eprintid: 3378
rev_number: 6
eprint_status: archive
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dir: disk0/00/00/33/78
datestamp: 2020-09-30 09:16:26
lastmod: 2020-09-30 09:16:26
status_changed: 2020-09-30 09:16:26
type: thesis
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Eleveld, D.
creators_id: 2579952
creators_email: d.eleveld@student.rug.nl
title: Exploring the gap: an analysis of mortality differentials in the New Zealand Māori and New Zealand non-Māori population
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: There is a large health gap between the Indigenous people of New Zealand, the Māori, and the non- Indigenous population of New Zealand. Therefore, this research investigates mortality patterns and existing gaps for both population groups using a life table analysis, which provides life expectancy and a lifespan variability measure. Māori have a disadvantaged mortality pattern compared to non-Māori. Trends in life expectancy and lifespan variability show substantial improvements from 1948 onwards. However, further improvements in averting Māori premature deaths is desirable, especially in males. In 2016, life expectancy was 6.7 years lower for Māori males and 5.5 years lower for Māori females compared to their non-Māori counterparts. For both sexes, lifespan variability is over 20% higher for Māori. The ages of 50-79 mainly explain the gaps. This corresponds with the large contribution of late- onset diseases as circulatory diseases and cancers.
date: 2020
thesis_type: master
degree_programme: POPST
tutors_name: Remund, A.P.P.
keywords_local: mortality
keywords_local: life expectancy
keywords_local: lifespan variability
keywords_local: indigenous
keywords_local: Māori
language_iso: en
agreed_repository: yes
date_issued: 2020-09-30
citation:   Eleveld, D.  (2020) Exploring the gap: an analysis of mortality differentials in the New Zealand Māori and New Zealand non-Māori population.  Master thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3378/1/Final_thesis_DANIELLE_ELEVELD.pdf