The health care system of New Zealand is predominantly a National Health Care system, funded by the government, with some elements of private health care. Total health care spending is 9.3% of the gross domestic product, of which the state funds 78%. The average life expectancy is 79.9 years (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development statistical data). Despite being a small country, it has significant diversity in the health care environment, with a geographical mix of metropolitan and rural areas, and is multiethnic, particularly in the metropolitan areas.
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