Environmental Health Indicators
Environmental Health Indicators
Explore our Environmental Health Indicators.
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.
What is environmental health?
Information about what environmental health is, and why the environment is important to human health.
Links to other environment and health monitoring
The Environmental Health Indicators complement other monitoring programmes on the environment and health in New Zealand.
About the indicators
Learn more about indicators and environmental health and find a current list of all our indicators.
Air quality
Wood and coal fires, vehicles, air pollutants, health impacts
Recreational water
Livestock, freshwater and coastal water quality, water-borne diseases
Drinking-water quality
Access to safe drinking-water, water-borne diseases, fluoridated water, oral health of children.
Indoor environment
Cold and damp homes, household crowding, second-hand smoke, health impacts
Transport
Motor vehicles, transport modes used, unmet GP need from lack of transport, health burden of transport
Hazardous substances
Injuries and diseases from exposure to hazardous substances
Climate change
Changes in temperature, rainfall and drought, and health impacts
Population vulnerability
Population groups more at risk from environmental hazards, demographic information
Border Health
Overseas infectious diseases, Border Health NZ, High-risk pests caught, Exotic mosquitoes established
UV exposure
Ultraviolet (UV) levels, melanoma, vitamin D deficiency
Children
Children's environmental health indicators
Animals & human health
Leptospirosis