Cancer: New registrations and deaths - series

This annual statistical publication collates and analyses data on primary malignant tumour cases diagnosed in New Zealand, as reported to the New Zealand Cancer Registry.

The NZ Cancer Registry has operated since 1948 and is a population-based tumour register of all primary malignant disease. (Basal and squamous cancers arising in the skin are not required to be reported, except for those of the genitalia.)

The major sources of new registrations are copies of laboratory reports, post-discharge reports from publicly funded hospitals, death certificates and autopsy reports, and discharge reports from private hospitals.

The data collected includes information on the site, stage and pathology of the cancer, as well as demographic information (eg, ethnicity, age, sex, and domicile). The data is collected under the Cancer Registry Act 1993 and the Cancer Registry Regulations 1994.

To access historic publications in this series please search the Ministry of Health’s online library catalogue.

For further information please contact: [email protected].

Cancer web tool

This web tool presents data about primary cancer diagnoses and deaths registered where cancer was recorded as the underlying cause of death in Aotearoa New Zealand. Read more

Publications

  • Published 17 December 2021
    These annually published interactive tables and graphs provide high-level data on cancer registrations in 2019.
  • Published 17 December 2020
    These annually published interactive tables provide high-level data on cancer registrations in 2018
  • Published 12 December 2019
    These annually published interactive tables and graphs provide high-level data on cancer registrations in 2017. They include information about the most common cancers registered and breakdowns by common demographic variables. The data is provided in multiple formats.
  • Published 12 December 2018
    These annually published interactive tables and graphs provide high-level data on cancer registrations in 2016. They include information about the most common cancers registered and breakdowns by common demographic variables
  • Published 14 December 2017
    These annually published interactive tables and graphs provide high-level data on cancer registrations in 2015. They include information about the most common cancers registered and breakdowns by common demographic variables.
  • Published 22 December 2016
    These tables provide high-level data on cancer registrations in 2014, ahead of the annual publication Cancer: New registrations and deaths 2014. They include information about the most common cancers registered and breakdowns by common demographic variables.
  • Cancer: New registrations and deaths 2013.
    Published 09 November 2016
    This report is the latest release in the Cancer: New registrations and deaths series, presenting information about cancer deaths as well as new cases of primary cancer diagnosed and reported to the New Zealand Cancer Registry.
  • Published 02 December 2015
    These tables provide high-level data on cancer registrations in 2013, ahead of the annual Cancer: New registrations and deaths 2013 publication. They include information about the most common cancers registered and breakdowns by common demographic variables.
  • Publication cover
    Published 06 October 2015
    This report is the latest release in the Cancer: New registrations and deaths series, which presents information about new cases of primary cancer diagnosed and reported to the New Zealand Cancer Registry.  
  • Publication Cover
    Published 17 September 2014
    An annual statistical publication that collates and analyses data on primary malignant tumour cases diagnosed in New Zealand, as reported to the New Zealand Cancer Registry.
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