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Fatal Injuries in New Zealand

Source: R/datasets.R
nzl_injuries.Rd

Counts of fatal injuries in New Zealand, by age, sex, ethnicity, and year, plus estimates of the population at risk.

Usage

nzl_injuries

Format

A tibble with 912 rows and the following columns:

  • age: 5-year age groups, up to age 55-59

  • sex: "Female" or "Male"

  • ethnicity: "Maori" or "Non Maori"

  • year: Calendar year

  • injuries: Count of injuries, randomly rounded to base 3

  • popn: Population on 30 June

Source

Derived from data in tables "Estimated Resident Population by Age and Sex (1991+) (Annual-Jun)" and "Maori Ethnic Group Estimated Resident Population by Age and Sex (1991+) (Annual-Jun)" in the online database Infoshare, and table "Count of fatal and serious non-fatal injuries by sex, age group, ethnicity, cause, and severity of injury, 2000-2021" in the online database NZ.Stat, on the Statistics New Zealand website. Data downloaded on 1 January 2023.