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Demography overview

Page updated: 28 December 2020

The word 'demography' relates to the study of human populations, generally using statistics to understand trends.

In this section, we look at how New Zealand's population is changing and what this might mean for the Search and Rescue (SAR) sector across 5 areas:

1. Population growth

2. Ethnic diversity

3. Ageing

4. Disability

5. Urbanisation.

We then explore the overall impacts of these demographic changes.

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