Better, sooner, more convenient health care in Midlands

IntroductionA model for better, sooner, more convenient primary health care in Midlands2These complex shifts in the age and ethnic composition of our population make the provisionof better, sooner, more convenient primary health essential for the Midlands region. Both toensure access to primary health and to help a shift to a healthier population through improvedpreventative healthcare, without which our secondary services will be overwhelmed withpreventable chronic disease.Social Report Indicators National MidlandsLife expectancy (years, 2000-2002, male) 76.5 75.6Life expectancy (years, 2000-2002, female) 81.4 80.7Cigarette smoking (%, 2005) 22.5 24.5Suicide (rate per 100,000, 2001-2005) 13.7 14.0Participation in early childhood education (%, 2007) 99.3 97.6School leavers with higher qualifications (% NCEA Level 2 or higher, 2007) 66.2 59.1Educational attainment of the adult population (%, 25-64 years, 2007) 76.0 73.8Unemployment (%, 2007) 3.6 3.5Employment (%, 2007) 75.4 77.7Median hourly earnings ($, 2007) 18.0 17.0Workplace injury claims (rate per 1,000 FTEs, 2006) 126.6 153.6Population with low incomes (%, 2006) 18.0 19.4Household crowding (%, 2006) 10.5 9.4Voter turnout – Local authority elections (%, 2007) 43.0 41.2Representation of women in local government (%, 2007) 35.8 34.5Maori language speakers (%, 2006) 21.3 24.9Language retention (%, 2006) 55.6 49.4Participation in physical activity (% 5-17 years, 2001) 68.4 71.8Participation in physical activity (%, 18+ years, 2001) 67.7 66.9Drinking water quality E. coli compliance (% of population, 2006/2007) 78.7 67.2Drinking water quality Cryptosporidium compliance (% of population, 2006/2007) 66.9 34.8Recorded criminal offences (rate per 10,000 population, 2007) 1008.5 1030.6Road casualties (Injuries per 100,000 population, 2007) 375.0 432.3Road casualties (Deaths per 100,000 population, 2007) 10.0 20.5Telephone access in the home (%, 2006) 94.2 93.5Internet access in the home (%, 2006) 63.8 59.416