In 2023 around 38,000 people died in Aotearoa, of which up to a quarter were potentially avoidable. We establish and report on how ethnicity, deprivation, the urban/rural divide, age, employment status, disability and access to medical care impact mortality. Our current programme includes four workstreams: child and youth, perinatal and maternal, perioperative, family violence.
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Latest news
- New data shows surgery mortality outcomes improving
22 Oct 2024
A new ‘Surgery and risk in Aotearoa New Zealand’ infographic has been released with data updated to December 2023 showing overall surgical mortality rates in New Zealand are not increasing.
- Frustration as inequities continue to impact Aotearoa New Zealand's perinatal death rates
01 Jul 2024
Unaddressed inequities mean Aotearoa New Zealand’s perinatal death rates have shown no significant change for 15 years.
- National mortality review pānui (October 2023)
02 Nov 2023
The inaugural national mortality review pānui (October 2023) from the National Mortality Review Committee and National Mortality Review Function Management Group.
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Featured resources
Latest resources
Family violence experts in the criminal court: the need to fill the void
Family violence death information sheet series- Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee: 15th data report: 2015–19 | Te Rōpū Arotake Auau Mate o te Hunga Tamariki, Taiohi: Te pūrongo raraunga 15: 2015–19
- Sixteenth Annual Report of the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee | Te Pūrongo ā-Tau Tekau mā Ono o te Komiti Arotake Mate Pēpi, Mate Whaea Hoki
Surgery and risk in Aotearoa New Zealand | Te pōkanga me te tūponotanga i Aotearoa