region
ED stays within six hours
MidCentral (Q4 2025/26) compared with National (Q4 2025/26). Period Q4 25/26.
Raw gap
21.6 percentage points lower
54.7 vs 76.3 percentage points
Official adjusted gap
Not published
An explained share is not published — CivicNZ does not invent one.
Official Q4 2025/26 accessible factsheet, first-published district result. Health NZ has not published an age-, NZDep-, or rurality-adjusted district residual.
Measured factors
- Not published
Age structure (age-standardised rates)
The factsheet is not age-standardised.
- Not published
Neighbourhood deprivation (NZDep)
Not in the quarterly factsheet.
- Not published
Obesity prevalence
Not an adjuster of ED stay times.
- Not published
Daily smoking prevalence
Not an adjuster of ED stay times.
- Not published
Diabetes prevalence
Not an adjuster of ED stay times.
- Not published
Rurality (Geographic Classification for Health)
Ethnicity/rurality ED pages are image factsheets, not this extract.
- Not published
GP enrolment
Not used to adjust the ED target.
- Context only
GP visits
76.2% of adults visited a GP in 2024/25 (NZHS). That is not an official ED-wait adjustment.
- Not published
Travel time to care
Not published.
ED six-hour share, selected districts, Q4 2025/26
| District | Within 6 hours |
|---|---|
| West Coast | 94.6% |
| South Canterbury | 92.9% |
| National | 76.3% |
| Capital and Coast | 63.2% |
| MidCentral | 54.7% |
Official accessible quarterly factsheet. All 20 districts are in the compiled series.
Official source (opens in a new tab) · Data as of 30 Jun 2026