About us Mō mātou

About the Ministry of Health and the New Zealand health system. 

Regulation & legislation Ngā here me ngā ture

Health providers and products we regulate, and laws we administer.

Strategies & initiatives He rautaki, he tūmahi hou

How we’re working to improve health outcomes for all New Zealanders.

Māori health Hauora Māori

Increasing access to health services, achieving equity and improving outcomes for Māori.

Statistics & research He tatauranga, he rangahau

Data and insights from our health surveys, research and monitoring.

Key findings

Number of new cancer registrations, 2016
 TotalMaleFemale
Māori2,4921,1021,390
Non-Māori21,59411,39810,196
Total24,08612,50011,586
New cancer registration rate, 2016
 TotalMaleFemale
Māori415.5405.3425.5
Non-Māori326.9352.5304.8
Total335.2357.7316.0

About the tables

These interactive tables provide the latest cancer registration data for New Zealand. When you choose cancers of interest from a list, the data and graphs automatically update based on your choice:

  • The ten most common cancer registrations for 2016 by ethnic group and sex. Data is also included for years 2007–2015 to enable trend analysis.
  • Numbers and rates of new cancer registration for groups of cancer, by sex for 2016.
  • Numbers of new cancer registrations for individual cancers for 2016, by sex, ethnic group, life-stage age group, deprivation quintile, district health board region and regional cancer network.

Please note: The number of new cancers reflects the number of primary tumours rather than the number of individuals with cancer. Multiple cancers with the same site and same morphological group are excluded.

These tables form part of the Cancer new registrations and deaths series. Other releases based on this data are expected to be published in 2019.

You can download these data tables from the Downloads section of this page.

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