Environmental Health Indicators
Environmental Health Indicators
Ngā Tūtohu TaiaoExplore our Environmental Health Indicators.
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What are Environmental Health Indicators?
Information about the environmental health indicators - what they are, what they cover, who will find them useful, how they are selected.
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What is environmental health?
Information about what environmental health is, and why the environment is important to human health.
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Air quality
Wood and coal fires, vehicles, air pollutants, health impacts
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Alcohol-related harm
Hospitalisations, hazardous drinking, motor vehicle crashes, alcohol outlets
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Border health
Overseas infectious diseases, order health NZ, high-risk pests caught, exotic mosquitoes established
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Children
Children's environmental health indicators
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Climate change
Changes in temperature, rainfall and drought, and health impacts
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Hazardous substances
Injuries and diseases from exposure to hazardous substances
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Indoor environment
Household crowding, second-hand smoke, cold and damp homes, health impacts
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Māori health
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Population vulnerability
Population groups more at risk from environmental hazards, Social vulnerability indicators for natural hazards and pandemics
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Transport
Motor vehicles, transport modes used, unmet GP need from lack of transport, road traffic injuries, health burden of transport
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UV exposure
Ultraviolet (UV) levels, melanoma, non-melanoma skin cancer, vitamin D deficiency
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Water
Suitability for swimming, access to safe drinking water, waterborne diseases and other water-related topics