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Feedback urged on Maori health plan
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MAORI HEALTH Maori population: 10,953. Life expectancy: 78.2
years for females (3.1 years younger than non- Maori women), 73.5
years for males (2.6 years younger than for non-Maori males). Lower
immunisation rates among Maori children. Smoking rates are higher
among Maori (34 percent) than for non-Maori (21.7 percent). Marked
disparities between oral health of Maori and non-Maori children. The
mortality rate for Maori stroke victims is much higher among the
region's Maori males than for the r...
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