Biopsy of brain or meninges in New Zealand hospitals
By sex and age group, year ended June 2021, number of procedures (publicly funded)
| Sex | Age group | Number of procedures |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 0-4 | 2 |
| Male | 5-9 | 2 |
| Male | 10-14 | 1 |
| Male | 15-19 | 1 |
| Male | 20-24 | 0 |
| Male | 25-29 | 1 |
| Male | 30-34 | 2 |
| Male | 35-39 | 2 |
| Male | 40-44 | 4 |
| Male | 45-49 | 4 |
| Male | 50-54 | 4 |
| Male | 55-59 | 5 |
| Male | 60-64 | 15 |
| Male | 65-69 | 5 |
| Male | 70-74 | 14 |
| Male | 75-79 | 7 |
| Male | 80-84 | 2 |
| Male | 85+ | 1 |
| Female | 0-4 | 1 |
| Female | 5-9 | 0 |
| Female | 10-14 | 2 |
| Female | 15-19 | 1 |
| Female | 20-24 | 1 |
| Female | 25-29 | 3 |
| Female | 30-34 | 2 |
| Female | 35-39 | 2 |
| Female | 40-44 | 2 |
| Female | 45-49 | 4 |
| Female | 50-54 | 3 |
| Female | 55-59 | 3 |
| Female | 60-64 | 10 |
| Female | 65-69 | 6 |
| Female | 70-74 | 11 |
| Female | 75-79 | 6 |
| Female | 80-84 | 3 |
| Female | 85+ | 1 |
Definitions
Publicly-funded discharges: Publicly funded hospital events at public or private hospitals. When a patient is discharged from hospital, a clinical coder will assign an ICD code for the diagnosis and one for external cause of morbidity or mortality (if it applies).
Procedures: Hospital procedures. Codes are assigned using ACHI (Australian Classification of Health Interventions).
Age group: 5-year age group (in years) at time of discharge.
Data provided by
Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand
Dataset name
National Minimum Dataset: Publicly Funded Hospital Discharges - Static tables by age and sex 2021
Webpage:
https://www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/our-health-system/data-and-statistics/hospital-events-web-tool/
How to find the data
Under the 'Publicly funded hopitalisations' heading, go to 'Latest year of data'. Download the latest complete annual dataset.
Import & extraction details
File as imported: National Minimum Dataset: Publicly Funded Hospital Discharges - Static tables by age and sex 2021
From the dataset National Minimum Dataset: Publicly Funded Hospital Discharges - Static tables by age and sex 2021, this data was extracted:
- Sheet: Procedures - All
- Range:
C9:W5189 - Provided: 72,884 data points
This data forms the table Health - Publicly funded hospital procedures by health intervention type, by age and sex 2021.
Dataset originally released on:
November 16, 2023
About this dataset
This dataset contains summarised data showing publicly funded hospital discharges and procedures by DHB, ethnic group, sex, age group and disease/procedure classification.
Method of collection/Data provider
Data is provided by public hospitals and by those private hospitals who provide publicly funded services in an agreed electronic file format. Paper forms and a cut-down electronic file format are also forwarded by other private hospitals. Publicly funded hospital events are required to be loaded into the National Minimum Dataset (NMDS) within 21 days after the month of discharge.