Environmental Health Indicators

Environmental Health Indicators

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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.
AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND'S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH: 2023
Indicator list
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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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Animals & human health
Leptospirosis
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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