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Avoidable deaths in NZ: data and downloads

Avoidable deaths (all) was 166 per 100,000 people in 2020, down 7.8% on a year earlier.

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Source: OECD. Last retrieved 10 October 2026.

Avoidable deaths in NZ
Avoidable deaths (all)Treatable deathsPreventable deaths
Avoidable deaths in NZ. Avoidable deaths (all), 2000 to 2020, latest 166. Treatable deaths, 2000 to 2020, latest 62. Preventable deaths, 2000 to 2020, latest 104.0100200300200020042008201220162020
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PeriodAvoidable deaths (all) (per 100,000 people)Treatable deaths (per 100,000 people)Preventable deaths (per 100,000 people)
202016662104
201918066114
201817866112
201718367116
201617966113
201518668118
201418970119
201318771116
201219876122
201120977132
201020678128
200922185136
200822587138
200723192139
200623491143
200523591144
200425598157
2003260100160
2002270107163
2001281111170
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2020Avoidable deaths (all) 166Treatable deaths 62Preventable deaths 104
Avoidable deaths in NZ. Avoidable deaths (all): 166 in 2020. Treatable deaths: 62 in 2020. Preventable deaths: 104 in 2020.

Lines break at accounting-basis changes and missing periods. Source: OECD.

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Avoidable deaths in NZ: data and downloads: definitions

Deaths before age 75 that should not occur with timely, effective healthcare (treatable) or public health and prevention (preventable), per 100,000 people, age-standardised. Annual from 2000.

Avoidable deaths in NZ: data and downloads: comparison limits

These affect how the figures can be compared.

  • NZ data currently run to 2020 in the OECD database.
  • Age-standardised rates allow comparison over time despite an ageing population.

Avoidable deaths in NZ: data and downloads: data by period

The latest ten periods for up to the first six series. Downloads contain every published observation.

PeriodAvoidable deaths (all)Treatable deathsPreventable deaths
2020166 per 100,000 people62 per 100,000 people104 per 100,000 people
2019180 per 100,000 people66 per 100,000 people114 per 100,000 people
2018178 per 100,000 people66 per 100,000 people112 per 100,000 people
2017183 per 100,000 people67 per 100,000 people116 per 100,000 people
2016179 per 100,000 people66 per 100,000 people113 per 100,000 people
2015186 per 100,000 people68 per 100,000 people118 per 100,000 people
2014189 per 100,000 people70 per 100,000 people119 per 100,000 people
2013187 per 100,000 people71 per 100,000 people116 per 100,000 people
2012198 per 100,000 people76 per 100,000 people122 per 100,000 people
2011209 per 100,000 people77 per 100,000 people132 per 100,000 people

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OECD, Avoidable mortality
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10 October 2026