Hospitalisations caused by infectious diseases in New Zealand
By category, year ended June 2014, number of patients discharged (publicly funded)
Category | Number of hospital discharges (publicly funded) |
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Food and water-borne diseases | 15,582 |
Sexually-transmitted infections | 353 |
Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes | 19,899 |
TB and the mycobacteria | 302 |
Vaccine preventable infections | 997 |