Databook

Ririki Haumaru Databook

This data book looks at the main causes of tamariki unintentional injuries leading to death or hospitalisation within Aotearoa. It is an update of our 2015 publication Child Unintentional Deaths and Injuries in New Zealand, and Prevention Strategies, with two main differences. Firstly, we are better able to describe what is happening by ethnicity and socioeconomic status than we were in 2015, meaning we can analyse data with a stronger equity lens. Secondly, rather than outlining all possible prevention strategies, we have focused only on policy implications that arise from the data.

All tamariki in Aotearoa deserve to grow up free from unintentional injury. Yet, unintentional injuries, which are largely preventable, are the second most common cause of death for tamariki, and on average cause more than 6,600 injuries for tamariki per year. As this data book shows, there are unfair and unjust differences in who is most impacted.