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The first case of the disease in New Zealand was reported on 28 February 2020. The country recorded over 2,274,370 cases (2,217,047 confirmed and 57,323 probable [ a ] ). Over 3,000 people died as a result of the pandemic, with cases recorded in all twenty district health board (DHB) areas. [ 1 ]
For the Netherlands, based on overall excess mortality, an estimated 20,000 people died from COVID-19 in 2020, [9] while only the death of 11,525 identified COVID-19 cases was registered. [8] The official count of COVID-19 deaths as of December 2021 is slightly more than 5.4 million, according to World Health Organization's report in May 2022.
Crude mortality rate refers to the number of deaths over a given period divided by the person-years lived by the population over that period. It is usually expressed in units of deaths per 1,000 individuals per year. The list is based on CIA World Factbook 2023 estimates, unless indicated otherwise.
In 2010 the age-standardised mortality rate was 3.8 deaths per 1000 (down from 4.8 in 2000) and the infant mortality rate for the total population was 5.1 deaths per 1000 live births. [25] The life expectancy of a New Zealand child born in 2021-23 was 83.7 years for females, and 80.3 years for males, [ 2 ] which is among the highest in the world .
New Zealanders are dying from COVID-19 at record rates as the country battles a new wave of the Omicron strain that is particularly affecting the older population. Deaths from the virus reached ...
Canada, a country with a comparatively low suicide rate overall at 10.3 incidents per 100,000 people, exhibits one such discrepancy. When comparing the suicide rate of Indigenous peoples in Canada, the rate of suicide increases to 24.3 incidents per 100,000 people: [19] a rate among the ten highest in the world.
In 2012, New Zealand spent 8.7% of GDP on health care, or US$3,929 per capita. Of that, approximately 77% was government expenditure. [6] In a 2010 study, New Zealand was shown to have the lowest level of medication use in 14 developed countries (i.e. used least medicines overall), and also spent the lowest amount on healthcare amongst the same ...
100 or more deaths. Air New Zealand Flight 901 in 1979. Napier Town Hall following the earthquake. Illustration of the HMS Orpheus wreck. Christchurch Cathedral following the earthquake. Tangiwai memorial plaque. Illustration of the SS Tararua wreck. SS Wairarapa wreck. Illustration of the Mount Tarawera eruption.