Jamie Mackay: The Country Host on rural male suicide rates
Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive · Newstalk ZB
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University of Otago research revealed last year that twice the number of under 30-year-olds living in rural areas die compared to those in cities.
It’s the strongest evidence yet that the health of rural Kiwis is worse than those who live in the city.
The Country Host Jamie Mckay told Jack Tame “The rural male suicide rate is 64% higher than in cities.”
Mckay said “Māori living rurally are twice as likely to die of preventable causes than their urban counterparts.”
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