This annual report - Taranaki District Health Board

Distribution by Ethnicity and NZ Deprivation Index DecileIn New Zealand during 2006, while the proportion of children and young people living in acrowded household increased with increasing NZDep deprivation for each of NewZealand’s largest ethnic groups, at each level of deprivation, the proportion living incrowded households was higher for Pacific > Asian and Māori > European children andyoung people (Figure 32).Figure 32. Proportion of Children and Young People Aged 0–24 Years Living in CrowdedHouseholds by Ethnicity and NZ Deprivation Index Decile, New Zealand at the 2006Census% of Children and Young People 0–24 Years70605040302010PacificAsianMāoriEuropean01 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10NZ Deprivation Index DecileSource: Statistics New Zealand; Note: Ethnicity is Level 1 PrioritisedMidland Region DistributionDistribution by DHBIn the Waikato during 2006, 15.6% of children and young people lived in crowdedhouseholds, as compared to 18.8% in Lakes DHB, 16.4% in the Bay of Plenty, 23.3% inTairawhiti and 10.7% in Taranaki.Distribution by EthnicityIn the Waikato during 2006, a higher proportion of Pacific > Māori > Asian > Europeanchildren and young people lived in crowded households, while in Lakes DHB, the Bay ofPlenty, Tairawhiti and Taranaki a higher proportion of Māori than European children andyoung people lived in crowded households (Figure 33).Distribution by NZ Deprivation Index DecileIn all of the DHBs in the Midland Region during 2006, the proportion of children and youngpeople living in crowded households increased with increasing NZDep deprivation, with thehighest rates being seen in those from the most deprived (NZDep decile 10) areas.Amongst those from the most deprived areas, the proportion living in crowded householdswas 37.2% in the Waikato, 39.4% in the Bay of Plenty, 36.3% in Lakes DHB, 37.4% inTairawhiti and 26.2% in Taranaki. While similar social gradients were seen nationally,amongst those living in the more deprived (NZDep deciles 7–10) areas, householdcrowding in the Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Taranaki was lower than the New Zealand rate(Figure 34).Household Crowding - 101