133 Molesworth Street
PO Box 5013
Wellington 6140
New Zealand
T+64 4 496 2000
20 December 2021
Jai Ganesh
By email: [FYI request #17856 email]
Ref:
H202117145
Tēnā koe Jai
Response to your request for official information Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) to the Ministry of
Health (the Ministry) on 6 December 2021 for:
“…hopitalisations and death data from July 2021 - December 2021 I'd like it broken down
by the top 10 codes in use.
If this is currently unavailable, then I'd like an ETA on it as it is an important figure to
monitor with a blanket health treatment. I would also like the previously provided 2018,
2019, 2020 and 2021 data broken down by the top 10 codes”
Information within scope of this request is itemised in Appendix 1 of this letter and a copy of the
document is enclosed. The data in Appendix 1 provides the 10 most common hospital
discharges between July 2017 to October 2021, broken down by codes.
Note that counts for the 2021/21 financial year contain only four months of hospitalisations,
between July and October 2021. For all other financial years, the data includes hospitalisations
for 12 months, between 1 July and 30 June.
The most recent cause of death data is available for 2018. Table One provides the ten most
common subgroups, broken down by code, cause of death and the total.
Table One: Ten most common cause of death subgroups
Code
Cause of death
Total
I20-I25
Ischaemic heart diseases
4675
C15-C26 Malignant neoplasms of digestive organs
2955
I60-69
Cerebrovascular diseases
2391
F00-F09
Organic, including symptomatic, mental disorders
2052
I30-I52
Other forms of heart disease
1901
C30-C39 Malignant neoplasms of respiratory and intrathoracic organs
1845
J40-J47
Chronic lower respiratory diseases
1811
C81-C96 Malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue
938
E09-E14
Impaired glucose regulation and diabetes mellitus
902
G30-G32 Other degenerative diseases of the nervous system
853
I trust this information fulfils your request. Under section 28(3) of the Act, you have the right to
ask the Ombudsman to review any decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may
be contacted by email at:
[email address] or by calling 0800 802 602.
Please note that this response, with your personal details removed, may be published on the
Ministry website at:
www.health.govt.nz/about-ministry/information-releases/responses-official-
information-act-requests. Nāku noa, nā
Gaynor Bradfield
Manager, Office of the Deputy Director-General
Data and Digital
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