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New Zealand

Disease outbreak profile for New Zealand — 7 events, 2 diseases, since 2019.

New Zealand (NZL) · WHO WPR region · 7 WHO events across 2 diseases (2019–2025).

Diseases reported by New Zealand

Disease ICD-10 Events % of country total
COVID-19 U071 6 86%
Measles B05 1 14%

Annual outbreak timeline

Year Events Diseases
2025 1 1
2024 1 1
2023 1 1
2022 1 1
2021 1 1
2020 1 1
2019 1 1

Peak year: 2025 (1 events).

Decade summary

Decade Events
2010s 1
2020s 6

Position in WHO WPR

Rank #17 of 25 countries in this region by total outbreak events on record.

Health system snapshot

Indicator 2023
Population (2023) 5,000,000
Life expectancy 82.50 yr
Healthy life expectancy 71.10 yr
Infant mortality /1k 3.90
Maternal mortality /100k 13.00
Under-5 mortality /1k 4.40
Adult mortality M /1k 70.00
Adult mortality F /1k 49.00
Cardiovascular /100k 89.10
Cancer /100k 147.80
Respiratory /100k 18.40
Diabetes /100k 7.20
Road injury /100k 7.90
Healthcare spending % GDP 9.70%
Physicians /1k 3.70
Hospital beds /1k 2.60
DTP3 vaccination 93.00%
HIV prevalence 0.10%
TB incidence /100k 6.00
Malaria /1k 0.00

Diseases Reported

2

Outbreak Events

7

Year Range

2019–2025

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