Previous publications in the series remain on this site:
- Mortality and Demographic Data 2004 (tables also available in Excel spreadsheet format)
- Mortality and Demographic Data 2002 and 2003 (tables also available in Excel spreadsheet format)
Suicide
Workforce
- Selected Health Professional Workforce in New Zealand 2006
- Summary Results from the 2008 Annual Health Professional Workforce in New Zealand Survey (leaflets containing data for each of eight health sector occupations)
- New Zealand Medical Practitioners 2000
- New Zealand Nurses and Midwives 2000
- Non-practising Nurses and Midwives 2000
- Primary Health Care and Community Nursing Workforce Survey – 2001
Other publications
Newsletters
These are online versions of newsletters distributed to relevant sections of the New Zealand health sector.
Health e-News
Issues of Health e-News are available on the main Ministry of Health website - Health e-News (www.moh.govt.nz).
Details of other New Zealand Ministry of Health publications are available on www.moh.govt.nz.

