NEW ZEALAND HEALTH INFORMATION SERVICE
Cancer: Historical summary 1948-2005
These tables contain summarised cancer information detailing numbers of new primary malignant cancer registrations and the age-standardised registration rates by year. Also included are the numbers of deaths from cancer and the age standardised death rates by year (standardised to the WHO world population).
The information is separated as follows:
- Total: This information details the numbers of registrations and the numbers of deaths for the main cancer sites.
- Male: As above for the main cancer sites relating to males.
- Female: As above for the main cancer sites relating to females.
The data is sourced from the New Zealand Cancer Registry and the Ministry of Health's Mortality Data Collection, as well as the Cancer: New Registrations and Deaths publications, and Medical Statistics of New Zealand for data relating to 1948-1960.
The tables can be downloaded in Excel format (325 KB)
The cancers detailed in this report are:
Total cancers
Oesophagus
Stomach
Colorectum and anus
Liver and intrahepatic bile ducts
Pancreas
Trachea, bronchus and lung
Melanoma
Kidney and other unspecified urinary organs
Bladder
Brain
Thyroid
Hodgkin's disease
Non Hodgkin lymphoma
Multiple Myeloma
Leukaemia
Prostate
Testis
Breast
Cervix
Corpus uteri and uterus, part uspecified
Ovary and other uterine adnexa
Page last updated 14 April, 2009
Top Back