NZC Statistics
Senior Analyst; BODE³, Suicide and Mental Health Research Group
Contact details
Tel 64 4 918 6085
Fax 64 4 389 5319
Email june.atkinson@otago.ac.nz
Research interests and activities
June has played an important role in many Health Inequalities Research Programme (HIRP) projects. She is heavily involved in the data linkage and analyses of the New Zealand Census Mortality Study (NZCMS) and CancerTrends. She is involved in the Healthier Lives National Science Challenge through the Virtual Health Information Network (VHIN) project which will build on the 'big data' approach to healthcare. June has also contributed to aspects of Neighbourhoods and Health and a small amount for SoFIE-Health.
As a member of the NZDep team for the Social Indicators study, June was involved with the production of NZDep2006. She also occasionally serves as a SAS advisor to people within the department and externally.
June's research interests include statistical programming and graphics, especially using SAS, as well as data management and generalising programs and systems.
Publications
McTavish, S., Zhang, J., Atkinson, J., Kvalsvig, A., Kim, A. H. M., McArthur, C., … Baker, M. (2026). Increasing sepsis burden and persistent inequities demand national response. The Briefing, (1 April). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/increasing-sepsis-burden-and-persistent-inequities-demand-national-response Journal - Research Other
Lacey, J. K., Salmond, C., Atkinson, J., Viggers, H., & Crampton, P. (2026). The distribution of socioeconomic deprivation within the Māori and European populations in Aotearoa New Zealand, 1991, 2001, and 2023. Kōtuitui, 21(1), e70007. doi: 10.1002/kot2.70007 Journal - Research Article
McTavish, S., Zhang, J., Atkinson, J., Kvalsvig, A., Kim, A. H. M., McArthur, C., … Baker, M. G. (2025). Temporal trends in sepsis hospitalisations and mortality in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2000-2019: A population-based study. Lancet Regional Health: Western Pacific, 65, 101767. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2025.101767 Journal - Research Article
Chen, A., Chambers, T., Anglemyer, A., Elers, P., Atkinson, J., Derrett, S., … Baker, M. G. (2025). Digital contact tracing in Aotearoa New Zealand: A scan in the right direction, or a digital dead-end? New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 138(1625), 64-71. doi: 10.26635/6965.6937 Journal - Research Other
Kim, A. H. M., Stanley, J., Ihaka, R., Chambers, T., Pourzand, F., McTavish, S., Atkinson, J., Baker, M., & Hales, S. (2025). A population-based study of hospitalisation for acute gastroenteric infection in Aotearoa New Zealand (2010-2019). Proceedings of the Infectious Diseases & Pandemic Preparedness Summit. (pp. 46). Retrieved from https://www.teniwha.com Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
2026
Journal - Research Article
Lacey, J. K., Salmond, C., Atkinson, J., Viggers, H., & Crampton, P. (2026). The distribution of socioeconomic deprivation within the Māori and European populations in Aotearoa New Zealand, 1991, 2001, and 2023. Kōtuitui, 21(1), e70007. doi: 10.1002/kot2.70007
Journal - Research Other
McTavish, S., Zhang, J., Atkinson, J., Kvalsvig, A., Kim, A. H. M., McArthur, C., … Baker, M. (2026). Increasing sepsis burden and persistent inequities demand national response. The Briefing, (1 April). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/increasing-sepsis-burden-and-persistent-inequities-demand-national-response
2025
Journal - Research Article
McTavish, S., Zhang, J., Atkinson, J., Kvalsvig, A., Kim, A. H. M., McArthur, C., … Baker, M. G. (2025). Temporal trends in sepsis hospitalisations and mortality in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2000-2019: A population-based study. Lancet Regional Health: Western Pacific, 65, 101767. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2025.101767
McTavish, S., Kim, A. H. M., Kvalsvig, A., Atkinson, J., McArthur, C., & Baker, M. G. (2025). Disparities in patient mortality following intensive care admission due to adult community-acquired sepsis in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2009-2019. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 138(1610), 13-30. Retrieved from https://www.nzmj.org.nz/
Journal - Research Other
Chen, A., Chambers, T., Anglemyer, A., Elers, P., Atkinson, J., Derrett, S., … Baker, M. G. (2025). Digital contact tracing in Aotearoa New Zealand: A scan in the right direction, or a digital dead-end? New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 138(1625), 64-71. doi: 10.26635/6965.6937
Liepins, T., Atkinson, J., Davie, G., Leung, W., Crengle, S., Keenan, R., Whitehead, J., Stokes, T., & Nixon, G. (2025). Evaluating health system expenditure across the rural-urban spectrum in New Zealand: A study protocol. BMJ Open, 15(11), e103493. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-103493
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Kim, A. H. M., Stanley, J., Ihaka, R., Chambers, T., Pourzand, F., McTavish, S., Atkinson, J., Baker, M., & Hales, S. (2025). A population-based study of hospitalisation for acute gastroenteric infection in Aotearoa New Zealand (2010-2019). Proceedings of the Infectious Diseases & Pandemic Preparedness Summit. (pp. 46). Retrieved from https://www.teniwha.com
2024
Journal - Research Article
Davie, G., Whitehead, J., Miller, R., Atkinson, J., Crengle, S., de Graaf, B., Lawrenson, R., Smith, M., & Nixon, G. (2024). Accuracy of domicile codes in New Zealand's hospital discharge data and implications for urban-rural analyses. New Zealand Population Review, 50, 42-70. Retrieved from https://population.org.nz/journal/
Chambers, T., Anglemyer, A., Chen, A., Atkinson, J., Elers, P., & Baker, M. G. (2024). An evaluation of the population uptake and contact tracer utilisation of the Covid-19 Bluetooth Exposure Notification Framework in New Zealand. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 48(6), 100197. doi: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100197
Chambers, T., Anglemyer, A., Chen, A., Atkinson, J., & Baker, M. G. (2024). Population and contact tracer uptake of New Zealand's QR-code-based digital contact tracing app for COVID-19. Epidemiology & Infection, 152, e66. doi: 10.1017/s0950268824000608
Journal - Research Other
Curtis, E., Jaung, R., Paine, S.-J., McLeod, M., Tamatea, J., Atkinson, J., … Robson, B., Reid, P., & Harris, R. B. (2024). Examining the impact of COVID-19 on Māori:non-Māori health inequities in Aotearoa, New Zealand: An observational study protocol. BMJ Open, 14, e083564. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083564
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Atkinson, J., Salmond, C., Crampton, P., Viggers, H., & Lacey, K. (2024). NZDep2023 Index of Socioeconomic Deprivation: Research Report. (pp. 1-63). Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Public Health, University of Otago. [Technical/Scientific Report].
2023
Journal - Research Article
Whitehead, J., Atkinson, J., Davie, G., De Graaf, B., Eggleton, K., Crengle, S., Miller, R., Blattner, K., Crampton, P., & Nixon, G. (2023). Comparison of the sociodemographic composition of rural and urban Aotearoa New Zealand: Insights from applying the geographic classification for health to the 2018 census. New Zealand Population Review, 49, 27-69.
Bennett, J., Anderson, A., Atkinson, J., Best, E., Malcolm, J., McAuliffe, G., Webb, R., & Cannon, J. (2023). Trends in penicillin dispensing during an acute rheumatic fever prevention programme. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 136(1586), 84-93. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/
Nghiem, N., Atkinson, J., Nguyen, B. P., Tran-Duy, A., & Wilson, N. (2023). Predicting high health-cost users among people with cardiovascular disease using machine learning and nationwide linked social administrative datasets. Health Economics Review, 13, 9. doi: 10.1186/s13561-023-00422-1
2022
Journal - Research Article
Harris, R. B., Paine, S.-J., Atkinson, J., Robson, B., King, P. T., Randle, J., Mizdrak, A., & McLeod, M. (2022). We still don't count: The under-counting and under-representation of Māori in health and disability sector data. New Zealand Medical Journal, 135(1567), 54-78. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/
Gurney, J. K., Stanley, J., Koea, J., Adler, J., Atkinson, J., & Sarfati, D. (2022). Where are we dying? Ethnic differences in place of death among New Zealanders dying of cancer. JCO Global Oncology, 8, e2200024. doi: 10.1200/go.22.00024
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Randle, J., McLeod, M., Harris, R., Inns, S., & Atkinson, J. (2022, November). It’s worse than it looks: Māori ethnicity data quality in health and its implications for the National bowel screening programme age extension. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting and Workshop, Dunedin, New Zealand.
2021
Journal - Research Article
Gurney, J. K., Stanley, J., Adler, J., McLeod, H., Atkinson, J., & Sarfati, D. (2021). National study of pain medicine access among Māori and non-Māori patients with lung cancer in New Zealand. JCO Global Oncology, 7, 1276-1285. doi: 10.1200/go.21.00141
Hales, S., Atkinson, J., Metcalfe, J., Kuschel, G., & Woodward, A. (2021). Long term exposure to air pollution, mortality and morbidity in New Zealand: Cohort study. Science of the Total Environment, 801, 149660. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149660
Pilleron, S., Maringe, C., Charvat, H., Atkinson, J., Morris, E., & Sarfati, D. (2021). Age disparities in lung cancer survival in New Zealand: The role of patient and clinical factors. Lung Cancer, 157, 92-99. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2021.05.015
Pilleron, S., Maringe, C., Charvat, H., Atkinson, J., Morris, E. J. A., & Sarfati, D. (2021). The impact of timely cancer diagnosis on age disparities in colon cancer survival. Journal of Geriatric Oncology, 12, 1044-1051. doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2021.04.003
Journal - Research Other
Bennett, J., Rentta, N. N., Leung, W., Atkinson, J., Wilson, N., Webb, R., & Baker, M. G. (2021). Early diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease as part of a secondary prevention strategy: Narrative review. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 57, 1385-1390. doi: 10.1111/jpc.15664
Commissioned Report for External Body
Jenkins, G., & Atkinson, J. (2021). Construction industry suicides: Numbers, characteristics, and rates. Commissioned by MATES in Construction NZ. Wellington, New Zealand: Suicide and Mental Health Research Group, University of Otago Wellington. Retrieved from https://mates.net.nz/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Construction-Industry-Suicides-Numbers-Characteristics-and-Rates-Report-prepared-for-MATES-in-Construction-NZ-August-2021.pdf
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Jenkin, G., & Atkinson, J. (2021). Construction industry suicides: Numbers, characteristics, and rates [External Research Report ER65]. (pp. 1-64). Wellington, New Zealand: Suicide and Mental Health Research Group, University of Otago.
2020
Journal - Research Article
Teng, A., Blakely, T., Atkinson, J., Kalediėnė, R., Leinsalu, M., Martikainen, P. T., … Mackenbach, J. P. (2020). Changing social inequalities in smoking, obesity and cause-specific mortality: Cross-national comparisons using compass typology. PLoS ONE, 15(7), e0232971. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232971
Newton-Howes, G., Cunningham, R., & Atkinson, J. (2020). Personality disorder prevalence and correlates in a whole of nation dataset. Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology, 56(4), 679-685. doi: 10.1007/s00127-020-01876-y
Brewer, N., Atkinson, J., Guilford, P., Print, C., Blakely, T., & Teng, A. (2020). An estimate of limited duration cancer prevalence in New Zealand using 'big' data. New Zealand Medical Journal, 133(1514), 49-62. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Shaw, C., Blakely, T., Atkinson, J., & Woodward, A. (2020). Is mode of transport to work associated with mortality in the working-age population? Repeated census-cohort studies in New Zealand 1996, 2001 and 2006. International Journal of Epidemiology, 49(2), 477-485. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyz257
Crampton, P., Salmond, C., & Atkinson, J. (2020). A comparison of the NZDep and New Zealand IMD indexes of socioeconomic deprivation. Kōtuitui, 15(1), 154-169. doi: 10.1080/1177083X.2019.1676798
2019
Journal - Research Article
Blakely, T., Kvizhinadze, G., Atkinson, J., Dieleman, J., & Clarke, P. (2019). Health system costs for individual and comorbid noncommunicable diseases: An analysis of publicly funded health events from New Zealand. PLoS Medicine, 16(1), e1002716. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002716
Journal - Research Other
Milne, B. J., Atkinson, J., Blakely, T., Day, H., Douwes, J., Gibb, S., … Teng, A. (2019). Data Resource Profile: The New Zealand Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI). International Journal of Epidemiology, 48(3), 677-677e. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyz014
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
McLeod, H., & Atkinson, J. (2019). The price of a successful health system? Changing trajectories at the end of life. Proceedings of the New Zealand's Population Conference: Population Change in Aotearoa New Zealand: People, Places and Well-being. (pp. 12). Retrieved from https://population.org.nz
2017
Journal - Research Article
Teng, A., Atkinson, J., Disney, G., Wilson, N., & Blakely, T. (2017). Changing smoking-mortality association over time and across social groups: National census-mortality cohort studies from 1981 to 2011. Scientific Reports, 7, 11465 . doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-11785-x
Disney, G., Teng, A., Atkinson, J., Wilson, N., & Blakely, T. (2017). Changing ethnic inequalities in mortality in New Zealand over 30 years: Linked cohort studies with 68.9 million person-years of follow-up. Population Health Metrics, 15, 15. doi: 10.1186/s12963-017-0132-6
Blakely, T., Disney, G., Atkinson, J., Teng, A., & Mackenbach, J. P. (2017). A typology for charting socioeconomic mortality gradients: "Go south-west". Epidemiology, 28(4), 594-603. doi: 10.1097/ede.0000000000000671
Teng, A. M., Atkinson, J., Disney, G., Wilson, N., & Blakely, T. (2017). Changing socioeconomic inequalities in cancer incidence and mortality: Cohort study with 54 million person-years follow-up 1981-2011. International Journal of Cancer, 140(6), 1306-1316. doi: 10.1002/ijc.30555
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Wilson, N., Blakely, T., Nghiem, N., Cleghorn, C., Kvizhinadze, G., Atkinson, J., Nair, N., Mizdrak, A., & van der Deen, F. S. (2017). Guide for ensuring high quality of modelling outputs in the BODE3 programme. Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Public Health, University of Otago. 22p. Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/wellington/departments/publichealth
Other Research Output
Ballantyne, A., Stubbe, M, & Atkinson, J. (2017). Data ethics governance workshop. University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand. [Research Presentation].
2016
Journal - Research Article
Teng, A. M., Atkinson, J., Disney, G., Wilson, N., Sarfati, D., McLeod, M., & Blakely, T. (2016). Ethnic inequalities in cancer incidence and mortality: Census-linked cohort studies with 87 million years of person-time follow-up. BMC Cancer, 16, 755. doi: 10.1186/s12885-016-2781-4
Pega, F., Kvizhinadze, G., Blakely, T., Atkinson, J., & Wilson, N. (2016). Home safety assessment and modification to reduce injurious falls in community-dwelling older adults: Cost-utility and equity analysis. Injury Prevention, 22(6), 420-426. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2016-041999
Boyd, M., Atkinson, J., & Blakely, T. (2016). Ethnic counts on mortality, New Zealand Cancer Registry and census data: 2006-2011. New Zealand Medical Journal, 129(1429), 22-39. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Teng, A. M., Atkinson, J., Disney, G., Wilson, N., Sarfati, D., McLeod, M., & Blakely, T. (2016, September). Ethnic inequalities in cancer incidence and mortality: Census-linked cohort studies with 87 million years of person-time follow-up. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine (NZCPHM) Annual Scientific Meeting and Workshop, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Commissioned Report for External Body
Suicide Mortality Review Committee, including Jenkin, G., Atkinson, J., McKenzie, S., Peterson, D., Collings, S., & Mulder, R. (2016). Nga- Ra-hui Hau Kura Suicide Mortality Review Committee Feasibility Study 2014–15. Commissioned by Ministry of Health. Wellington, New Zealand: Health Quality & Safety Commission.
2015
Journal - Research Article
Blakely, T., Atkinson, J., Kvizhinadze, G., Nghiem, N., McLeod, H., Davies, A., & Wilson, N. (2015). Updated New Zealand health system cost estimates from health events by sex, age and proximity to death: Further improvements in the age of 'big data'. New Zealand Medical Journal, 128(1422). Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Blakely, T., Atkinson, J., Kvizhinadze, G., Wilson, N., Davies, A., & Clarke, P. (2015). Patterns of cancer care costs in a country with detailed individual data. Medical Care, 53(4), 302-309. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000330
2014
Journal - Research Article
Meredith, I., Sarfati, D., Atkinson, J., & Blakely, T. (2014). Thyroid cancer in Pacific women in New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 127(1395). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Blakely, T., Atkinson, J., Kvizhinadze, G., Nghiem, N., McLeod, H., & Wilson, N. (2014). Health system costs by sex, age and proximity to death, and implications for estimation of future expenditure. New Zealand Medical Journal, 127(1393). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Atkinson, J., Salmond, C., & Crampton, P. (2014). NZDep2013 Index of Deprivation. Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Public Health, University of Otago. 64p.
2013
Journal - Research Article
Blakely, T., Barendregt, J. J., Foster, R. H., Hill, S., Atkinson, J., Sarfati, D., & Edwards, R. (2013). The association of active smoking with multiple cancers: National census-cancer registry cohorts with quantitative bias analysis. Cancer Causes & Control, 24(6), 1243-1255. doi: 10.1007/s10552-013-0204-2
2012
Journal - Research Article
Blakely, T., Soeberg, M., Carter, K., Costilla, R., Atkinson, J., & Sarfati, D. (2012). Bias in relative survival methods when using incorrect life-tables: Lung and bladder cancer by smoking status and ethnicity in New Zealand. International Journal of Cancer, 131(6), E974-E982. doi: 10.1002/ijc.27531
Meredith, I., Sarfati, D., Ikeda, T., Atkinson, J., & Blakely, T. (2012). High rates of endometrial cancer among Pacific women in New Zealand: The role of diabetes, physical inactivity, and obesity. Cancer Causes & Control, 23(6), 875-885. doi: 10.1007/s10552-012-9956-3
Shah, A. B., Sarfati, D., Blakely, T., Atkinson, J., & Dennett, E. R. (2012). Trends in colorectal cancer incidence rates in New Zealand, 1981-2004. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 82(4), 258-264. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2011.05995.x
Salmond, C., Crampton, P., Atkinson, J., & Edwards, R. (2012). A decade of tobacco control efforts in New Zealand (1996–2006): Impacts on inequalities in census-derived smoking prevalence. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 14(6), 664-673. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntr264
Edwards, R., Peace, J., Stanley, J., Atkinson, J., Wilson, N., & Thomson, G. (2012). Setting a good example? Changes in smoking prevalence among key occupational groups in New Zealand: Evidence from the 1981 and 2006 censuses. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 14(3), 329-337. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntr218
2011
Journal - Research Article
Blakely, T., Shaw, C., Atkinson, J., Cunningham, R., & Sarfati, D. (2011). Social inequalities or inequities in cancer incidence? Repeated census-cancer cohort studies, New Zealand 1981-1986 to 2001-2004. Cancer Causes & Control, 22(9), 1307-1318. doi: 10.1007/s10552-011-9804-x
Sarfati, D., Shaw, C., Blakely, T., Atkinson, J., & Stanley, J. (2011). Ethnic and socioeconomic trends in testicular cancer incidence in New Zealand. International Journal of Cancer, 128(7), 1683-1691. doi: 10.1002/ijc.25486
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Sarfati, D., Shaw, C., Blakely, T., Atkinson, J., & Stanley, J. (2011). The unusual epidemiology of testicular cancer in New Zealand. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 65(Suppl. 1), (pp. A295). doi: 10.1136/jech.2011.142976j.100
2010
Journal - Research Article
Cunningham, R., Shaw, C., Blakely, T., Atkinson, J., & Sarfati, D. (2010). Ethnic and socioeconomic trends in breast cancer incidence in New Zealand. BMC Cancer, 10, 674. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-10-674
Tan, L., Blakely, T., & Atkinson, J. (2010). Ethnic counts on mortality and census data 2001-06: New Zealand census-mortality study update. New Zealand Medical Journal, 123(1320). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/123-1320/4269/content.pdf
Commissioned Report for External Body
Blakely, T., Shaw, C., Atkinson, J., Tobias, M., Bastiampillai, N., Sloane, K., Sarfati, D., & Cunningham, R. (2010). Cancer trends: Trends in cancer incidence by ethnic and socioeconomic group, New Zealand 1981-2004. Wellington, New Zealand: University of Otago and Ministry of Health.
2009
Journal - Research Article
Tobias, M., Blakely, T., Matheson, D., Rasanathan, K., & Atkinson, J. (2009). Changing trends in indigenous inequalities in mortality: Lessons from New Zealand. International Journal of Epidemiology, 38(6), 1711-1722. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyp156
Collings, S., Ivory, V., Blakely, T., & Atkinson, J. (2009). Are neighbourhood social fragmentation and suicide associated in New Zealand? A national multilevel cohort study. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 63(12), 1035-1042. doi: 10.1136/jech.2009.090985
Blakely, T., Richardson, K., Young, J., Graham, P., Tobias, M., Callister, P., … Atkinson, J. (2009). Does mortality vary between Pacific groups? Estimating Samoan, Cook Island Mäori, Tongan and Niuean mortality rates using hierarchical Bayesian modelling. Official Statistics Research Series, 5. Retrieved from http://www.statisphere.govt.nz/official-statistics-research.aspx
Shaw, C., Atkinson, J., & Blakely, T. (2009). (Mis)classification of ethnicity on the New Zealand Cancer Registry: 1981-2004. New Zealand Medical Journal, 122(1294). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/122-1294/3578/content.pdf
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Crampton, P., Salmond, C., Atkinson, J., & Edwards, R. (2009). A decade of tobacco control efforts in New Zealand (1996-2006): Impacts on inequalities in smoking prevalence. Proceedings of the New Zealand Public Health Association Annual Conference: Research & Values: The Underpinnings of Public Health Practice. (pp. 79). Retrieved from http://www.pha.org.nz/phaconference.html
Edwards, R., Wilson, N., Thomson, G., Stanley, J., & Atkinson, J. (2009). Setting a good example? Changes in smoking prevalence among key occupational groups from New Zealand census data. Proceedings of the 14th World Conference on Tobacco or Health. Retrieved from http://www.14wctoh.org/abstract/abs_detail.asp?AbstractID=894
Shaw, C., Blakely, T., & Atkinson, J. (2009). Trends in cancer in New Zealand by ethnic and socio-economic group, 1981-2004: Contributions to research, monitoring and surveillance. Australasian Epidemiologist. 16(2), (pp. 74-75). [Abstract]
2008
Authored Book - Research
White, P., Gunston, J., Salmond, C., Atkinson, J., & Crampton, P. (2008). Atlas of socioeconomic deprivation in New Zealand NZDep2006 [Public Health Intelligence Occasional Bulletin No. 50]. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Health, 204p.
Journal - Research Article
Blakely, T., Atkinson, J., & Fawcett, J. (2008). Ethnic counts on mortality and census data (mostly) agree for 2001-2004: New Zealand Census-Mortality Study update. New Zealand Medical Journal, 121(1281). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/121-1281/3242/content.pdf
Blakely, T., Tobias, M., & Atkinson, J. (2008). Inequalities in mortality during and after restructuring of the New Zealand economy: Repeated cohort studies. BMJ, 336(7640), 371-375. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39455.596181.25
Edwards, R., Bowler, T., Atkinson, J., & Wilson, N. (2008). Low and declining cigarette smoking rates among doctors and nurses: 2006 New Zealand Census data. New Zealand Medical Journal, 121(1284). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/121-1284/3310/content.pdf
2006
Journal - Research Article
Sarfati, D., Blakely, T., Shaw, C., Cormack, D., & Atkinson, J. (2006). Patterns of disparity: Ethnic and socio-economic trends in breast cancer mortality in New Zealand. Cancer Causes & Control, 17, 671-678.
Wamala, S., Blakely, T., & Atkinson, J. (2006). Trends in absolute socioeconomic inequalities in mortality in Sweden and New Zealand: A 20-year gender perspective. BMC Public Health, 6, 164. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-164
Blakely, T., Atkinson, J., Ivory, V., Collings, S., Wilton, J., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2006). No association of neighbourhood volunteerism with mortality in New Zealand: A national multilevel cohort study. International Journal of Epidemiology, 35, 981-989.
2005
Journal - Research Article
Shaw, C., Blakely, T., Crampton, P., & Atkinson, J. (2005). The contribution of causes of death to socioeconomic inequalities in child mortality: New Zealand 1981-1999. New Zealand Medical Journal, 118(1227). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/118-1227/1779/content.pdf
Shaw, C., Blakely, T., Atkinson, J., & Crampton, P. (2005). Do social and economic reforms change socioeconomic inequalities in child mortality? A case study: New Zealand 1981-1999. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 59, 638-644. Retrieved from http://jech.bmjjournals.com/cgi/reprint/59/8/638
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Graham, P., Young, J., Blakely, T., Atkinson, J., & Penny, R. (2005). Using hierarchical Bayesian models to explore intra-ethnic social variation in health outcomes: Preliminary results of an analysis of income-mortality associations in the New Zealand Census-Mortality Study. Proceedings of the IAOS Satellite Meeting on Measuring Small and Indigenous Populations. Wellington, New Zealand: Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved from http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/40FB7FD8-1398-4413-B4CA-9E12F8349AAE/0/PAPER131.pdf
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Sarfati, D., Shaw, C., Blakely, T., & Atkinson, J. (2005). Socioeconomic and ethnic breast cancer mortality rates in New Zealand. Australasian Epidemiologist. 12(3), (pp. 30). [Abstract]
Commissioned Report for External Body
Collings, S., Blakely, T., Atkinson, J., & Fawcett, J. (2005). Suicide trends and social factors New Zealand 1981-1999: Analyses from the New Zealand Census: Mortality Study. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Health. 58p. Retrieved from http://www.moh.govt.nz
2004
Journal - Research Article
Blakely, T., Kawachi, I., Atkinson, J., & Fawcett, J. (2004). Income and mortality: The shape of the association and confounding New Zealand Census-Mortality Study, 1981-1999. International Journal of Epidemiology, 33, 1-10.
2003
Journal - Research Article
Blakely, T. A., Collings, S. C. D., & Atkinson, J. (2003). Unemployment and suicide. Evidence for a casual association? Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 57(8), 594-600. doi: 10.1136/jech.56.10.722
Blakely, T. A., Atkinson, J., & O'Dea, D. J. (2003). No association of income inequality with adult mortality within New Zealand: A multi-level study of 1.4 million 25-64 year olds. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 57, 279-284.
Ajwani, S., Blakely, T., Robson, B., Atkinson, J., & Kiro, C. (2003). Unlocking the numerator-denominator bias III: Adjustment ratios by ethnicity for 1981-1999 mortality data. The New Zealand Census-Mortality Study. New Zealand Medical Journal, 116(1175). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/116-1175/456/content.pdf
Blakely, T. A., Atkinson, J., Kiro, C., Blaiklock, A., & D'Souza, A. (2003). Child mortality, socioeconomic position, and one-parent families: Independent associations and variation by age and cause of death. International Journal of Epidemiology, 32, 410-418.
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Ajwani, S., Blakely, T. A., Robson, B. H., Atkinson, J., Fawcett, J., & Kiro, C. (2003). Unlocking the numerator-denominator bias for the 1980s and 1990s [NZCMS technical report no. 4]. 111p.
2002
Journal - Research Article
Blakely, T. A., Robson, B. H., Atkinson, J., Sporle, A., & Kiro, C. (2002). Unlocking the numerator-denominator bias. I:Adjustment ratios by ethnicity for 1991-1994 mortality data. New Zealand Medical Journal, 115, 39-43.
Commissioned Report for External Body
Fawcett, J., Blakely, T. A., & Atkinson, J. (2002). Weighting the 81,86,91 & 96 Cesus-Mortality Cohorts to Adjust for Linkage Bias. Commissioned by NZCMS Technical Report 5. Wellington: Wellington School of Medicine. 92p.
Hill, S., Atkinson, J., & Blakely, T. (2002). Anonymous record linkages of Census and mortaility records: 1981, 1986,1991, 1996 Census cohorts. Commissioned by NZCMS Technical Report No. 3. Wellington, New Zealand: Wellington School of Medicine. 131p.
2001
Commissioned Report for External Body
Blakely, T. A., & Atkinson, J. (2001). Unlocking the Numerator-Denominator Bias, 1991-94 Deaths. NZCMS Technical Report No. 2. Commissioned by Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine. Wellington. 41p.