NATIONAL OFFICE
50 Victoria Street
Private Bag 6995
Wellington 6141
New Zealand
28 March 2018
T 64 4 894 5400
F 64 4 894 6100
www.nzta.govt.nz
Mark Hanna
[FYI request #7351 email]
RE: OIA-3617
Dear Mark
Request made under the Official Information Act 1982
Thank you for your email
of 1 March 2018 requesting the following information under the Official
Information Act 1982:
Please release the following information, broken down per age group as in previous years:
•
The numbers of driver licences with and without “DONOR” printed on them.
Please also explain any relevant caveats that should be kept in mind when analysing this
information, including the licence under which it is released.
Please provide this information in an accessible, searchable format. A spreadsheet format,
such as CSV or XLSX, is preferable for tabular data.
The information you have requested has been provided in the table below, organised by age group and
donor status. The information has also been attached in an Excel spreadsheet.
Driver licence donor status by age group
As at 6 March 2018
Organ donor status
Age group
Total
Donor YES
Donor NO or blank
16-19
106,388
61,875
168,263
20-24
171,922
126,356
298,278
25-29
195,964
163,223
359,187
30-34
185,180
158,206
343,386
35-39
171,686
143,532
315,218
40-44
169,246
139,505
308,751
45-49
185,054
141,376
326,430
50-54
170,293
148,225
318,518
55-59
173,193
128,081
301,274
60-64
141,069
117,415
258,484
65-69
122,121
93,192
215,313
70-74
90,525
81,880
172,405
75 and over
100,828
105,595
206,423
Total
1,983,469
1,608,461
3,591,930
If you would like to discuss this reply with the NZ Transport Agency, please contact Holly Ludlow,
Manager Statistical Analysis, by email to [email address] or by phone on (04) 901 6781.
Yours sincerely
Helen Aki
Senior Manager, Research and Analytics