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Amenable mortality within the New Zealand homeless population: we can do better!
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Homelessness is an increasing and complex worldwide issue. New Zealand, like other higher-income countries, faces a growing prevalence of homelessness. Estimates indicate that between the 2006 and 2013 censuses, the absolute number of homeless persons increased from 33,000 to 41,000 (an increase of 24.2%), compared to the population growth during the same period of 5.3%.1–2 Definitions of homelessness vary across countries depending on the social, cultural and legal context in which they operate.3 The New Zealand Coalition to End Homelessness adopted a broad definition of homelessness based on a gradation of housing insecurity, ranging from those living rough or in their cars to those living in uninhabitable dwellings, in temporary accommodation or in overcrowded households.4 Widening the definition of homelessness means that “hidden homelessness” is accounted for and b