Health Poverty Related Diseases
Why does New Zealand have so many children being hospitalised from preventable diseases?
Why does New Zealand have so many children being hospitalised from preventable diseases?
The map below is coloured based on the number of hospitalisations of children due to poverty-related diseases. For more background read Childhood diseases in the land of milk and poverty and Damp, overcrowded homes bigger threat to kids than car accidents. Tap or hover over an area to see more.
Poverty-related hospitalisations from 2000 to 2016 per child
Disease Hospitalisations Respiratory Housing Crowding
-------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- --------------- ----------- ------------ Dental (dental caries, pulp, peridontal) 103,223 no no no Otitis media (ear infection) 101,365 no yes yes Bronchiolitis 81,972 yes yes yes Asthma and wheeze 72,589 yes yes yes Gastroenteritis 63,048 no no yes Acute upper respiratory tract infection excluding croup 55,413 yes yes yes Childhood Pneumonia 49,861 yes yes yes Skin infections (cellulitis) 49,651 no yes no Viral infection of unspecified site 45,495 no no yes Urinary tract infection 19,129 no no no Croup, acute laryngitis, tracheitis 15,184 no no yes Constipation 14,332 no no no Dermatitis and eczema 9,702 no no no Febrile convulsions 7,620 no yes no Gastro oesophageal reflux 7,247 no no no Osteomyelitis 4,148 no no no Viral/other/unspecified meningits 3,666 no no no Bronchiectasis 2,976 yes yes yes Meningococcal disease 2,640 no yes yes Rheumatic fever 2,556 yes yes yes Nutritional deficiencies or anaemias 1,215 no no no Bacterial meningitis 1,149 no yes yes Tuberculosis 298 yes yes yes GAS sepsis 137 no yes yes
The housing and crowding columns indicate whether a disease is aggravated by poor quality housing or over-crowded living conditions.