Table 3

Frequencies and age-standardised rates (ASRs) by District Health Boards (DHBs) using four methods of identifying injury incidence from NZ hospital discharge data (2000–2014)

DHB of usual residence	Hospitalised injury incidence						Serious hospitalised injury incidence
	Including SSED			Excluding SSED*			Including SSED			Excluding SSED*
	Freq.	ASR per 100 000 person-years	Ranking by DHB (lowest=1)	Freq.	ASR per 100 000 person-years	Ranking by DHB (lowest=1)	Freq.	ASR per 100 000 person-years	Ranking by DHB (lowest=1)	Freq.	ASR per 100 000 person-years	Ranking by DHB (lowest=1)
Auckland	124 670	1969	14	72 404	1160	3	11 280	181	11	8308	136	7
Bay of Plenty	55 455	1831	11	44 052	1448	14	5732	185	13	5031	161	15
Canterbury	112 792	1535	4	88 534	1207	6	10 736	142	3	9453	125	3
Capital and Coast	53 835	1321	1	42 590	1052	1	4709	119	1	4193	106	1
Counties Manukau	129 855	1944	13	85 102	1279	10	12 421	197	16	8822	143	11
Hawke's Bay	39 449	1708	10	32 438	1397	12	3643	157	7	3295	141	9
Hutt Valley	29 618	1419	2	26 197	1255	9	2427	119	2	2253	110	2
Lakes	29 508	1973	15	21 554	1438	13	3217	220	19	2480	169	16
Mid Central	42 318	1675	9	26 797	1060	2	4201	163	9	3569	138	8
Nelson Marlborough	31 848	1586	7	26 595	1320	11	3268	156	6	2975	142	10
Northland	46 503	2056	17	34 753	1528	17	5037	222	20	4282	187	19
South Canterbury	12 872	1509	3	12 654	1481	15	1389	152	4	1373	150	13
Southern	70 985	1562	5	53 092	1171	4	7297	157	8	6330	136	6
Tairawhiti	14 290	2085	18	13 179	1920	19	1438	214	18	1341	200	20
Taranaki	25 933	1563	6	19 711	1185	5	2620	153	5	2332	136	5
Waikato	97 717	1838	12	64 180	1207	7	9433	179	10	7763	147	12
Wairarapa	13 095	2195	20	11 625	1942	20	1175	186	14	1087	170	17
Waitemata	153 375	2049	16	91 317	1225	8	13 466	184	12	9547	131	4
West Coast	7759	1647	8	7288	1545	18	967	205	17	887	187	18
Whanganui	20 558	2132	19	14 438	1493	16	1921	196	15	1531	155	14
Overall NZ	1 112 435	1766		788 500	1252		106 377	138		86 852	138

*SSEDs were excluded using option 2, that is, readmissions were identified after excluding SSED.
NZ, New Zealand.