Death statistics
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From: ASE
Attn Ministry of Health,
For the period of time in which records are available, I am seeking the following information regarding age of death within New Zealand, per year:
* the average (mean) age of death
* the median age of death
* the mathematical mode of age of death
* the mean absolute deviation of age of death
* the standard deviation of age of death
* the age ranges or percentile ranges that divide the data into ten equal groups based on the frequency of death, so that each group accounts for 10% of the total deaths
If this information is not held by The Ministry of Health, I would appreciate a dataset from which this information can be calculated.
Regarding any recent information/data which may not yet have been compiled into yearly data, I am seeking interim information/data.
Thank you,
ASE
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Tçnâ koe ASE
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act
request. You requested:
For the period of time in which records are available, I am seeking the
following information regarding age of death within New Zealand, per year:
o the average (mean) age of death
o the median age of death
o the mathematical mode of age of death
o the mean absolute deviation of age of death
o the standard deviation of age of death
o the age ranges or percentile ranges that divide the data into ten
equal groups based on the frequency of death, so that each group
accounts for 10% of the total deaths
You sent your request to the Ministry of Health on 23 June 2023. On 28
June 2023, the Ministry of Health transferred this request to Stats NZ.
Stats NZ will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and
in any event no later than 27 July 2023, being 20 working days after the
day your request was transferred to us taking into account public
holidays. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will
notify you of an extension of that timeframe.
Your request is being handled by the Office of the Government Statistician
and Chief Executive. If you have any queries, please feel free to contact
me using the details in the signature below. If any additional factors
come to light which are relevant to your request, please do not hesitate
to contact us so these can be taken into account.
Ngâ mihi
Sina
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Statistician and Chief Executive
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Tçnâ koe ASE,
Please find attached Stats NZ’s response to your Official Information Act
request regarding death statistics.
Ngâ mihi,
Kate
Kate Wilkinson ([1]pronouns: she/her/hers)
Senior Advisor - Executive and Government Relations, Office of the Chief
Executive
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From: ASE
Attn Office of the Government Statistician and Chief Executive,
Thank you for this response, dated 27 July 2023.
I would like to think that anonymized raw data would be readily available, eg just listing the number of deaths by age per year. From such a table/spreadsheet-file, the analyses I've requested can be easily derived without compromising any personally identifying information.
At this time, I would like to request such a table/spreadsheet-file, i.e. one that lists the number of deaths by age per year.
Thank you,
ASE
From: Office of the Government Statistician and Chief Executive
Tēnā koe ASE
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act request.
We received your request on 27 July 2023. We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 24 August 2023, being 20 working days after the day your request was received taking into account public holidays. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.
Your request is being handled by the Office of the Government Statistician and Chief Executive. If you have any queries, please feel free to contact us by emailing [email address]. If any additional factors come to light which are relevant to your request, please do not hesitate to contact us so these can be taken into account.
Ngā mihi,
Kate
Kate Wilkinson (pronouns: she/her/hers)
Senior Advisor - Executive and Government Relations, Office of the Chief Executive
Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa | stats.govt.nz
About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa
Data that improves lives today and for generations to come
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From: ASE <[FOI #23240 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 27 July 2023 5:56 PM
To: Office of the Government Statistician and Chief Executive <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Response to your OIA request
Attn Office of the Government Statistician and Chief Executive,
Thank you for this response, dated 27 July 2023.
I would like to think that anonymized raw data would be readily available, eg just listing the number of deaths by age per year. From such a table/spreadsheet-file, the analyses I've requested can be easily derived without compromising any personally identifying information.
At this time, I would like to request such a table/spreadsheet-file, i.e. one that lists the number of deaths by age per year.
Thank you,
ASE
-----Original Message-----
Tçnâ koe ASE,
Please find attached Stats NZ’s response to your Official Information Act request regarding death statistics.
Ngâ mihi,
Kate
Kate Wilkinson ([1]pronouns: she/her/hers)
Senior Advisor - Executive and Government Relations, Office of the Chief Executive
Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa | [2]stats.govt.nz |
About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa
Data that improves lives today and for generations to come
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Tēnā koe ASE
Please find attached Stats NZ’s response to your Official Information Act
request regarding number of deaths by single year of age.
Ngā mihi,
Kate
Kate Wilkinson (pronouns: she/her/hers)
Senior Advisor - Executive and Government Relations, Office of the Chief
Executive Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa | stats.govt.nz
About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa
Data that improves lives today and for generations to come
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From: Office of the Government Statistician and Chief Executive
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Sent: Friday, July 28, 2023 9:23 AM
To: [FOI #23240 email]
Cc: Office of the Government Statistician and Chief Executive
<[email address]>
Subject: RE: Response to your OIA request
Tēnā koe ASE
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act
request.
We received your request on 27 July 2023. We will endeavour to respond to
your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 24 August
2023, being 20 working days after the day your request was received taking
into account public holidays. If we are unable to respond to your request
by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.
Your request is being handled by the Office of the Government Statistician
and Chief Executive. If you have any queries, please feel free to contact
us by emailing [1][email address]. If any additional factors
come to light which are relevant to your request, please do not hesitate
to contact us so these can be taken into account.
Ngā mihi,
Kate
Kate Wilkinson (pronouns: she/her/hers)
Senior Advisor - Executive and Government Relations, Office of the Chief
Executive Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa | stats.govt.nz
About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa
Data that improves lives today and for generations to come
-----Original Message-----
From: ASE <[2][FOI #23240 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 27 July 2023 5:56 PM
To: Office of the Government Statistician and Chief Executive
<[3][email address]>
Subject: Re: Response to your OIA request
Attn Office of the Government Statistician and Chief Executive,
Thank you for this response, dated 27 July 2023.
I would like to think that anonymized raw data would be readily available,
eg just listing the number of deaths by age per year. From such a
table/spreadsheet-file, the analyses I've requested can be easily derived
without compromising any personally identifying information.
At this time, I would like to request such a table/spreadsheet-file, i.e.
one that lists the number of deaths by age per year.
Thank you,
ASE
-----Original Message-----
Tçnâ koe ASE,
Please find attached Stats NZ’s response to your Official Information Act
request regarding death statistics.
Ngâ mihi,
Kate
Kate Wilkinson ([1]pronouns: she/her/hers)
Senior Advisor - Executive and Government Relations, Office of the Chief
Executive
Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa | [2]stats.govt.nz |
About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa
Data that improves lives today and for generations to come
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