New Zealand hospitalisations for visual impairment including binocular or monocular blindness
By sex and age group, year ended June 2022, number of patients discharged (publicly funded)
| Sex | Age group | Number of hospitalisations |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 10-14 | 2 |
| Female | 15-19 | 1 |
| Female | 20-24 | 1 |
| Female | 25-29 | 4 |
| Female | 30-34 | 2 |
| Female | 35-39 | 1 |
| Female | 0-4 | 0 |
| Female | 40-44 | 1 |
| Female | 45-49 | 1 |
| Female | 50-54 | 5 |
| Female | 55-59 | 1 |
| Female | 5-9 | 1 |
| Female | 60-64 | 3 |
| Female | 65-69 | 2 |
| Female | 70-74 | 1 |
| Female | 75-79 | 3 |
| Female | 80-84 | 5 |
| Female | 85+ | 6 |
| Male | 10-14 | 1 |
| Male | 15-19 | 1 |
| Male | 20-24 | 0 |
| Male | 25-29 | 0 |
| Male | 30-34 | 0 |
| Male | 35-39 | 3 |
| Male | 0-4 | 3 |
| Male | 40-44 | 1 |
| Male | 45-49 | 0 |
| Male | 50-54 | 1 |
| Male | 55-59 | 5 |
| Male | 5-9 | 2 |
| Male | 60-64 | 10 |
| Male | 65-69 | 4 |
| Male | 70-74 | 2 |
| Male | 75-79 | 6 |
| Male | 80-84 | 4 |
| Male | 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 2022
Webpage:
https://tewhatuora.shinyapps.io/hospitals-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 2022
From the dataset National Minimum Dataset: Publicly Funded Hospital Discharges - Static tables by age and sex 2022, this data was extracted:
- Sheet: Discharges - All
- Range:
C9:W6615 - Provided: 92,587 data points
This data forms the table Health - Publicly funded hospital discharges by primary diagnosis, by age and sex 2022.
Dataset originally released on:
November 28, 2024
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.