Ageing population - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 20 Nov 2022 17:54:46 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Ageing population - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Covid-19 Omicron outbreak: Infection deaths behind New Zealand's record 2022 mortality rate https://cathnews.co.nz/2022/11/21/omicron-outbreak-ageing-population/ Mon, 21 Nov 2022 06:52:24 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=154391 New Zealand has just recorded its highest death count in a 12-month period - driven by the Covid pandemic and our ageing population. Statistics New Zealand today released its year-on-year update on births and deaths between September 2021 and September 2022. It showed a "sharp" 10 per cent increase in the mortality rate, with 38,052 Read more

Covid-19 Omicron outbreak: Infection deaths behind New Zealand's record 2022 mortality rate... Read more]]> New Zealand has just recorded its highest death count in a 12-month period - driven by the Covid pandemic and our ageing population.

Statistics New Zealand today released its year-on-year update on births and deaths between September 2021 and September 2022.

It showed a "sharp" 10 per cent increase in the mortality rate, with 38,052 registered deaths up from 34,578 in the previous 12 months.

Of these, 5 per cent - or 2025 deaths - were attributed to Covid, according to the Ministry of Health data. Read more

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