The following resources describe and quantify the health status of the people of Counties Manukau. This page includes documents produced by Counties Manukau District Health Board (CMDHB), and selected links to directly relevant reports by other agencies.
Documents on health in New Zealand in general can be found on the Ministry of Health(external link) website, particularly the NZ Health Statistics(external link) section.
Counties Manukau Health Alcohol-Related Harm Profile (2018)
Alcohol causes more harm than any other drug in society. Physical, psychosocial, and economic harms affect individuals, families/whaanau, and the wider community. This report presents a profile or ‘data picture’ of hazardous alcohol use and alcohol-related harm in the Counties Manukau population. It frames alcohol-related harm from a Te Tiriti o Waitangi perspective, explores various data sources (mainly health datatsets), and describes selected indicators of alcohol-related harm. Of particular note and great concern are inequities in alcohol-related harms, with Maaori, males, young people, and people living in socio-economically deprived areas being most affected. CM Health has also published a Position Statement ‘Reducing harms from alcohol in our communities’ (2017) which is available here.
Alcohol-Specific Hospital Admissions in Counties Manukau (2019)
This short report presents information on alcohol-specific hospital admissions of people living in Counties Manukau. In this report, the Counties Manukau area has been divided into seven geographic ‘localities’. This report is a supplementary paper to the comprehensive ‘Counties Manukau Health Alcohol-Related Harm Profile (2018)’ which is available above.
Health needs assessment of Asian people living in the Auckland region (2012)
This report, by Dr Suneela Mehta, was commissioned by the Northern DHB Support Agency on behalf of the Auckland Regional Settlement Strategy Migrant Health Action Plan, which represents Waitemata, Auckland and Counties Manukau DHBs. It is the most comprehensive report to date examining the health status and health service use of Chinese, Indian and Other Asian communities in the Auckland region. The report includes analyses of health issues that have not previously been addressed in detail for Asian communities in Auckland, such as mental health, health of older people, family violence, patient safety and disability.
Asian health in Aotearoa in 2006-2007: Trends since 2002-2003 (2010)
This study by Assoc. Prof. Robert Scragg was commissioned by the Northern DHB Support Agency (NDSA) on behalf of the Auckland Regional Settlement Strategy Health Steering group which represents Waitemata, Auckland and Counties Manukau District Health Boards. It provides an overview of the health status of Asian communities in 2006-07, in comparison with the rest of the New Zealand population; and at the same time provide information on trends in health status among the Asian communities since 2002-03.
Nurse-led school-based clinics for rheumatic fever prevention and skin infection management (2016)
The Mana Kidz programme in Counties Manukau DHB is an innovative way of delivering high quality primary health care through school settings for Year 1-8 students, within high needs communities. Dr Pip Anderson from the Population Health Team of CM Health was the lead author on this paper which summarises the evaluation of service delivery, outcomes, value for money and what has been learned about the effectiveness of the model over the first 18 months of delivery.
This report provides an update on the life expectancy at birth in Counties Manukau (CM) was 81.7 years in 2018. The improvement of 1.5 years in life expectancy from 2009 to 2018 was similar to the national average (1.4 years) over the same time period.
Life expectancy, leading causes of death and amendable mortality in Counties Manukau. 2015 update (2016)
This report provides an update on life expectancy at birth for the Counties Manukau population (normally generated annually), along with a baseline for healthy life years and amenable mortality to inform actions to impact our Healthy Together health equity goal and the amenable mortality national SLM.
The future of population rgisters: linking routine health datasets to assess a population's current glycaemic status for quality improvement (2014)
Dr Wing Cheuk Chan from the Population Health Team of CM Health was the lead author on this paper in the British Medical Journal. It describes the use of data linkage to examine diabetes screening levels and known glycaemic status of the population resident in the metro Auckland region in 2010.
Diabetes in Pregnancy in CMDHB, Trends Over Time, a 2011 Snapshot and Service Implications (2013)
Diabetes in pregnancy (DIP), which includes both Gestational Diabetes (GDM) and pre-existing diabetes, represents a significant risk for poorer pregnancy outcomes and has implications for the future health of both mother and baby. This paper summarises and compares data about diabetes in pregnancy for both the Counties Manukau resident population and the population delivering at Counties Manukau Health facilities.
Let’s Beat Diabetes tracking survey (2010)
This survey built on the Benchmark Survey by identifying changes in behaviour, attitude and knowledge over 2½ years between 2007 and 2009. It also identified areas which had not changed and areas of need in the community. It involved over 2300 participants and was used to inform the review of Let’s Beat Diabetes and the development of the Creating a Better Future strategy. A further tracking survey is planned as part of the ongoing evaluation of Creating a Better Future.
Survey of people living with diabetes in Counties Manukau (2010)
This survey took place as part of the Let’s Beat Diabetes programme. Aims of the survey included identifying knowledge and beliefs about diabetes and it's causes in the Counties Manukau population and documenting the impact of diabetes on quality of life. It also provided information about the quality of service provision and barriers to quality care to inform service provision.
Diabetes in CMDHB and northern region: Estimation using routinely collected data (2008)
This report provides an estimate of the prevalence of diabetes in Counties Manukau and three other district health boards in the northern region. It uses three separate sources of routinely collected administrative data to identify individuals likely to have diabetes, during a two-year period (2006-2007). Laboratory monitoring test frequency and pharmaceutical prescription claim patterns in people with diabetes are reviewed. Medical and surgical hospital discharge data for people with diabetes are compared to discharge data for people without diabetes in 2007.
The cost of cardiovascular disease and diabetes in CMDHB in 2008
Over 40,000 people are known to have cardiovascular disease and/or diabetes in CMDHB. They accounted for 13% of the adult population but contributed to 46% of the total adult inpatient hospitalisation costs in 2008 ($101 million). Investment in prevention programs has great potential in promoting wellness, reducing illness and preventing premature death, as well as saving health service costs in the future.
Let’s Beat Diabetes benchmark survey (2007)
Undertaken in 2007, this survey established a benchmark against which to measure the impact of the Let’s Beat Diabetes strategy. It also gathered information about attitudes towards nutrition and physical activity, knowledge of diabetes and openness to change among the 2500 participants involved. Results were used to help inform the planning and development of the Let’s Beat Diabetes strategy.
Literature on family interventions and family outcomes in health (2016)
A stocktake of literature relating to outcomes measured at the family level from health interventions carried out with families, as at February 2016.
Healthcare services funded by Counties Manukau District Health Board for people in the last year of life (2011)
This paper in the New Zealand Medical Journal was written by public health physicians from Counties Manukau Health’s Population Health Team. It describes the high level of health service utilisation in the last year of life for the population of Counties Manukau, consistent with the international literature.
Enrolled population service locality overview (As at 31 December 2012)
The Counties Manukau Health (CM Health) catchment area has been divided into four geographical localities. There are two definitions of locality - enrolled population service locality (or enrolled locality) and residential locality. This document's focus is mainly on the enrolled locality view, providing analysis of the demography and health service utilisation of these populations.
Residential locality profiles for Counties Manukau DHB: CMDHB Overview (2011)
This document describes populations and health status at a locality level and summarises the demography and various health indicators for the CMDHB population, with a focus on differences by locality.
Maa Taatou, Moo Taatou. Information to support Maaori health planning in Counties Manukau (2007).
This document provides a summary of data available at the time of publication to inform Maaori health planning in the Counties Manukau district. It incorporates both quantitative population level data in Part One and a review of available literature about what 'best practice' for Maaori health service provision might look like in Part Two. It is a 'work in progress', recognising that not only is new quantitative data continually becoming available, but also that Maaori specific and Maaori responsive health services are increasingly contributing to the body of knowledge publicly available about effective ways to promote whaanau ora.
Consumer Perspectives on Primary Birthing: Counties Manukau
The Consumer Perspectives on Primary Birthing report analyses how Counties Manukau women chose their place of birth. The report is in response to the declining numbers of pregnant mothers utilising a primary setting for birth in Counties Manukau over the past two years. Research evidence, both local and international, supports well, pregnant women (with no pregnancy complications or risk of developing complications) to birth in a primary setting. The report was commissioned by the Primary Birth Steering Group, and funded by the Maternity Quality and Safety programme.
This report describes the CMDHB maternity population, the provision and use of maternity services in CMDHB with an emphasis on antenatal care, and reviews the literature on antenatal models of care. It was undertaken in 2011 to inform a wider review of maternity care and perinatal mortality in CMDHB and should be read in conjunction with its companion report 'Perinatal Mortality in Counties Manukau'.
Perinatal Mortality in Counties Manukau (2011)
This report examines perinatal mortality in CMDHB resident women in order to help understand the key drivers of perinatal mortality for this population. It was undertaken in 2011 to inform a wider review of maternity care and perinatal mortality in CMDHB and should be read in conjunction with its companion report ‘Antenatal Care in Counties Manukau DHB: A focus on primary antenatal care’.
Mental health and addictions issues are a growing concern in New Zealand and worldwide. They can have major implications for the person affected themselves but also for whaanau and families, friends and the wider community. This analysis of the populations who have received care for mental health disorders in the Counties Manukau area has been undertaken to inform service development and assist the DHB to match services to the needs of our population. This work provides useful information for planning; however it also raises many questions. It is anticipated that there will be much benefit from consideration and interpretation of these reports by those working with people receiving mental health care, others in the health sector and our communities. It is presented in two companion reports:.
Service Mix Model for Older People (2008)
System modelling is a part of CMDHB's Older People's Strategy "to plan future services for older people by developing a system dynamic model focusing on the coordination and integration across the continuum of services to ensure the variety and capacity of services meet their assessed needs". This model has been determined using available information within CMDHB and operational and management staff have been consulted in its development. All the key variables have been tested in the model as different scenarios. Three combinations of all the scenarios have been developed.
Metro-Auckland Pacific population health profile (2012)
This report was developed and written by Health Partners Consulting Group on behalf of the Ministry of Health and the metro-Auckland DHBs to support the DHBs to identify areas for Pacific health improvement. The metro-Auckland Pacific population dataset used for analysis was constructed specifically for this report so some of the figures presented differ slightly from those in other reports.
Ethnic-specific health needs assessment for Pacific people in Counties Manukau (2007)
This report compares the four largest Pacific ethnic groups living in Counties Manukau and New Zealand (e.g. Samoans, Cook Islanders, Tongans, and Niueans) to each other rather than simply grouping all Pacific people together. It has information on a range of demography, risk factors, and healthcare utilisation topics. It provides an ethnic-specific picture of Pacific health to contribute to DHB funding and planning.
Creating a Better Future - Our Stories (May 2011)
This document's emphasis is on celebrating the successes of our Counties Manukau community, providers and partner organisations in response to the burden posed by diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, cancers and chronic respiratory diseases on the community of Counties Manukau.
CMDHB: Changes in Primary Health Care between 2001 and 2009
This report summarises the activity in Primary Health Care (PHC) in the Counties Manukau district from 2001 to 2009 and focuses on PHC provided by Primary Health Organisations (PHOs), established under the Primary Health Care Strategy from 2002. The report is structured in alignment with the six key directions of the Strategy and to 'set the scene' the report begins with a snapshot view of the health status of the Counties Manukau population in 2001, along with details on the development and funding of the PHOs in the district. The report concludes with a further snapshot of health status in 2009 and learnings relevant to CMDHB, PHC providers and the community.
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